Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-13
MOTOR CAR RACES
!. TODAY'S FEATURE
AT THE STATE FAIR
Dirt Track Automobile
Speeders Will Furnish
Thrills of Occasion.
CROWD OF $4,000 ATTENDS
ON "H0ME-C0MlNG DAY"
Livestock Judging Nears Com.
Pletion, but Exhibits Will
Remain Intact.

iHc iail 'hN'fS us next 10 una! dag
today with tho advent o. tho dirt
track auto spcedstcrs. who were ou.
on the course all yesterday morning
in their machines. Sig Iaugdahl.
American dirt trach champion, said
after hc hal Circled the ova, in sixty
seven seconds. that nc was merely
loafn."
Details OF tho racing program will
be found in another column of this
paper.
Homecoming Day" was n,tinEly.
II quietly. celebrated by $1,000 pa
irons Of the Virginia State Fair As
socia,lon yesterday. Many returned
residents Of the State were In the
crowds. Officials expressed them
selves as fully satisfied with the
volume OF business the fair Is doing
in It's second week. this being :hc
frs, year in its history tina, /, has
been operated more than six day..
Lacking any set program beyond
the final appearance OF Al Wilson in
his plane-changing stunt. and the
usual free vaudeville acts and band
concert. General Manager Saunders
yesterday invited the local automo-
bile exhibitors at the fair. about
twenty IN number, to stage a parade
on the race track to decide which
make OF car is most popular in the
estimation OF R!chmondcrs.
The MacFarlan won in the closed
car Class, after 4 ;ie with Buick.
which nccess!ta;ed a second journey
before the judges stand. where sat
Henry L. Ebel and Robert Alport as
the local judges. with Al Wilson and
genial Larry Boyd, manager OF To-
lack Brothers Midway Shows. as i'm
partial guest judges.
Ties In Two Classes.
In both the roadster and touring
class ties also were the result OF the
frst trip down tho track Stuiz won
out over Packard and Buick in the
roadster class and the yclic Big S
nosed out the MacFarlan In the heavy
touring class. Applause OF the au-
diencc was used as the medium OF
judging
Injecting a little spice into the
afternoons proceedings. Larry Boyd
caused a gale Of applause from the
audience as he stepped out onto the
track. when Police Captain Samueis'
Ford roadster. driven by officer Har-
ris. came along in the wake OF the
parading cars. and planted firmly on
the Henry's hood mammoth cup,
which, at first glance, cleaned in the
sun as though of solid silver. but. on
closer inspection, proved 10 be-tin.
Wilson needed only two attempts
yesterday TO perform his change in
mi mir 10 N,I @
If he were 10 be successful on the
first try. hut the lowering plane just
eluded his grasp as the tricky air
currents caused il TO swerve sud-
denly after IL had come up even with
the one in which Wilson took the
air. The audience warmly applauded
Wilson. who leaves now for Dallas,
Tex. after his final appearance. He
has made many friends in his brief
stay here.
Given Complimentary Spins.
In compliment 10 Colonel William
NJ. Myers. Director OF Public Safety.
and Chief cf Police C. a. Sherry, Will
son and his aids. Lieutenants r. L..
Goldsworthy and +. d. Hoy. took up
Mrs. Myers and her daughter and
Chief Sherry's daughter for BRIEF
spins late yesterday afternoon.
Judging in the live stock division
is approaching an end, but the ex-
hibits are to remain intact until the
final day. This has been made pos
sible by the action of the railroads
and express company in staticning
their agents in permanent dcpots on
the grounds so that exhibitors may
make their shipping arrangements at
the last possible moment without un-
due haste or confusion. An auction of
baby becvcs was held in the Boys
and Girls Club exhibit yesterday
afternoon and many local buyers
were on hand TO bid for the 110 prize
animals.
Superintendent Of Grounds Bland
was complimented yesterday by fair
directors on the condition in which
the big exposition has been kept since
its opening n week ago Monday. More
than sixty hours have been spent by
the crew OF large fleet of motor
trucks in cartinE off the rubbish from
the grounds since the opening. The
race track receives It's final rolling
and coating OF gluterin, a guaran-
tecd dust layer, this morning.
The army flying program was
somewhat curtailed yesterday and
Private II. l.. White, the parachute
jumper, was unexpectedly recalled to
Langley Field.