The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-06
1928 RECORD is
SHATTERED BY
/. FAIR THRONES
Total Attendance Expected
to Exceed 100000 by
Closing Tonight.

OiOOIli9 lOlliSiils
The lords Of the prize ring yester-
day at the Indiana State Fair ar5
just so many steaks on the hoof TO-
day.
For the blue-ribbon beeves. hand
raised in many cases by Hoosier All
Club boys and girls. will be led into
the Coliseum ring this afternoon fol
the first step on their way 70 pack
ing houses. meat markets, hotels
and homes.
Highe st bids in the last five years
are expected at the opening Of the
sale at p. m, according to veteran
cattlemen at the Fair.
1928 Record Broken
II5 254.587 record attendance OF
the Fair in 1923 was broken yes
terday and todays crowd almost
certainly will bring the most sue
cessful exposition IN the states his
tory TO a mark of over 100000 total
paid attendance.
Yesterdays turnstiles admitted
$500 persons. The total admissions
for Fair week up TO this morning
totaled 282.933.
Last year the Fairs attendance
at this time was only 228O26 Fair
officials forecast a $4,000 crowd
today.
Harness race devOtees VII have
their last opportunity of the year
to view a crack field of 3-year-old
PAGERS this afternoon with the run
ming Of Hook Drug Co. stake.
Worst Auto Parade Today
And, as a main attraction at the
harness races, will be the Worst
Auto Parade" of The Indianapolis
Times at 2 p m. in front of the
racetrack grand stand The anti
quated cars will try TO negotiate
two laps Of the racetrack at their
respective hoary speeds.
Champion lightweight draft
horses attempted to break the
worlds record in a pulling contest
this morning in front of the grand
stand while in the Coliseum. judges
completed awarding blue ribbons in
the Tamworth sheep class and Ayr
shire cattle.
Success Of exhibitors in the Man
ufacturers' Building in the sale of
their products was attested by a ma
tionally known stove company Of
ficials, who termed the fair "the
most successful we've attended,
and the comment of a motor car
company representative who said
I'VE have sold more cars here than
at any other exhibition in years.
Honor Girls Named
Naming of six honor girls and
awarding of scholarships to state
schools closed the State Fair girls
school today.
The honor girls of the 1885 Fair
are Ruth Buckthal. Knox County
Edith Martin, Fountain County;
Nellie Swank. Dubois County; Shir-
ley Osmon, Daviess County; Edith
Smith. Upton County; Marjorie
Hoover, Clarke County; with two
alternateS, Frances Bartl, Orange
County, and Xenia Simmons, Bar
tholomew County.
Scholarships were awarded as
follows. Miss Mary E. Vein, Ma
tional All Clrb achievement cham
picn. 500 scholarship, Purdue Uni
versity: Miss Helen Hicks, Boone
County, 500 Purdue scholarship and
Miss Vada Henry, Howard County
a similar scholarship to Purdue.
Fifty-dollar scholarships were
awarded as follows: Indiana Uni
versity, Miss Mary Alice Bulleitt
Harrison County; Earlham College
scholarship, Miss Ruth Oldaker; In
diana state Teachers College, Miss
Eleanor Glare Long: Franklin Col
lege, Miss Emma Hooker.
Awards were completed today in
the floral show with the Roepke
Floral Co. indianapolis. taking first
place in the arrangement section.
Temperley Floral Service was first
in carnations.
Cat Show Is Held
Sammy Lee. a Siamese cat and
son of a champion. was one Of the
favorites to win the blue ribbon
award in his class at the annual cat
show in the Dog and Cat Building
today. Tables of every hue and
hair-length were shown with the
exception of backyard yOwlers.
Grand championships in the
three-gaited and five-gaited saddle
horse class will be a cynosure of all
eyes in the Coliseum tonight at the
final horse show. Both events carry
purses of $1,000. A revue and fire.
works display in front of the grand
stand will close the Fair.
Midway shows will be open until
midnight a ride known as the
Indy Loop was damaged by fire last
night. Origin of the blaze was I'M
known. II is believed a lighted
ciearet iCnited waste