The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-02
DEMONS IN
AUTO RACES MEET
AT FAIR SATURDAY
Directors Present Thrilling
Climax to Greatest Fair in
Tri-State History =, Air
plane Thriller Added Event.


Automobile speed kings OF Amer
lea will compete in thrilling automo-
bile races Saturday as fittinS cli-
max to the record breaking 18th
annual Tri-State fair. which colses
at midnight.
AS an added thriller, Secretary
Frank Fuller, of the fair association,
has arranged with "Curley" Burns,
promoter of aerial thrills, to stage a
double parachute leap from an air
plane at 3 O'Clock. Two parachute
leapers will compete, in an effort
to alight at a marked spot in the
field before the grand stand. They
will jump from height of 5000 to
1000 feet. The one alighting closest
to the marked spot wins a $500
prize.
The automobile program, arranged
for Saturday afternoon, is high class.
There will be five auto races, a game
of auto polo and a tire changing con-
test. The races will be over Gis-
tances of two, three, five and seven
and. one-half miles. Heavy purses
are hung up for each event.
Local Boy Drives.
Johnny Raimey, one of the most
daring auto racing drivers in the
country, is the prime favorite, as he
is Memphis boy. He will pilot an
Essex car in g. fivA-mile class race,
and in the big colsing event, the Ajax
trophy race. which covers Is laps
of the new half-mile dirt track at the
fairgrounds.
Other daring drivers who will COM
pete are Texas" George Clark, Rowe
Brainard, Ted Rich, Bob Cline, Harry
Dempster and Ray LaPlant.
G. Huff Darward, of Chicago, Will
net as starter. He has actedin this
capacity at the Tri- State fair before.
other officials will be Memphis men.
Following is the program of the
F!Vents Me- s1--Division 3. Distance
three miles. Prize, $500 first. slO0
second. stephens (Ricll1, Essex
gtCIine), Stutz Special (LaPlant), Au-
burn Special (Dempsterl.
Event No. 2.-zDivision 4. Class
race. Distance five miles. Prize, $3.50
first, 500 second. Deusenberg -(Brain-
ard), Essex (Raimey). Auburn Spe-
cial (Dempster), Essex (Cline).
Event No. 3.-Seventh annual tire
changing contest. Competing for the
Tri- State fair loving cup. $25 TO ;he
winning driver.
Cars lineup at the 5-S mile post. at
signal from the starter cars run to
the front of the grand stand and stop
on the taps or as near as possible
to same. Make complete tire change
of the front right tire. then complete
one circuit of the TRACK. The first
car doing so. provided Same finishes
within 20 or more pounds air pres
sure in the front right tire. will he
declared the winner
Event No. 4. - Three -corneIed
match. Distance two miles. Prize $3.50
first Auburn Special (Dempster).
Deusenberg (Brainard), Briscoe
(Clark).
Event No. 5,-Free-for- Dis
tance five miles. Prize, 5000 first, 5000
second. Stutz Special (LaPlant), Es-
sex (Cline), Stephens (Rich), Briscoe
Clark, Deusenberg (Brainard).
Event No. 6.-Auto polo. Pacific
coast team VS.. All-American 'aanl.
Event No. Ajax trophy race
Distance Is laps. Prize 81, 900 and sill
yer trophy donated by the Ajax Rub
Der company. Money to be divided,
so per cent to winner, 80 per cent 10
second place, 20 per cent to third
place. Deusenberg (Brainard). Steph-
ems (Rich). Briscoe (Clark), Essex
(Cline), Auburn Special <Dempster),
Essex (Raimey), stutz Special Ga
Plant).
Officials.-Starter, c. Huff Dar-
ward, Chicago, ILL.,; Southern repre-
sentative 1. M. c. A., John Ross; ref
al ox,l-
B. Thayer, Walter Wainwright, BeE
Goodman; judges, M. Coyle Shea
Herbert Caldwell, Ralph Roddy; of.
ficial scorer, Bob Pigue.
Vaudeville, Too.
In addition to the thrilling auto
mobile program planned for Sat
urday afternoon, visitors will also see
the high-class free vaudeville acts
which have shown since last Monday
The stage for these acts is set lii
rectly in front of the grand stand
Added attractions are the Six Hus-
sar Girls band. Whites band and
Daredevil Wilson, in his leap cf
DEATH" in which he jumps from 72-
foot ladder. alighting in wooden
chute on his breast. This portion OF
the program was scheduled for mn.
and pm.
Automobile dealers will close the
auto show Saturday night with a
big dance, from $3.50 to 10:30. The
new model cars on exhibition wfll-be
removed from the exhibition hall
center, and placed about the edge
of the room. thus giving ample space
for the dancers. Friends of the deal
ers aret invited to attend.
Music will be furnished by the
Frisco Five jazz orchestra, which has
been a feature at the auto show all
week.
The fair will not close until mid
night Saturday.
Friday was the record breaking day
Of week filled with record break
ers on, attendance. The largest
crowds in Tri-State fair nIstvry as
tended the far Friday. It was Chill
dren's day and Civital club day. The
kiddies were everywhere over the
vast showground. They had the time
of their young lives.
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