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[[newspaper clipping]] THE SAN FR[[?]] 12 HORSE SHOW MARKS EVENING AT BIG FAIR Buildings Thrown Open; Aviator Meets With Accident and Plane is Shattered. [Special Dispatch to "The Examiner"] SACRAMENTO, August 28. – Illuminated by thousands of incandescents and Japanese lanterns, outlining the walks and drives, Agricultural Park presented an unwonted brilliant appearance to-night. Ablaze with lights, all of the State fair buildings were thrown open this evening for the visitors. The predominant amusement features of the evening were the fireworks and the night horse show. The pryotechnical display began at 8 o'clock and was held in front of the grandstand, just beyond the judges' stand. Many fiery novelties were produced, including the representation of a battle in which both battleships and airships participated. The night horse show was held in an immense tent, seating several thousand spectators. The show consisted of gaited saddle horses, coach horses shown to halter, ponies in harness and also exhibition tricks by the wild west contingent. The afternoon was devoted to the harness racing and to the cowboy and cowgirl races, broncho busting and bucking contests. The cowgirl running races drew much applause. Mrs. Hazel Hoxie won the quarter mile running race in twenty seconds. Her competitors were Mrs. Al Hawn, Miss Pearl Dobson and Mrs. A. J. Stanley. Fred J. Wiseman, the Santa Rosa aviator, narrowly escaped injury in an accident to his aeroplane this morning while attempting to alight. Wiseman had reached the altitude of probably 200 feet and was making good headway due east when his engine commenced to miss. He attempted to get it into working order, but owing to a clogged pipe which connected the gasoline tank with the carburetor the machine refused to explode. The birdman then took the alternative and began to glide heading for the racetrack at the east bank. When about 75 feet from the ground the aeroplane became unmanageable and seeing that he was about to fall, Wiseman shifted the steering apparatus and plunged headlong to the ground, the front planes crashing into splinters, but breaking the fall. This alone saved him from serious injury. To-morrow the Panama-Pacific delegation from San Francisco will hold forth at the fair. To-morrow's programme will be as follows: 10 a. m. – Livestock parade. 11 a. m. – Arrival of delegation from San Francisco under auspices of Merchants' Association and allied civic organizations. 11 a. m. – Band concert. 2 p. m. – Wild West show and chariot races. 3 p. m. – Horse races. First 2:30 trop for two-year-olds; second, State Fair futurity; price $5,000. 7 p. m. – Band concert. 8 p. m. – Fireworks. 9 p. m. – Horse show. [[newspaper clipping]] AVIATION FLIGHT IS TO OCCUR AT NOON Fred J. Wiseman to Give Exhibition Wednesday on Arrival of the Morning Trains in Cloverdale Fred J. Wiseman, the Santa Rosa aviator, with his crew of assistants, has gone to Cloverdale to have everything in readiness for Wednesday's flights on the arrival of the morning execursion and regular trains from the south. This will make it necessary for all who are going up to witness the aviation features as well as the citrus exhibit to take the early excursion or regular train. There will be a special train at 9:20, preceeding the regular morning train at 10:25, and a special at 1:55 in the afternoon. The rate for the round trip on any of these three trains will be $1.00, good to return on the train leaving Cloverdale at 2:50 or the specials at 9:15. [[newspaper clipping]] WEATHER BALKS FLIGHTS James Radley Calls Off Attempt to Reach San Jose. Weather conditions prevented James Radley from attempting his aeroplane flight from Selfridge Field to San Jose yesterday. Fred Wiseman, the Santa Rosa aviator, promised an exhibition flight, but the wind was too treacherous, he announced. Flights will be made by both Radley and Wiseman to-day if the weather permits. [[newspaper clipping]] AVIATORS SUFFER FROM AIRSICKNESS Rarer Atmosphere Increases Dangers of High Flying PARIS, May 20. – "One of the causes of mortality among aviators is probably what is known as air-sickness, which is somewhat like mountain sickness, but felt sooner by the airman." This statement was made before the Academy of Science the other day by Dr. Rene Cruchet, of the University of Bordeaux. He explained that the remarks were the result of observations made during the altitude competition at the Bordeaux aviation meeting. He first explained that mountain climbers experience a certain ill feeling when reaching an elevation of 6,000 feet. Aviators are affected when they have reached heights of only between 3,000 and 4,000 feet. The respiration is shortened, the pulse beats quicker and headaches follow. A general feeling of sickness is the result, and the stomach is sometimes upset. Air-sickness reaches its maximum on the descent. Dr. Cruchet accounts for this by the fact that aviators usually descend in five or ten minutes from heights to which they took nearly ten times that period to ascend. The physiological disorders increase as he nears the ground. The heart beats faster, the palpitation becomes audible, the breathing is irregular, the buzzing in the ears becomes violent. Other strange phenomena are observed. Aviators feel their faces burning, and their eyes look red and bloodshot, and the headache is extremely violent. But the worst is the feeling that they will want to go to sleep against their will. Their eyes close in spite of any effort to force them open. In fact some doze away for short intervals. And here Dr. Cruchet pointed out that this must have happened to the late Chavez when he came down after crossing the Alps. [[newspaper clipping]] AUGUST 24, 1911. WISEMAN, THE AVIATOR, AT THE STATE FAIR Wiseman, the Santa Rosa aviator, will be the bird-man of the State Fair. He will have a chance to try out his perfected bi-plane, which is his own invention, at the Eagles' aerie at San Francisco, which will be held just preceding the State Fair. He has a duplicate machine, so that should any accident befall the one he is using, he will have another at hand. Wiseman is one of the best and most daring birdmen in the business, and his wonderful control of his machine is the surprise of all beholders. In starting he makes a run of 100 or 150 yards and then rises to a thousand feet or more, from which altitude he makes his wonderful spiral glide to within a few feet of earth. At his exhibitions on the coast he has actually run into the surf and mounted again into the air, like a seagull. He is said to be the only aviator who has mastered the art of changing his course squarely, like a skater on the ice. He swings his machine around with a perilous skidding motion and brings up precisely as a skipper brings his boat about on the tack. This is said to be the finest feat performed by any birdman. Wiseman has a speed record of 72 miles an hour, and those who have seen his work and know his abilities confidently expect to see him win new laurels in the calm air of the interior. [[image - photograph of men with biplane]] [[caption]] ALL READY TO FLY - CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR [[/caption]
