New York Clipper (Oct 1915)

October 9 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 3S PARKS FAIRS HAnKmsQirs auto polo teaiss* BT "SAIETZ PIB3T." OW "repeater" eam'gemtma ac the great Iowa «D<I STIndcsotd State I''aUr':r provMl tffen more aatla- tying and encouraging than our 191^4 Initial ap- pearance. . Auto polo eoJoyed mof« a'pplau:<& and more enthusiasm tban' dtirlnB last year's dxli'lbl- tl4D> a^ s pleasing: climax to- both engagementa at tJies«F great fatTB- yfas the prospect of a tblrd enxagement for 1016. ThJa -wltb all the modesty of a eo'n^clentlons press agetit, too. Av tor the) fmrs fhenrselves, thej* c^n hardly be flttlualy described and at the aaiiie time beep wlthlfi the bounds ot Webster's pitfltf worda. They aeem; to aJJ more Insplratloin to' tfiei 'n'ord "icreat- nees" each ;car, and barring two days ct each fair matrcd- by cold and raluy weather, the attendance beat expressed the general approval- of exhlbfts, amusempota and management. Betii^eett Des Uolnes and Mtnneaeta, tre re- turned to Dufcnquc, la., for (our gastea within two-- da-ys^two per. We had Sast played thewthe week previous aurlnir the Grand Clrcnlt trotting rae^, tihi ditlnip (o ther various other sttraeffcms, there" were scores who -wero' unable to- cat to Attto Fotcr. JSv popular dMua-niT tftfd the leSt of aC ffrw enterprising- cftlien's,, a .ftorse was raisea fb'r' com- petition by tbe orljjloal teams. PIrst hon'oraV and iBcIdentaniT- Elxt7-nve per cent, of the parse; wvra carried otT by the Eogllsti team, Ray Lampkln, cfptattoi ; -Ray Claypool, < mallet maiT, Largar erowta itttfpSet all gtfn^es; TbtT oAiciHns' da'j' oft Mltin^ta •was' wttrteia** by over 10V,00&; tffid- dutc^pelo sbAT^A flr^T VMIivfa With Art Smith, tlie daring hlrd- b^oy, X- pfcbAnt f&sitiire° o'f oar foiir daring'tbe past foMi* wetifctf baa been- the conmany of M¥.- dnd Mr?. Art Sdiltlf, Ur. and Urd: QAly ffaate'r^ manager of the feasSoua ATlartor, and^ their splendid corps- of assistant!*: The big browE auto-polo tent, with the welcome little cDottaMisei closer by, ha9' formed a eomrn'on roof to the'' datable! orsanlzallou, and the componlooshlp baa" toade bArd work- easy for the entire ootfirt of each orgtmlzatlon. Iccldentally. plans are being batchetf for a double- cvefit, auto-polo and real avlaTlon at moJiy cclcbratioDs art the closip of the fall*' deaBOtl'. KtoibTttccd In tbl<< Is ir probable four week» it tbo San Francisco World's Fair, pTior to our salllnc tor the Orlenrt on Dec. IS: One- day "In tba mud," at Waterf owiT, SO..pak., broU tbd Jump to HurOD. Tbn gauM at Water- town was played at Stoney Poln't rark, five miles Into tli« country, to Ai ezctttslver "auto**. crowd. About 250 machines, loaded to tbe fenders, at- tMtded. The Opening herer In Hunirt ba» beat ntfarred by "Mld-Wlntcr" -Weather', but at thin wrttlngr the •un U again shining brightly; and the foor days left of the State Fair -Weef will more than make up for the bad start. Art Smith, Sloon'tf aato races and Hanklnson's auto-polo ure the b'ead- Unera. i NORTHERN STATE FAIR IN lAlff. (Bpeeiat to Tub Clu^eu.) The success ot the all fair and festrwl la A-urora. III. assures a big ncvf fair ubond project, which will oe built on the orgsnlzaiton of a stock company to be knorwn as the Xorthero lUlnohi Fair Association^ new under way. It- la planned to dispose ot 900,000- wortb of at»ek. Wit& this Dtoney abent eighty acres of tafid wiU b« p«T- ehas«<l on tbe oateldTtS' of Aurora. OptleiM Lave alrettdy been «Kari>d oH flmeral sites. \ half mile race* course itlll fie bHjIlt on this iQ'nd. 