The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-23
STRANGER TOFEAR
WILL MOCK DEATH
At FAIR OPENING
Fuller Books Wright, the Man
That Boasts That He Chal-
Ienges Death--Miss Cody
viii Also Thrill.

Wright. the man without fear. viii
furnish more thrihs for the opening
day crowd at the Tri-State fair sat
urday, than the majority Of people eN-
perience in a lifetime. ,,,--,.
In a hundred ways Wright Will iaugh-
Inely challenge death as he performs
feats In the air which no other living
man has yet dared to attempt
Wright recently challenged the world
to meet him and duplicate his death
defving stunts on a eareening hifpiahe
and the trapese bar Of fragile sllkeh
parachute. ,-,
siLco Wright established his right TO
claim I.ocltlears crown and title Fear
less Tinney and Tex Mclaughlin, the
only other coutenders for the honor
have lost their lives while attempting
feats which Wright will do Saturday
afternoon al the opening OF the fair'
II is the first time in history that
euch an act has been booked for the
opening day. Secretary Fuller searched
the country for the most spectacular
daring and dazzling set obtatnAhte. AIT
er seeing everything that the anlGsei
ment world had TO offer, he picked
Wright as the one man in all the conn-
try capable OF bringing % O0o people
through the gates Of the Tri~State Ialt-
grounds on the opening day or the
greatest fair ever held IN the soo l,,i,i
And. on that opening day, Wright VIII
not only attempt to perform the exact
feats which resulted In the death OF
lTinney and Mclaughlin. but Will set
n mark for daredevils OF the Ar that
he believes none win ever live 10
saturday afternoon Wright win &C
tually stand upright on the top wing
OF the plane while the pilot makes three
consecutive loops, No daredevil OF the
air has ever attempted this seemingly
Impossible feat. Wright says no living
man dares offer death such challenge
except himself
Wright's newest thriller and one
which he has never yet attempted IN
dazzle the most blase by its sheer
recklessness, After performing mum
sber OF thrilling feats on the trapese bat
gwaying beneath the running gear Oh
his plane Wright win turn holds loose
and hurtle through space, depsndll6
upon a slender and invisible wire at
tached TO his trapese to save MIN from
death While the plane dips ana diNes
and circles the field in front OF the
grand stand at the rate OF 30 mlles an
hour Wright, holding only BY his teeth
win swing above the heads Of the spec
These two thrillers will not culminatt
the performance of the man without
fear, for he will climb back to M
trapeze and cut loose the two para
chutes nv which he viii descend IL
earth In thrilling double cutaway.
on the opening day this skyman, wht
knows no fear, will change from bottom
: to top plane by. means OF a dansii ny
rope ladder and then discardng tht
ladder he will change back from tol
to bottom plane, catching the edge OF
the lower plane az the one ne Fldes
above 1t dips TO within few feet o.
the wing, the slightest touch upot
which would send Wright, piots ant
planes crashing to earth
Wright while In the air, viii do eV'
cry stunt known in the lexicon OF aeria
gymnastics He win scamper over tht
wings, the fusolage and the gears Q.
his plane will stand on his head on ms
edge OF the swaying, careeninE tan an'
viii perform more daring tTapose ieat'
beneath the landing gear than Wei'
ever attempted by the most daring O
circus performers ,,, -.
mishap Saturday, Wright win duplteau
Ma wonder work In the air and in al
dltion Miss Ruth Cody, niece q ~
famous pioneer scout. Buffalo Bill WI
thrill the crowds with marvellous eE
hihition OF walking the wings of
dipping. diving plane and WIN culHi
nate her exhibition by sailing 70 earl
in d parachute. Miss Cody is the ON
woman In the world who leaps from
nlane travelling at the rate of ~ mile
an hour with a packed parachute. 81
win make her leap while several hun
dred Yards from the landing space i
front OF the grand stand as the momeh
tum of the plane huFN sne anu ~
parachute through space like come
before her body begins to answer th
law Of gravitation and the paraehut
( Secretary Fuller has booked the pre-
mler aerial acts of the season trui
rnriav BURNS manager Of both Wrigl
ana Miss Cody. Burns now has Nv
daTedevlls OF the sky booked solid ft
the season and has secured contract
for practically all Of the big state fair
Following the fair season ne eXpS pee,
America that had already been al
ranged for the late Myron l.. Time
killed recently while attempting
perform what will be one OF Wright
FIRST feats saturday changing from
lower to a top plane.
Ships on which both Wright ana Mi
Cody will perform will be piloted I
George Haldeman and Eugene JOIN
son.