The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-11
OF
INTEREST TO ALL
Entertainment of Spectacular
Also a Quiet Nature.
Aviation Daredevil, Auto Races
and Night Fireworks.
big STAKES FOR HORSE RACES
Topeka Business Men Add
$4,000 to the Prizes.
Abundance of Fun and Excite
ment Day and Night.

While amusement is not the only
attraction for the thousands of men.
women and children from all parts of
the state who come to the Kansas
Free Fair, the management will pro-
vide an abundance of entertainment
and diversion for those who crave it.
| The entertainment features of the
week will be the horse races the first
four days and the auto races the
last two; the Wortham shows, which
will open Monday and be in operation
the entire week, the big pyrotechnic
spectacle depicting a Hawaiian night
romance every evening in front of the
grandstand. several acts of high class
vaudeville; the aerial performances of
! ''Daredevil' Mart Campbell the
stunt aviator from California; band
concerts, parades and various other
performances of lesser Importance.
Track Well Packed.
Entries in the horse races promise
the fastest track every seen at the
Free Fair. Recent rains have packed
the field and it is being dragged daily
I to put into perfect shape. The race
program is evenly balanced and the
stakes are of sufficient size to assure
supreme effort and the acme of in
terest. The business men of Topeka
have raised $4,000 to be offered in
prizes to the winners Of the various
events. Each stake consists of $1,000
The first is the Bankers stake; the
second the Merchants stake; the third
the Business and Professional Mems
state, and the fourth the Manufacture
ers' stake. In addition, there are
many other events offering added
money purses. totalling in all about
$4,000. One of the big stake races
} will be run each of the four days. The
Kansas Derby, always the feature in
Topeka, will be held on Tuesday after
noon
$4,000 in Motor Race Purses.
j Prize money aggregating $1,000 and
several of the most daring and speedy
monarchs performing on the dirt
track assures for the Free Fair the
fastest and best auto races ever seen
in Topeka. If records are not lowered
, this year the race fans will be sur
prised- Among the starters will be
Louis Disbrow. dean of all profess
sional race drivers since the retire
ment of Barney OIdfieId; Sig Haug-
dahl, one of Topeka's 1919 favorites;
Ray Claypool of San Francisco. and
his Auburn Special; Dave Koetzla
and his new Essex; Leon Durav and
many others of equal popularity in the
, racing world.
Travelling "Coney Island"
The Wortham shows. "the greatest
travelling Coney Island in America"
which won SO much favorable com
ment at the free fair last year are
A1C4G 4O1 d eLuEH 01SdS6IuSnL again.
Except for the name, however, they
would not be recognized. Ten car
loads of new attractions have been
| added, the circus has been changed
and rebuilt and in addition the old
acts were retained that Free Fair visi-
tors might enjoy them again.
The Wortham shows come to To-
peka in the eighty-eighth week of
continuous season. not having closed
since January II, 1919. During that
time they made two trips from the
Pacific coast to the Great Lakes and
are now making a tour of the west
ern fairs and probably will return to
the coast again this winter.
The feature of these shows will be
Johan Aason, the 19-year-old Norwe-
gian giant, a descendant of the Viking
giants of the seventh century. Johan
is eight feet, nine and three-quarters
inches tail, weighs sos pounds and is
as normal as any healthy lad Of nine
teen could be.
Other new features of the Workman
= shows include over the Falls" the
only entertainment Of its kind on the
road; the. Barrel of Fun" the ride
called the "Frolic" and the Hawaiian
show In the circus, which is new
performa ice thruout, the features are
spotless white, two monkey acts and
a trained animal act.
At Peoples Pavilion.
While the program at the Peoples
pavilion will be highly entertaining, it
= is hard to include 1t in the category
. Iof strictly amusements The entire
program is highly educational The
Peoples pavilion is the social center
= of the fair. the clearing house of all
that is best in new Ideas. modern
= progress and efficient application to
= the problems of everyday life. Many
prominent speakers will speak here
Reunions will be held and music rem
dered.
Monday night the Peoples Pavilion
will beturned over to the American n
Legion. with Com Earl Cummings
! presiding Tuesday the feature will
70 be the state spelling contest at 10
o'clock in the morning, with Miss L. E
Wooster. state superintendent. presid
ing The contest, both written and
! oral will be open to any boy or girl
regularly enrolled in a Kansas grade
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