'With modera stabfe^r SitS modem gisnd- stand. .Modern ethlbltlon buildings will also be erected on the grounds. All of tlie deta-lls have been turned o^ef to George H. Ilolcombc, secretary and general mana- ger of thv^ Barllngton Tri-State Pair Assoclatlen of Burlington. la., who 13 In Aurora going over the project. With Its excellent railroad faculties, fiujiv earrounding towns ehid large surronnding farming districts. Aurora is one of the best located cities let ininol.i ftfr a: State fair, an« tbe benef Is £reVB'Ient there tbort Aurora win have a rctti fair I 1910, and for yea rs tor come. AbE^EXTOWN V.MR. "Slax Obemdorf. tbe vaudeville agenl, booked, throngh Henry MeyerhotT, the fair an* park anfusentetil: manager, the acts for' tbe fair hela in. AUentowv, Pa., beginning Tuesday, Sept. 21. As can be seen, the program was one- of the 'argeac ever gctteiv up: Tlie bill consisted of -the Imperial Chinese M'anchu Troupe (seven members), the Dayton Family of -twelve, AdeS Family (BiB7en). the John Troupe (Ave), the Pour Luken.i. the Four Reddlngs. the Balton Troupe, consisting of four -w'omen^ ther Qardnettl Bros., the Hannitoa Vrov., all<t ''Werner's stalUons and dandog boMn. GITLIi' COAST PATR. Everything Is vrogreisslng Well for the Gulf Ctoaat Fair, to be he<d la MaWe. Ala., Oct 26 to Nov. 2, Inclusive, and Secretary Mort. I^ Blxler la closing concessions dally. Tbe fair will be held at the Arlington Fair Ground0, -where fairs were' held thirty yean ago. Racing win be' a big feature. Several strings ot horses are already on band. TRR AERIAjL STON^. tight wire artists, played the Trl-Townshlp Fair at Trenton, Mleb.. Aug. za to 2S. Speaking of Trenton, tbe Stones say: "Ir, all oar experience we never met a finer buDDcb of people. 'The committee, and peopler In §»nerdl, treaited ub royally. Secretari«e, Herarv. nnders and Jenkinson, certainly treat the per- tormers swelL" Playing Trenton Witli the Sfonea were Prof, Ted Sweet, C&Hooniat, and Capt. Chas. Cole. hiKli diver. RI'V£>RSID& PARK. Hntehlnson, Kan., closed a very profltable seasoa Oct. 2. RC^ LIST SWptfKMeAMt'&l«t—Reeetved Te>o f,ar« tHr Cla^lfleatton. BWrJWr atteis-MMway. Pa., 4-S>. Ocwiu'a Players—Gerlnjc. Neb., <|.0. Ooiumbin Stock—I«e<l«ais6urr, nd.. 4-». Harrlacton. 0»., Il'lS. GomptOD-Plonib Stock—Woodnteiek, Tel., *-t^. rranklln Stock—Ci»persti>>va, N. Y., i o. Olnalvan Dram. Cto.—<BllsuIH-J. Web.. 4-9: Rtark-rrboir Stock—Sacknile, Cm., 4-». Lilley, ]•>!, aarke. Stock—Is'ew Ca.iUe, lad., 4-tf. Lyone. Lllllaa, stock—Eakton, Mieb., 4-8. La toTie Mae, Sioc:i—Anipila. IniT., 4-». Le' Hoy Sfocfc—.^oibprat, O.. 4-9. La Teoc's Oircoy (Add.)—e«otsc(o«B-, Del., 11, Hnr- rlDcton 12. MiildletOH-n ' StnrnBy's Oomr<lian»—Sallnoe. Oal., 4-0, Mncfe-^rie Stock (Add.)