The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-22
CALL RACE CARD
OFF; GRADY FAIR
BROUGHT To END
Seventh Annual Exhibit classed as
Beat Ever Staged Here: Displays
Being Taken Down: More
Prizes Awarded.
SCHOOL ENTRIES AWAY
AHEAD OF OTHER YEARS
Community Exhibits Good; Boys and
Girls Club Contestants Get
Prizes; Some Displays Be
Taken TO State Fair.

finls was written ON the last page
OF the history Of the seventh annual
Grady county free fair last night.
The curtain was not definitely
lowered until this morning when
officials of the fair association an
rounced that. because sufficient on.
tries could not be obtained. plans
for this afternoons race card had
been abandoned. This announce.
ment brought the fair to a definite
close.
There was some difficulty In get
ting the horse racing card Tor the
afternoon filled. Hopes were not
abandoned. however until after at.
tempts TO fill the auto racing card
had failed. No stock ears were en-
tered and only three striped cars
could be engaged. At least five
striped cars were needed TO carry
out the program, II was announced.
Rather than disappoint the people
by not staging the two automobile
races, which were booked to be the
outstanding features OF the card, the
board decided TO abandon all plans
for this afternoons racing events.
Before comparatively small
crowd. an interesting card was pre-
sented yesterday afternoon. Re-
suits OF these races follow:
2:2O trot-The Cabot. first money;
Silver Ryne. second money; Semi
role Chief. third money: Swift On
slaw, fourth money. Time of heats;
2:2ik; 2:22h. 2:2sh.
2:25 pace-iWinnie B, first money;
Tim Gordon, second money; Rosa
Lee, third money; Little leo, fourth
money. Time of heats 2:24K;
2:24h; 2:25A; 2.2iA; 2:24h.
Half mile run--Argonne Forest,
first; Henry Starr, second; Dodger,
third; Jack Kew, fourth. Time;
80 As seconds.
Four and one-half furlongs-Gray
Maud first; Kreppen. second; Okla
homa Kid, third; Little George
third. Time: 5S Is seconds.
Mile derby-Virgin, first; Red
Wing, second; Duke, jrp third
Time. 1929
Judging Is Finished.
Judging of all the exhibits and
displays at the annual free fair and
exposition was completed yesterday
Due to the inability of the county
excise board to approve the countys
estimate, payment of the premiums
won by exhibitors at the county fair
has been temporarily postponed, o.
A. Gasaway, secretary of the free
fair association, announced yester-
day. The injunction suit by the
Rock Island and Frisco railways
must be settled before the estimate
can be approved. Warrants will be
mailed to the prize winners as soon
as the excise board acts, Mr.. Casa
way said.
Friends Exhibit Wins.
Friends community exhibit won
first prize at the fair. Stover was
second: Prairie Dale, third Merid-
ian. fourth; Arcadia, fifth; Acme,
sixth and Pioneer, seventh.
Thirteen prizes were offered in
ihe farm womens club department.
These prizes were awarded as fol-
lows: Friends, first; Middleburg,
second; Meridian, third; Rural
Neighbors, fourth; Pioneod, fifth
United Neighbors, sixth; Valley
View, seventh; Alex, eighth; Lu-
cille, ninth; Amber. tenth; Dutton,
eleventh; Stover twelfth; Laverty'
thirteenth.
The best 36 jars from these eX-
hibits will be taken to the state
fair. Mrs Coryell said yesterday
Sweepstakes winners in the boys
and girls club exhibits were: Hattie
Kilgore, Valley View, poultry; Thel-
ma White, Pioneer, canning; Edna
Rurns. Alex, sewing; Alta Mae Mel
son. Pioneer, food preparation; Ar
thur Collins, Rush Springs. poultry
iudging. These will be given free
trips to the Oklahoma State fair
and exposition in Oklahoma City
next week.
Chickasha had no competition in
lis class in the general school ex-
hibit Minco was first in the small
town school exhibit. Second prize
was awarded to Poccaset. In the
rural union graded and consolidated
class, Pioneer won first; Meridian,
second, and Bridge Creek union
grade, third. Acme won first in the