The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-16

The world famous dirt track kings
who were to participate in the auto
races at the Free Fair today will com
pete again tomorrow in one of the
best racing programs of its kind seen
here in years. Allurfng purses for
the winners promise some real com
petition when the dust demons warm
UP their mounts in front of the grand
stand Saturday afternoon.
In addition to the races, Mark
Campbell. the daredevil California
aviator, will stage his thrilling aerial
circus. After several minutes of wing
walking, hanging from his knees from
the landing gears and sitting astride
the hood while his machine is travel
ing 100 miles an hour, Campbell will
attempt to make perfect parachute
landing in front of the grandstand.
1t is a comparatively easy manner
to make a parachute landing from a
great altitude, but it is difficult and
dangerous to make the attempt 200 or
900 feet from the ground. And this is
where Campbell excelS Several avi-
ators who have witnessed these feats
for years declare Mark Campbell is
the best they ever saw when it comes
TO the parachute drop. The Califor-
nan is now walking with a cane as
result of a sprained ankle when he
made a parachute drop a few weeks
ago.
Saturday will be the last day for
Kansans to take in the big Free Fair
and witness the auto races. A crowd
equal to that of today is expected TO
attend in view of the many famous
racers who will compete for the prize
money offered by the Free Fair assO-
citation.
The night show this evening will be
the last at the Free Fair. This is the
final opportunity for Kansans to see
Gunpowder. the famous comedy mule.
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hippodrome acts have made the night
show this year stand out above all
others in the history of the Free Fair.
Anna. Happy Lad. Peter Payne,
Bobola, Billie Earl and Prince Hal
are names dear to the hearts of 1000
Kansas horse race fans today. The
showing these horses made in the best
meet ever held in Topeka was enough
to bring tears of joy to the eyes of
every man and woman who witnessed
their performances on the Kansas
Free Fair track Thursday afternoon.
Much Competition in Races.
Two $1,000 stakes and four attrac-
tive purses brought about fierce com
petition among the great field of
starters in each of Wednesdays events.
The 2:20 pace went six heats, the Z:I4
trot five heats and the 2:17 pace four.
Anna the chestnut mare owned and
driven by J. E. Donnelley, of Musko-
gee Okla. lived up to her reputation
in the 2:14 trot. Bobola, the brown
gelding belonging to J. NJ. Wray, Cres-
cent Ia nosed her out in the first
two heats In the third heat it SEEM
ed the same performance would be
repeated but coming in on the home
stretch Anna showed a sudden burst
of speed, crept past BObola and went
under the wire a length ahead of him,
while the spectators rose to their feet
and cheered themselves hoarse. In
the fourth heat the score stood two
and two. and the pair fought it out
alone in the fifth, Anna winning the
heat and the race.
Billie Earl, the little grey driven by
Beasley and owned by c. NJ. Weeks,
Omaha. Neb., took the first heat in
the 2:17 pace and was a contender in
each of the three remaining heats,
which were won by Happy Lad, brown
gelding owned and driven by z. S.
Dennis, Cleburne. Tex.
Peter Payne, brown gelding owned
and driven by G. L. Levitt, Wilson,
Kan, took the first heat in the 2;20
pace. came back in the fourth and
sixth, winning the race.
The Money Winners.
The money in the three big events
Of the afternoon went as follows:
2:2O pace-Peter Payne. first;
Prince Hal, second; Ruth Inglesby,
third; Prince Lee. fourth.
2:14 trot-Anna. first; Bobola. sec
ond: King Brown. third; Captain Dale.
fourth.
2:17 pace-Happy Lad. first; Billie
Earl. second; Verlie Hal, third Pete,
fourth.
Summary of Races.
The summary follows:
2;Ia Trot, Merchants stake. Purse $1,000.