The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-27
SIXTY RUNNING HORSES uAVE Az
RIVED FOR E&CIT1FG OPEN
RACE PROGRAM
Four Astounding and Thrilling EVen's
on Every Afterzoon-1toin OF
Shine Races VIII he Bun

Flo no, the big West Virginia STATE
Fair and Exposition opens one "eeh
from today. next Monday. Labor Da5' ~
will be OH for ilve days. from SeptcHi-
per to inclusive.
It's going to be the biggest and best
affair Of the kind ever given In TINS
section Of the country.
4 visit 10 the GROUNDS ycE'e'u as
showed that the fair atmosphere was
IN ThIs week will be a busy one Ut
the place Of amusement. Already moro
than 60 running horses have been
stabbed and there arc twice that NUM-
Der Of runners to arrive the latter phFt
~ this week, They are all bob-tall
dust throwcrs. The people OF this sec
ton dotc on running races and TO lhat
end the fair management has provided
such races galore. In having sucn
large number Of runners here II VIII
provide racing every dny. regardless OF
rain. In addition to the many runners
! there will be harness. trotting anu poc-
ing racing. The purses are large ana
the enteries nre the fastest animals
that ever went under q wire in this sec
ton.
Canadian Runners on ELL
The 60 runners received on the
grounds Yesterday. with few exceptions,
are from Canada and will be takon d.
! rcctly from here to Cuba to he entered
! In the races there this fall. The horses
arc from the following Canadian stables
and were run at Mt. Clemens races last
week: A. G. Stamp. Arthur Hall. Dill
! Hard Hall. Tom Fowler, A. Hauer, VIII
/ liam Cragan, a. CnEton. J. 9. Baldwin,
! H. Denlap. r. Brennan. and Messrs
Plant, Chaplin, Cummings and Hutchin-
son.
! Scores OF racers will arrive here next
Sunday from Columbus, where they arc
to be entered this week. The racing
| bill will be one Of the best ever put
/ on at any fair In this country. not cS-
| ceptIng the Blue Grass section.
"SiEgest and Bert Pair"
I Ever since the first fair was held in
this city. way back 3S years ago tho
! stereotype phrase has been used that IT
! will he the biggest and best" the
phrase was correctly md truthfully ap-
plied. for each succeeding one has pccn
bigger and better" This 'cnn DO ap-
piled to the ono to be held next week.
| Just to illustrate that this Is to be
the "higgeat and best" fair and expo
sition ever In this section OF tho coun-
/ try the attractions Include the Novel
| Brothers. the great European musical
! clowns. who furnish one OF the feature
! attractions in the New York Hippo
drome for tho season just closed. They
! are wonderfully clever acrooats. while
tumhling and contortioning they are
constantly playing on their Vtolins
Every act has a hundred laughs and
scores of screams. The Olympia Des-
vail company Is another wonderful at
traction offered. 1t. too. comes direct
: ~ from the New York Hippodrome. 1t
depicts the hunting days with trium-
phal drive Of Pegasus to Olympus. The
! cast consists Of i've persons, two
horses and rs dogs. This Is foreign
. attraction and IL very fast and full Of
: lightning changes. The Hillbrand and
Belong company has also been engaged
to entertain the thousands. They are
! rightfuIly termed the worlds greatest
! jugglers. The strong little men will
! tusgle wagon wheels and all kinds Of
| apparatus. Prof Hillbrand juggles on
his chin q genuine motorcycle ridden IN
full motion by his clever little lady as
sistant, Miss Belong. The Davis COM
edy act Is another big side-splitting act
that Will be put on. Their wonderfully
clever work Is character Improvisation.
Miss woodward TO Sing
Miss Anna Woodward, the celebrated
prima donna. who sang at tho horse
show hero last July. has been engaged
to sing as soloist Of the band from the
grand stand. Miss Woodward needs
no introduction ii wheeling as she has