The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-07
fair TO BRING
800 H. P. BLITZEN
BENZ TO FARGO
"Wild Bill" Endicott Will
drive Monster in Speed
Contests
WORKMAN SHOWS
WILL BE BETTER
More Than Score of Fine
Attractions for Inter-
state "Pike"

One of the big features of the
motor speed contests to be held at
Fargo at the Interstate fair, July %
to 2S, will be the appearance Of the
worlds famous speed creation, the
300 horse power Bitten Benz which
was driven a mile at Ormond Beach,
Florida, by the late Bob Burman in
rs 20 seconds. The Benz car will
be driven here by the universally
known speed demon, Wild Bill"
Endicott, the veteran king of the
mile record made on a half mile
track at Toledo, Ohio, in 1914 With
the big Benz car this season Endi-
colt feels confident that he will clip
fraction of time from some Of the
dirt track records he essays to go
after; 25 2-5 seconds for a mile Is
surely some speed accomplishn. ent;
| think of it; 141 miles in one hour!
In five seconds a falling body will
drop a distance of 1,085 feet and in
the same space of time, Bob Burman
has travelled in the Bitten Benz a
distance of 1000 feet. Hence, it is
very easy to figure that an accident
of any kind to the Bitten Benz driv-
er travelling at that rate of speed
would have resulted just as dis
astrously to his anatomy as a 1000
feet drop from an airplane.
Ralph A. Hankinson has been desig-
mated by the International Motor
Contest association as the official
referee for the meeting here, and an
rounces that such cars as the 290-
horsepower Fiat submarine, the ia
nous Kansas City speed creation, the
| Sweeney Special" the 120-horse-
power Duesenberg which has already
shown a speed of a fraction under
Ill miles an hour at the Brighton
Beach speedway, New York. and a
dozen other high-power racers will
| contest
The C. A Wortham shows, Amer
| ica's largest and most original
amusement enterprise is booked to
| appear here for the Interstate fair
and will be found to be the very best
line of attractions ever presented at
this big annual event. They will be
over a score in number and will have
the very latest and most original
productions for patrons this season.
Among the more prominent may
be mentioned the mammoth water
circus, where the production that
made the New York Hippodrome IA
nous. the water spectacle Neptune s
Daughters will be presented with
the submarine ballot and arrival of
Neptune from the bottom of the sea.
John T. Backman's trained wild
and domestic animal exhibition is an
other that will please. It is a COM
bination of circus, dog and pony
show and wild animal arena which
is of more than ordinary interest.
The War of Worlds and the Pana-
ma canal possess considerable edu-
cational features: the one demon
strating the submarine peril and the
other a model of Americas greatest
| engineering feat; both are models
and in full working order.
Revelation, a production after the
/ style of the great Roltaires illusions,
mingled with melody and mirth, TAX
ing a car load of special scenery and
effects to produce, will be found to
| be the most artistic and pretentious
| production ever seen under canvas.
The Follies of Life presents Mile
| Marie the intrepid young woman who
races her automobile on perfectly
perpendicular walls: there are in
addition four other riders who do
daredevil stunts on motorcycles;
whilst High Life takes one on a trip
to the clouds and is of the fun-mak-
ing variety. The same remarks may
be applied to Tattle Tale.
The Monkey Auto Course Is an
other of excellent caliber, where
monkeys drive miniature autos
around a track so feet in diameter
and Prince Napoleon, the smallest
| entertainer on earth is also to be
found On the midway.
Bejano's Palace Of Wonders and
Jungleland possess many unique nov
elites Of the human race and animal
| kingdom; they are culled from every
| part of the world and are most in
teresting, whilst the Royal English
United Twins are a scientific phe-
nomena which has puzzled scientists
all over the civilized globe.
In a word there are many others,
all Of which will be found clean,
| original, up-to- date and shows that
will make up a model midway.