Evening star., 1928-09-11
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FAIRFAX TO OPEN
FAIR TOMORROW
HefIin to Speak Saturday
Night as KIan Burns Fiery
Cross on Grounds.
spcc,sl Dispatch to The star.

FAIRFAX. Va. September l1.-Fair
fax County's fifteenth annual fair ant
: horse show opens tomorrow morning a
the fair grounds near Fairfax. Exhib
its of live stock. farm products. sewinS
end home-canned fruits and vegetable!
are arriving in goodly numbers. All eX
hibts must be in place by 10 O'Clock to-
morrow morning. when Judging vii
bcgin. Judges for the womens depart.
ments and for the girls All Club work
will be State specialists from Virgins
Polytechnic Institute. at Blacksburg
F. L. milford of the Department of Ag.
rirulnire will judge the plants and flow.
efs s'Prof. A. Buchanan of Blacksbufe
v4H Judge cattle, sheep and hogs. w, N
Sitackelford of Profit, district county
agent. will Judge the fruit and the
farm products of the boys All Club
exhibits Cs NJ Simons of Clarendon
viii Judge the poultry. In the horse
show Department Lodge Bowles of Mil.
who'd will judge the saddle horses and
Melvin Hazen of Washington and Ris-
tine Jenifer of Baltimore the ponies
J. o. Gheen and Melvin Hazen. both OF
Washington, will Judge the races. E. M
Palmer. who is in charge of the horse
show. states that the show ring and
race track have never been in better
condition.
Pony Show Tomorrow.
Theschief attraction tomorrow will be
the pony show, especially arranged for
the children. Six pony classes are
undersridden by child under IL years. 2,
Saddle ponies. over IL hands and under
-. ridden by child under IS years. 3.
Jumping ponies IL hands and under
ridden by children under II years, over
four 2-fUot jumps 4. Jumping ponies.
IL hands and under H. ridden by chi :
dren under Is years over four 3-foot
Jumps In each of the above classes a
silver cup accompanies the SIS first
prize. with $40 second, and S. third
prize: A ribbon goes to fourth place.
Glass 5. Ponies. touch and out. with II
hands and under jumping 2-foot jumps
and those IL 10 Ia hands jumping s.
foot jumps. S. Best pair of matched
ponies up to ID hands, to be ridden by
children under Is years. Money prizes
only. SIS. $40 and IS, and ribbons to be
awarded in the last two classes
Races listed to be run tomorrow in
clude: One-half mile dash: purse. $50.
S12 and So. Open ladies' race; purse,
$40, Sl2 and $8 Five furlongs: purse,
$50. S2S and SIS. quarter mile:
purse. $50. s25 and SIS. Pony race,
IL hands and under. ridden by children
Under Is years, two furlongs; purse.
S12. So and 81. Races scheduled for
Thursday include: Three quarter mile;
purse, $50, S25 and SIS. One mile;
purse. $50. s25 and SIS. Fridays races
will include: One mile purse, $50, S25
and SIS. Consolation: purse. S35. SIS
and $40. This department Is being
managed by Clifton Laughlin of Nc
Lean. president of the Far Association.
with Edward Connor and W. E. Earle
as assistants.
Many Horse Classes.
In the horse show department the
following classes are listed: |. Three
year-old half bred. 2. Brood mares.
best type suitable to produce hunter.
8. Best 3asearv1ld brood mare sired by
Government stallion. T. Green hunt
ers. 5. lightweight hunters. g. Mid
dle-wsight hunters, z. Heavyweight.
hunters. B. Ladies'. hunters. 9. Free
foL-all handicap. To- Road hack and
hunter. 9i. Touch ard OUT IL. Tri-
pie bar -. jumping class for horses
from Fairfax. Arlington and Prince Will
liam Counties only. IA. King Joy cup
for horses 4 years old and under. Is.
Time class. Is. Sweepstake. open to
Gil. Will lSco .ukNIuSu dHiU1AS tL1c
winners-60 per cent to 'thesf first 80 per
cent to the second and 10 per cent to
the third II. Corinthian. with horses
TO be ridden in fijInting colors. ia.
Consolation. 19. Saddle horses for
Fairfax. Arlington and Prince William
Counties only. 20. Novice saddle horse.
81. Open saddle class. %. Ladies sad
silver cups in addition to money
prizes. will be awarded. to winners in
the following classes: /, 4. 8. 9, 10, i3,
Ia: IL. l9 and 90, --
Fifty Cavalry members of machine
gun unit from Fort Myer will be on
hand each day this week to give public
demonstrations in the morning and
afternoon. All Club members are ad-
mitted free any one day of the fair.
Friday f1as been designated as Boy
Scout day. with Scouts in uniform from
Alexandria. Washington and Arlington
and Fairfax Counties as guests Of honor.
They will parade and give drill. Sat-
urday WILL as usual, be Ku Klux day,
with so per cent of the gate receipts
going TO the Klan. and special races
and athletics arranged for both morn
ing. and afternoon, Saturday evening
will feature a speech by Senator Heflin
of Alabama and the burning of a, fiery
cross.