Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1910 — GLOWING NIGHT SHOWS [ARTICLE]

GLOWING NIGHT SHOWS

Gorgeous Spectacles to be Given At Indiana Exposition. Gorgeous as they have been in the past, the night shows at the coming Indiana State Fair will outrank these spectacular events of other years. The shows have been reorganized and by eliminating the vaudeville bill, which will fie given each afternoon before the grandstand of the race track, the arena of the coliseum will in the evening be ocupied exclusively by show horses. A concert will be given by Weber's band, of Cincinnati, with Miss Blanche Mehaffey as soloist, both strong favorites with state fair visitors. There has been a liberal increase in the money prizes for the night shows, $4,930 going to the harness horses and $2,305 to saddle horses, and the entry lists make it clear that the horse show is going to be of the highest quality. Roadsters, highsteppers, gig outfits, tandems, unicorns, four-in-hands, fancy turnouts driven by men and women, will be conspicuous in the programs. In the saddle classes there will be events for three and five gaited animals and high school horses, with special equestrian contests for women. Mrs. rs. C. Knode, of Indianapolis, who has won many prizes at the fair’s horse shows, will give a handsome silver cup to the best woman equestrian. The American Saddle Horse Breeders’ Association will give a SIOO silver trophy to the best saddle horse. One of the choicest attractions for the night shows will be Manuel Herzog’s highly educated Arabian stallions —six beautiful society animals, which give a-varied program of fancy steps, military maneuvers and marches, and the horses are also put through many individual paces. These horses have been very popular in the winter garden at Berlin, Germany; at the New York hippodrome, and also at the Madison Square Garden Horse Show. The night shows also have a class for business horses, including ribbon contests for two, four and six-horse teams, the total prizes for them reaching $1,200, and these showy outfits will give emphasis to the picturesque events of the arena. Another night show at the fair, given on the infield of the racetrack, is Pain’s elaborate spectacle, “Battle in the Clouds,” showing methods of warfare which may prevail when airships are perfected as engines of war. This spectacle will be given on the ground and in the air, and will include a high class vaudeville bill and a great display of fireworks. It is to be presented on the same scale of magnificence which marked -its first production at Brighton Beach, New York, last year, and it will be the big outdoor night amusement of State Fair week at Indianapolis. An army of men and women in costume will be required I and the production will be rich In scenic, embellishment ' ■ v. - -- -±-