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Show Beachev and Oldrield Are Here te 'jfi Will Give, a Thrilling Exhibition 1 BARNEY OLDFIELD "" Immense Crowd Will Gath er at Lagoon to See Celebrities PROBABLY iS 000 people will dream the falling dream to n ght Th s afternoon they will have w tnessed the real thr il of falling It is Beachey s des ents that make the crowds gasp for breath Tor this is Beachey and Oldfleld day u Salt Lake City, and thae afternoon at Lagoon track these two greatest of American sport ng celebr t eB w 11 pre sent the dnal programme of earth and air events which have been the sen sat on of the country s nee L ncoln Beachey and Barney Oldfield cast the r lots together for an Amer can and Aus tral an to r last March When Beachey after climb ng to a 5000 feet alt tude shuts off h s motor and throwing his aeroplane o er by centr fugal force makes a sheer drop of 2500 feet, there will be no one pres ent who w 11 not adm t that it s the most creepy propos t on they have ever seen accomplished by anyone any where Opens With a Concert Th a afternoon s meet will start w tb a band concert at 2 o clock t 3 0 cloc sharp the first event Oldfie d s attempt for a new one m le dirt track record dnv ng the Fiat Cyclone will be run off The crowd will be subjected to no stalls or stage wa ts Every event will closely follow ts pred ecessor And every event will be run off on a str ct schedule regardless of weather cond irons for Beachey s fa mous slogan rain shine or cyclono s not an en pty boast but an estab- 1 shed fact Alore than 100 meets have been staged by tho Beachey Oldfield comb nat on this season m th rty four states of the un on and there hasn t been a s ngle postponement even for an hour on account of weather cond Following Beachey s first fl. ght (speed tr ck and fancv flying) Oldfie d will try for a new two m Ie d rt track record dr v ng the Chr st e 300 horse power front drive car This car s so Sowerful that it cannot be cranked t as to be towed for a flying start It s of s s cil nders each three feet n length and is the product of the narrelous Imer can inventive gen a Wa ter Chr st e Will Drop Bombs On Beachey s second fl ght he will destroy a mammoth seen c battlesh p which has been erected n the center of the aviat on field, by the use of h gh eiplos va aer al bombs dropped from the sky This is an espec ally thr 1 ng number and viv dly dep cts p esent day European aenal warfare Cont nn ng on to high alt tudes he w 11 do the death drop the nps de down back ward sp ral Bt a ghtawa up de down fly ng and volplaning to he aviat on field from a 3000 feet a t t de with a dead motor Follow ng Barney B attempt fo a new five mile track record with tho Fiat C olone Beachey and Oldfield w 11 race three m les (flving start) for the parti and a r champ onsh p Th s contest s sa d to be the climax of thr Is t no t me s Beachev forty feet abo it oi eround and at t mes he touches Ba ney s head with h s front land ng wheel It s the mot dangerous port on of Beachey s ent re programme for should the motor stop for even a f ract on of a second he would come crash ng to the earth his low elevat on g ving h m no chance to recover Looping the Loop Following the aero auto race Beachev ascends tor h s loop tho loop fl ghts the re al feature of h s ner to mance wh ch more than an th ng else as sta nped h m as the grcatebt av ator the world has ever produced |