—Boiporta, Kan., II-IS. Natt's" 0«iK>d> Ploreni—Cjmiibell, Mo.. 4-0, Roe, J. G.. Stock—Cartbaxe. 3. Dak.. 11-10 •Savidge- riayets—Creiehtoti. Xeb.. 4-0. STrata, W. I. Shew. So. 2—.Mnrcay, Ky., 3-9. "School Boj-o*'—01CT«1aad "Slwrmna Win nieht" (11. H. Pifaae*. mgr.)—ItoelKW- fefS-tf. . "Safety PIrat." Kastern Co. (Holton Pbwell Ire, nW.)'—'^SfcWson- City lint., 8-10, Hapaa«e 11. Chu- cuUojco IS, KoailallTllJe I'J, Angola 14, EIIcluTlIte>. O.. 15, Seflinice-16: "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (Terry, mgr.) (Add.)—^Whlttf. 3. Dn*., fr, Hatttwic*. Mlmt:. 12. Mttle Ilock, la., 13, Hartley 14, rocabontas IC, Oowrle 10. Whftafr tffoefc—PbwlerTllle. Stch,, 4^. VAUDEVELE ROUTE LIST NOTICEi , WI>en nv dMe !■ Blven. ' tke Tv««k «f Oct. •«-» la Ailbhi's, OrpTkobi. Bkld'. . >-. Am*r, Pftlx. MelfttV, Olaetnnati. Ailair & Wj-ant. Poll's. New Haren. i3ana.. 7-9. Adauis & Gtibl, Gt. Northeru, Clilragn. Allen, ilinnle, & Co., Temple, Roctin'.er, N. V. AiberlDl, .Ui«BDrin>. Bljeo; Boston. Altos Bros., Olyoiplc. BnlTilo. £l««3nd?r- Kifi», Temple, Ft. Warne. lad. Amrta, Tnuple, Detroit. Ameplcan Dancer? (6). KelTh'A. Waa*.iln^oe. American ComeOy Vour, Llucoln Sii., .N. V. Ol, 4-6; Ua Kalb, Btlo., 1-9. American Tniopeteerv. S'collay 3(|., Doafen. Ankers (3). Bashwicfc. Bkln. Annapolis Bo)-s (S). .Majeiirlo, MIHrirakee. Artois Trio, Uovrard, Boatou. ATven*. ilxtle. Olohe. Pblla. AFtliur Bros. Wm. t'onn, Pbllt. Arc<j Bros.. Orpbenni. Ilkln. AtMIl, .\br, McVlekrr'y. CUloaso. Atlaa' Trio, Olohe. Plilla. "At the. Clab," Victoria, Baltimore. .A.Tbn Oometfr Fbnr. Tempi*. Detroit. Barnard & AJiger Bevue, l-'orsylb, Atlanta^ Off. LEE BARTH SiFILL m DIAIiBCT C4MVAL mm. M HAi.Brriuj:, Ohia., Sept 27.—^The shows open Qp here to-day for a D\f week under local icasplces, and ail Indications point to a pleasant and proQt- ahleecSgagemcnf. The shows have Jnst come over the border from Arkansas, wbere they played sev- eral w'eeks of fair business, espoelally .'tt Little Kock,- under the auspices of the State Federation, o'f Labor, and at Pine Bluff for the Harvest Fes- tival, which was a banner 'week. Last week tho shows were nt Boonvllle. -which was one of the -worst weeks we have ever experlenred in tbe car- nival biislucss. The tovrn Is old fashioned aiiil tnmbltf down, and tbe people are apikarontlr all embarrassed Qnandally. Both shows and concessions sutTcrcd -badly at BMiWlJle, find we dontjt if any other carblvul 'Wilt vwtoTe there for many a long day. Walter Raleigh, late of tb« Laj-ton Amosement Co., Jobied -fhe Slows-' at Litne Rock, and lias Do-w tarken the (da^gwait of the cook tent. Sydney Wire, gen- «m agsUt of tho show, and the UMa who piloted an through our long tour from Oklahoma and back ^alnv 'ls about to'leave for a brief vacation. Mr. wire wIU be repl/iced by W. S. Shery, who will bafldle' fba advance 'hiring the Winter Season, ix-blcb win embrace a. tour of Arizona, New Stexico and California. BpoimLLB, Ark., Sept. 25 (apeetat to Thb Clip- PEB).—The .