The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
DAY
DRAWS CROWD
TO STATE
1928 Attendance Mark Is
Surpassed to Date by
$4,000 Admissions.
HoNoRS PAID TO GIRLS
Registered Saddle Horses
Go Through PAGES in
Coliseum.

Farmers and cattlemen from all
parts of Indiana were on hand at
the state Playground today, as Farm
erS' and EX-Board Members day
was observed.
Another new attendance record
was predicted today by fair officials.
AT 10 o'clock Tuesday night last
years record for the first four days
had been surpassed by $4,000 PERI
sons.
Tuesday 1880 persons passed
through the turnstiles, exceeding the
record for the same day last year by
several hundred.
Members of the Indiana state fair
girls school were scheduled for a big
day today. Following an address by
o. F. Schiller of New York, direc-
tor of the dining service of the
Pennsylvania railroad, luncheon was
served in the Woman's building at
1870 a. M. Mrs. L. G. Vannice was
hostess
Girls to Be Feted
The girls were taken on cars do
mated by the indianapolis Street
Railway Company to the Union sta
ton, where they went to inspect a
dining car as Shiller's guest. They
then went to the statehouse, the
Soldiers and Sailors monument and
the Indiana theater as guests of the
Skouras-Publix Company. Later,
they were guests of the management
Of L. S. Ayres e. Co., having tea in
the stores tearoom. In the evening
they will have dinner at a down.
town cafe.
In the coliseum this afternoon,
registered saddle horses and breed
ing classes of stations, ponies and
mares yer shown. Tonight the
$500 Claypool hotel stake for the
best pony Of any age or breed
in harness will be awarded. The
$500 Jessup g. Antrim stake, the
$500 Algonquin Riding Club stake
and the $500 Kopf & Deery stake
will be feature events.
Ralph BretZ, Greenville, O., won
the horse-pulling contest today,
dragging 1925 pounds sixteen feet
and three inches. Homer Crawford,
Potomac, Ill, was second, pulling the
same weight nine feet and three
inches. George Whistler, Wabash,
Ind, was third; George M. Lowden,
Rushville, Ind, fourth, and Richard
RUdeon, CORTLAND, Ind, fifth.
Livestock Judged
Livestock was judged in the sew
eral arenas and competitive contests
proceeded toward the finals.
A brilliant rodeo and horse show,
including full entertainment fea-
lures, will be staged in the Coliseum,
tonight.
American Legion and Boy Scout
day Tuesday had many high points.
Included were the industrial and
commercial parade, beginning down.
town and reviewed in front Of the
grandstand, competitive drills of
the Boy Scouts on the midway, the
awarding Of grand championships
in practically all departments, a
striking horse show in the Coliseum
at night and the children's parade
and pet circus.
The male quartet contests are oc-
c%asioning much interest. Johnson
and Daviess counties, the winners
Tuesday, will compete with other
winners in Fridays final contest in
the Indiana State Farm Bureau
tent. Charles Allison, Eliza Gar
land, Luther Allison and Milton
Fitzgerald were the Daviess county
singers, and Arts Vsndiver, Mark
Van Mugs, Carl Ritmers and Henry
Demaree competed for Johnson
county.
Oklahoma Horse Wins
An Indianapolis woman, Mrs.
Robert Trimble on her horse, Per-
sis Cabot, won fourth place in the
George NJ. Bailey stake, the feature
event at the horse show in the Coli
scum Tuesday night.
Whispering Willow, owned by the
Mary Fier stables Of Oklahoma City,
Okla, won first place and 5000 in
this event. Prominence, owned and
ridden by Colleen Ireland Of Birm-
ingham, Ala, won second.
The Coliseum was crowded to ca
pacity and the audience enthusiast
tically applauded the series Of
vaudeville and clown acts which
preceded the horse show.
The all-state singles and the boys
championship horseshoe pitching
contests started this morning in
front Of the grandstand.
State fair board members we're
guests at the annual dinner given
by the Boys Club Tuesday night.
E. ]. Barker, secretary, and Russell
East, director Of the Agricultural
building, made addresses.