The Indianapolis times., 1929-09-03
ATTENDANCE
MARK BROKEN
At STATE
$685. Pass Through Gates
on Holiday; Another
Big Throng Today.
BOY SCOUTS HoNoRED
Members of Legion Also
Have Day; Children to
Stage Circus.

With ideal weather prevailing, In.
diana's seventy seventh annual
state fair today swung into its
fourth day, with officials anticipat-
ing that another attendance record
would be broken before the gates
close tonight.
When 86,392 persons paid adn1is-
sions to visit the fair Monday, all
previous one-day attendance records
were smashed. The total attend
ance was 1925 more than on any
other Labor day. Fair officials al
ways figure that holidays are rec
ord breakers. The other high mark
was set on Labor day, 1927.
Officials today said that this years
presentation is the states greatest
fair and probably will be recognized
as such until larger plant is erect
ed. They said that under the pres
ent facilities expansion can not be
made.
Boy Scouts and the American
Legion were honored today. Scouts
from all parts of the state began
pouring into the grounds at an
early hour. Those in uniform or
with membership cars were ad-
nlitted free. Soldiers in uniform
and G. A. r. members also were
free guests.
Awarded Livestock Prizes
La Porte county youths today
were awarded prizes as the best
junior livestock judging team at the
fair when they scored 1913 points
out of possible 2,250, the highest
mark of the forty-three competing
county teams.
Members Of the winning group
are: Dean Schmidt and Edwin Rich
man of Union Mills, Glen Lehker of
North Liberty and Ornel Bull of La
Porte, alternate. This is the fifth
year that team coached by O. w.
Mansfield, La Porte county agricul.
tural agent, has won the event.
The boys we're awarded the 5000
trophy offered by the Union Stock
yards and Belt railroad.
Schmidt, as highest individual
scorer, won the 500 Purdue univer-
sity scholarship by one point jover
Roy Parker of Amo, who was
awarded the SIS prize offered by
K1ngan & Co., Ltd, local packers.
This afternoon a competitive drill
was given by the scouts on the
Midway. Units made up of thirty
two boys each and led by drum
corps competed for the three tro-
phies offered by the state fair board.
The three divisions in which the
boys performed were: First, Ameri-
can flag: second, contest shield, and
third, Boy Scout pennant.
The annual municipal, COM
mercial and Industrial parade,
sponsored by the indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce was held
through downtown streets at noon
today. Starting from the city hall,
the parade moved to the grand
stand at the fair. Prizes totaling
$3.50 were given for entries show
ing the most originality and beauty.
were given to the following en-
trants: Methodist hospital first;
Martha Washington Candy Com
pany, second; Roepke Floral Com
pany, third, and the city recreation
department, fourth. Judges were
Mayor L. Ert Slack, Paul @. Richey,
president Of the Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce, and Ralph
e. Edgerton. decorator
Children in Circus
About $50 children have entered
the Children's circus and pet parade
to- be held In the coliseum at z to-
night. Fair officials said that any
child in costume or who brings a
pet will be admitted and allowed to
compete for the prizes.
Mrs. Samuel Lewis Shank is CIV
ing silver loving cup as one of the
prizes in memory of Lew Shark,
former. mayor. Thirty awards,
amounting to 500, also will be given.
Judges representing the Boy Scouts,
who are sponsoring the circus and
parade, will be Merle Miller, Harry
Ice, Charles Shields and S. L. Nor
ton. State fair recreation depart
ment judges will be Bruce Hunter,
William Hamilton, George Morgan,
Fred Crossart ard Lola Pfeiffer.
Judging of champion horses was
to take place this noon, in the COLI
scum, with eleven events scheduled.
There will be ten events on tonight's
program.
In the ladies' saddle event tonight,
there are ten entries. The George
M. Bailey stake purse of $500 will