\merlcan Amusement Co. cloaeS a ■wetrs engagement here to-night, having furnished the attractions for the local Live Stock and Agrl- caltdral E-Thlbftlon, which has been a sitecess from oil bat tbe amusement staiidpolnt. Tbe at- tendance OB the Midway Was small, la spite ot the fact that there bave been no open air ehowo In the towni for several seasons past BoflOVlHi' isfoeated In the extreme West of the 3wre of Ar- kansas in the heart of the TVliite Oak Ran^o Boantinn^ a sparsely populated and wild region. There are. little or no modern ImproTements, and throagb the bad wnrter or unsanHnry condition of tlie dwelling, a number of people with the com- pany have Been attacked by fevers auA Intestinal trooblea daring tbe stay of tbe show In town. The shows will Ko from here to Ilaleyvllle, Okla., and then on to McAlester. Okla., wher^ they will show on the downtown streetsr under the aiMplces of the local- I/odge of Rlks. Tbe show win atij out all the aeaaon. SYDNEY "WIRIi:^ IS OKt.Jk. C^inn:siL.t, Okla.. Oct. 4 (Special to The Ci.ip»>:Br).—SsdiLcy Wire, representing the Ameri- can Amusement Co., is heri>, making tho ftna! ar- rannancntS foT tbe big Pall Kostlval, wblrh Is to ho hnW here- under fhe au^jlces of the Cblekesha City Band dilrbtg the week eonmeneiag Oct. 18. Mr. Wire Is In' ctaarire of the pnbHctty campaign, •n'hlch -will extend all uvrr the country, the tea hire of which Is an autoarohllc contest Which la rreatlng a big Interest hereabouts. The Amerlcaiv Aimisement Co., which Is ploying this week at .McAIestir, will furnish all of the 'Kldway attractions. RICE AND DORE ON B.4R. From Museotlne, la., comes the word that on its ■way to that town the Bice 4 Dore Water CTircus was marooned on a sand bar hi tho BCssIsslppl niver. Later a rise in the rIVer lloated tbe circus croft and tbe Southern trip was resumed. STDXET WIRE, general ogcnt of the American Amnsemcnt Co., from Boonvllle, Ark., states that that exeetlent carnival organization had a shock- ing week at Boonvllle Sept. 20-27; tbat sbowa, rides and conceAlons were on the ve^ge of starva- tion. Ills opinion of Boonvllle as a carnival town •was not flattering. There are no -water system or •ewers In towsr, and most of the carnival folks were stricken with fever and Intestinal troubles. Mr. Wire adds tbat his plans for the future are Indefinite. Re will leave tb« show soon and will take a brief rest, after -which he will get bosy on something new. SIARTIN BECK WUl shortly go OB C touT of Inspection of his clreolt. Rail, Uae Eleanor. DatHinick. Bkln. Barry; Mr. A Urt. Jlamjy. Busbwick. Bkln. Bailee Diveriissonieiit, K«llli':>, Coinmbus.. O. Barrett ft Ow, UC|>taema, JackMnvlllr, Pia. Ball. Brnrst K.. Kettb's, Imllaaaitolla. duller Slaterr, .Mliambra. N. T. O. Bnrut, Arthur, i& Co., Hipp., Yonniprtmtn, O. Hares*- & Crawfonl, Palace. N. Y. C. RnnkolT & airlle, Pnlacc, .N. Y. C. Barnes A Bobiason, .American, .S°. If. C. 4-4: Boole- vanl. N. Y. C. Bartit-i (3). Losit'd. Toronto. Can. Iluriiet. Ciipt.. & Son. BIJiiu. Ukiii.. T-9. Borili, Leo. at. Jamo, Bom an, T-9. Barboara. Aerial. Bowdoln Sq., Beaton. 7-9. Ba^es, Nora, Kelth*!i, Clnclnaatl, Harry, Edn-itia. & Co.. Uetlb'H, WaAlnKtoo. Butijo EJll Victoria, Baltimore. "Banllt, The," PlatboabL Ilkln. r<-n««7-, A. 1>. ''Uappy.