The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-05
Governor IS
STATE FAIR
HONOR GUEST
Legislators Also Special
Visitors on Sixth Day
of Exposition.
LIVESTOCK is JUDGED
Horse Show Is Magnet for.
Hundreds; Horseshoe
Champs Compete.

Governor Harry G.. Leslie and
state legislators as honor guests at
Indiana's seventy-seventh annual
state fair today, led the thousands
who thronged the Playground during
the sixth day of the event.
The day was designated as Gov
ernors and Legislators day and the
program included events in honor of
the states executive and law max
erS
Shortly before noon the Governor,
escorted by members of the board
OF agriculture, was taken from
the statehouse to the fair in Pub
Iix theater automobile train.
A noon luncheon in the Woman's
building at the fair, served by girls
of the home economics schools
followed by addresses by IS
lie, Senator Andrew Durham of
Greencastle, Edwin D. Logsdon,
fair board president, and E. j.
Barker, board secretary.
Good Racing Promised
Rich stakes were on this after
moons Grand Circuit racing pro-
gram.
James Risk of Montpelier, Ind.
today won the state championship
horseshoe pitching contest. Henry
Pergal Of Linton was second.
The contest in the boys singles
was under way today with Merritt
Neese H. R. Siders, Albert Lutz,
Ralph Troyer, Dean Overholser and
| Gail Vandover. A large gallery, con-
stantly~ on hand, applauded fire.
quently.
Tonight in the coliseum, the live
stock parade will include grand
championship winners from all de-
partmentS.
Blue Ribbons Given
In the livestock show, grand
champions were receiving blue rib
bons from judges in several depart
ments Wednesday. c. B. Teegarden
& Sons OF. Duvall, o., won high
honors for bulls, with honors for
the female class going to Elm Grove
farm of Belvedere, Tenn.
Grand champion honors for boars
in the White Chester pig class, went
to Glenny & Glenny of Rockford,
Ill. I. L. Rudisill of Moline, O..
with Lady Improver, was awarded
the grand SOW championship. The
Ames plantation of Grand juno
ton, Tenn, received high honors
in the Aberdeen Angus show for
bulls, Harrison and Ryan won the
blue ribbon with Black Lass, in the
female class.
At the horse show Wednesday
night, a striking display of prize
animals competed for honors In
four $500 stake classes before an
audience that packed the Coliseum.
First prize went to Dolores, owned
by John Hubby of Mason City, Ill.,
in the 5000 Claypool stake. Lark,
owned by H. D. Bucks of Bowling
Green, KY; Queen of Trumps,,
owned by Mrs. r. E. Trirnble of In
dianapolis, and Falange, owned by
William E. Dee, Chicago, were the
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Cleveland Horse Wins
The Algonquin stake winner was
Whispering Winds, owned by Hugh
B. Wick of Cleveland, O., Elinor's
King from the Buck stables won
second place. First place in the
Kept and Derby stake was won by
Southern Rose. The winner In the
Jessup and Antrim stake was Dean
Harvester, the Wicks stable.
The group from Washington
county was Wednesdays male quar-
tet winner in the Indiana Farm
Bureau federation contest. Clar-
ence Gray, Walter Hilton, Dennie
Losson and Kenneth Roberts, high
school students, composed the quar-
tet. At the farm bureau tent FRI
day, they vii compete in the finals.
Clarence Greene assistant in
charge of the floral exhibit, an
nounced that the Delaware Flower
Shop annexed first honors with a
basket of roses. A. D. Stanley was
second prize winner and the Tenn
perley Flower Service, third. Basket
of flower winners were, first, Tenn
perley Flower Service, Roepke Floral
Company, and A. D. Stanley. First
bridal bouquet honors went to Tenn
perley Flower Service.
When the team owned by Ralph
Bretz of Greenville, O., pulled a load
of 1925 pounds for a distance of
thirteen feet and two inches, a state
record for horse pulling was broken
Wednesday and surpassed a record
made at Muncie last week on a
2,900-pound pull.