San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
Automobile and Horse
Races Among Events To
Receive World Series Re-
sults-PoIo Games Sched-
uled.

moth parade will open the San Angelo
Fair with a blaze Of glory at II 80
Monday morning October 8. The great
six-day program Of entertainment, edu-
cation and amusement which will fol.
low during the West Texas Exposition
will be fittingly ushered in BY a variety
Of floats. decorated cars. cquestrians
and exhibitions that will forecast the
many events to come.
The San Angelo Fair Association Of
fers prizes of 500 for first place, $40
for second place and 800 for third in
the main body of the parade; and $40
for the best comedy entry in the com.
edy section. The prizes in the main
sections will be awarded on the follow.
ing score basis: beauty entry, 80 per
cent; originality, 80 per cent portray.
al of idea. 20 per cent. There will be
no restriction or iron clad rule as to
the nature of ornahentation or exhibits
shown in awarding the prizes. Either
a decorated car or q float may be en-.
tered.
An individual, organization, club,
business firm. community, city or
county may enter car and the car or
float may be decorated in any way or
in any material that is suitable to the
occasion. All will be eligible to com.
pete for the prizes on the awarding
basis mentioned.
In addition to the competitive en-.
tries there will be two bands, a drum
corps. an old timers section. a national
guard section, a Boy Scout section. a
cowboy section, the city fire depart.
mcnt and many other entries in addi-
ton to the comedy brigade.
]. Culberson Deal is chairman of
the parade committee and Harry Stin-
son will be the grand marshal.
$4,000 in Purses.
The return to horse racing by other
fairs denotes the increasing popularity
Of the sport of kings, which has been
well established at San Angelo for thir.
teen seasons and vii. be featured there
at the All-West Texas Exposition De-
tober 8 to -, inclusive. Twenty-one
events for purses exceeding $4,000 COM
prise the card.
The ponies will run on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday after
Moons on one of the best hnlf-mile
tracks in Texas. They will go to San
Angelo in large numbers from meets
throughout the country, many en- route
to the Texas State Fair at Dallas.
This arrangement of dates, insures one
of the best fields at San Angelo in
years. Eugene Z. Lowrie is again
superintendent OF racing and will OBJ
tain competent judges and starter.
Changing in 1922 from a mile to a
half-mile track so that in nearly all
events the horses start and finish be-
fore the grand stand and frequently
pass it twice proved highly successful.
The horse track is entirely within the
mile automobile speedway, except for
a quarter mile before the grands' md
and bleachers. where the courses
merge. Movable gates will be swung
at points of contact.
The high purse will be $500 for the
one mile st. Angelus stake on Tues
day, the second day. Other purses
range up to 1925. The money will be
split G0-25 and Is per cent instead of
80 and 20 per cent last year. The
program will be under the rules of the
Texas Thoroughbred Association when
practical. Horsemen will find all the
stalls re-roofed.
Brady and San Angelo polo teams
will meet again at the San Angelo
Fair. The enthusiastic thousands who
saw these teams perform at last years
fair will have an opportunity to see
practically the same fast lineup on
Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. Past
rivalry between the teams and the
friendly rivalry between the two cities
insures unusual interest in this series.
and the winners Of the handsome
trophies offered by the San Angelo
Fair Association will probably not be
determined until the closing periods OF
the final game Of the series.
World Series Results.
The world series baseball games
which will be played during the San
Angelo Fair will be shown to the
crowds in the grand stand. play by
play from the San Angelo Standard s
electric score board. The Standard
has agreed TO put its board on the
fairgrounds and the games will be re-
enacted on this miniature diamond
almost as soon MS they have been
played in the Polo Groui.s.s and the
Yankee Stadium in New York. The
board will be erected just north OF the
judges stand.
A direct telegraph wire from the
press box at the baseball grounds in
New York will carry the plays to The
Standard office where special tele-
phone will be used to forward the
game" to the board operator.
For the last three years The stand
ards scoreboard has been one OF the
big features Of the world series in San
Angelo. 1t has attracted hundreds of
persons to The Standard office each
afternoon of the games. The interest
in baseball in this section should make
this event at the fairgrounds one OF
the big fair attractions of the days the
world series games are played. 1t is
believed that the series will be inaugu-
Wednesday, October 10, the third day
Of the fair.
Automobile racing will be inaugu-
rated at the All,West-Texas Exposition
with programs Thursday and Saturday
afternoons. Purses totaling $1,000 will
draw more than n score OF the best
drivers in the South. including q num-
Der who will come to San Angelo di'
rect from Wichita Falls.
The speed bursts will be reeled OIL
at dizzy pace on a one-mile dir'
track, with banked turns to reduce the
time and hub rails and safety guards
for the mutual protection OF drivers
and spectators. Almost $4,000 is beinG
spent on the new course. The program
will be under the sanction of the Amer
lean Automobile Association. ID. II
Jefferies of Abilene. state representa-
tive Of the associations contest. vii
be starter. Henry Ragsdale OF Sar