*' 'i;a.l.l'!i 9hoW, Indaf. . IV-li-ThaaT Brcn., Kalr. Peuris, III. Persen, Aitreil, Bushnlck, Bkln. Fcrra, .M:roel, Keltb'a', Clere laud . Eeonett, .Mhrrj}-, oaloolal, Erip, Pa. . r«ll FamllT, Tciiple, Ft. Wayn». li»l ] r.«^Ts; Leo, Keith's. Pbila. BtrBcre. ValcTi>. Alliambra, N. V. C. Belt & Cirron, .llleglieny, Pblla. Bemtncl Bns.. Cr^tal, Mlhraokee. Ben<Sx, ThM.. Pla.rers, Flatbiiali, Bkls. Bljr eitr Four. rictba.-<b. BkJn.: I'ulaw. N. T. C, 11-16. KiC Bevm>. Orpheuiu. N'. T. C. 4-0. BiHbop. Marie. Palace. Chlcai;o. HIJouve. Kkater:). Palace. CblcaKO. Blclr, ICbivnIc. A Co., Ornnd, Pblla. Black A White TU-vuv, Ciirden. Buitimnre. Bolses (4). KiPK'«. Bdlnbari^'i, 9eot.. 11-10; il<m, UUsgow, lS-23: TtToll, Abenteen, 26-30. rcotbtty & BvcrJten, ForMj-Ui. .Vtlantn, Ua. Bond & Casron. Kelth"d, Dnrtou, D. Booth & Leai.der, Orpbeuni. Ntontreal. Can. Bonncrr'a, B\'.\t. Olrcus, Acadeior. iforfolL-, Va., 7-9. Botmdlng Trompx, Cnraa-Kera, Ptalla., T-9. Broadway Comedy Foor, Bispiesa, Slenx Olty, la., 7-0; OhlcmgD lt-13. FREO t MmiTA BRID Mgr. Chas. A. Poachot . Pal. Theatre BIdg.. S. T. C. Bradley ft Norrbi, Colonial. Rrle. Pa. BriMin. Mabel, & Co.. Keltb'n. WaablnKton. Brlei-re Kins. Ttb Ave., .V. Y. C. 4-S: Pulton. Bkln., T-». Brawn, Harris & Browii. Loen-'n, ToroiMo, (Jan. Crown A JackMn, AmerJciD. Bo»teir, T-S*. Brom, Tout, Trio, Bmery. Prorlifenfle. 7-9. Bradley, Tnl A Uno. On>l>euin. Raeloe, Win., T-9. BAieKbanlr. Ilarrlana, A Co.. Kenb'x. Imllanapoll*. "Brlile Sbo|i. Tbe," ICelch't. Dayton, O. Burab«m & Irvlir. Hipp.. Tcronto. Cud. Boms A Lynn. Orpluum, Bkln. BoKb. Praak. American. Y. C. '-9. Bumpa fc ncnips, Kulr. PeorU, 111. Burtm' & WalKii. Grand, KooxTille, Temi., T-9. Campion. Crahr, Orpht.-um. Bkln. Casey, Keunetb. thea's, RntTalo. CaupolIcjiY. Chief. K<|rh'.«. Culumhun, O. Cantor * I.ev, Albambm, N. Y. C. Carongeotir, Ja^, Pultun, mrtn.. T-9. Careiv .» I>T«kv». Wm. t*«ni. Willn. OarloR, Ifeien, Trio, Fair. IVurIa-. 111. dans, Ktura.-). Co.. .Majvitilc. Mllwaakeet, i Qirter A Waters, Flatbosh. Bkln, Oirdo & Null, Uiirtltni, naltlmnre. CaiuiliK>a, The, Palace, Chicaip>. Orall A Muck. Bowanl, Doaton. Cblr ft Marble, ColOiilaK V. Y. C. Olccollnl, Palace, N. Y. C. ClMont, KatblMv, Harrlji, Plttaimmh. OlUTtan, Btasile. & 0>., KeHa'a. Toledo, O.* C;inon, Ktbol. & Co.. Loew'a. Nemrk, IT J., r-». Cllftoiv ft Fowler, (ilohe, Boston, T-9. Clayton ft I.euule, Ilawunl. Boftoo. Ctaaa ft Vernle. N'Uoa, Phlln. Ciltrord ft Fields, Victoria, Balrtmore, Oeabom. J«milo. PIII7 "S«vOu" Hall ft Cb.. Indef. Ocin-tlelzh, Wni., ft Co.. Prujnecl, Bkhv. Orates, I.oto. A Co., Keitb'ii, Boiiton. Corcoran ft Dingle, Stien'.-*. Diiftnlo. Oobper ft Smith. Keltb'K, DnTloiv O. Costa Troope. MeVlcMr't. i,1i1<to-<o. Osnnors ft Witt. Boolevanl, S. 1. O.. 4-0. Obntoya Models, Loe«*s, Rocli.>«ter, Mr. T., T-9. Oockley, McBMd* ft Carroll, Vartek. Bkls., T-9. Oclonlal Trk>. ScoIUy Sq., Boatoo. Oorbrtt, Sbepaxd ft Donoran. Poll's Palaep. Satlntteli,' Man*.. 7-9. 0«k Slaters, Olympic, BorrnK). Cblrfa, B^anefa*. Ct. Xorthem. ChVafo. OoDirv, Bay, Ot. Nortban; CblcojA. OoIodUI Mlustrd .Maid*. Vaaile.. Saratoga, !T. T., 7-#« (ContiHUtd on poff« a.)