The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-12
Eight Famous Speed Kings To
Compete for HonOrs.
Hold Qualifying Heats of Sun
flower Sweepstakes.
FARM BUREAU DAY
Farmers Meet in Peoples Pa
vilion in Afternoon.
Old FiddIers' Contest Is on Pro-
gram for Evening.

Auto races, with eight widely known
dirt track speed kings participating,
will be the feature of the Kansas Free
fair Wednesday.
The races will start promptly at .
o'clock. The first event will be the
Sunflower sweepstakes to be run in
two qualifying heats, the first dis
tance Of thirty-four laps. the second a
distance of seven laps. Cars finishing
first and second in each qualifying
heat will be eligible to start in the
finals Saturday afternoon. Cars and
drivers qualifying in the first heat will
be barred from the second heat.
Prize For Record Breaker.
The third event on Wednesdays
program will consist of record time
trials, distance to be announced. A
purse of $500 will go to the driver
making the fastest time if the world's f
record for the half-mile tracks, 2-5
seconds-is lowered. A $500 purse will
go to the driver making the fastest
time if the state record is lowered,
while the car making the fastest time
is offered a purse of $780,
The fourth event will be the fnvi-
tation handicap, distance of five
miles, for purse OF 5000. The cars
will be sent away five seconds apart.
the judges to determine the position
of start from the showing made in
previous races. The sixth event will
be free-for-all five-mile race, the
purse to be divided SO per cent to first
place, 80 per cent to second place and
20 per cent to third place.
The drivers who will participate in
the. races are: Larry. Stone, driving
a Duesenberg; Louis Disbrow, driving
Fiat; Irwin Hoffman, a Comet; Cliff
Craft, driving a King special; Jack
Murray, driving a Stutz; c. A. Kelly,
driving a Bugatti; Harry Petticord.
driving an Essex, and Fred Horey,
driving a Frontenac The manage
ment is taking every precaution for
the safety of the spectators while the
speed demons are roaring around the
track. The track has been banked
| higher at each turn to prevent skid
ding and allow the drivers to make
faster time. Spectators will be kept
away from the fences.
Wednesday Is Farm Bureau Day.
Wednesday will be farm bureau
day, and a meeting of the state farm
bureau open to the public will be held
in the Peoples pavilion at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon. The National Duroc-
Jersey Record futurity will be held at
o'clock in the morning. An auto
polo contest between the American
team and Pacific coast champion
will be held in front of the grand
stand between auto racing events.
Radio concerts and demonstrations
will be given in the radio pavilion
both afternoon and evening, and Cho
Cho, the famous health clown, will
entertain and instruct the kiddies in
Children's corner with a performance
| beginning at o'clock.
The old fiddlers' contest win be held
in the Peoples pavilion at Z o'clock
| in the evening. Frank G.. Odell will
| give bee demonstrations in the plaza
of the agricultural building at II
| o clock in the morning and o'clock
| in the afternoon. Marsha1Ps band
/ will give concerts in the plaza OF
Agricultural hall morning and after
| noon. Demonstration team contests
will be held in the boys and girls
club pavilion both morning and after
! noon also. In the evening the big
| be held in front of the grandstand-