Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-08-25
Weather For
Fair Ideal
Every Day
Races Thursday
And Night Show
End Exposition

End Exposition
With ideal weather prevail
/ ina the entire five days the
blst annual Madison County
Fair goes down in annals OF the
Exposition as one Of the most
highly successful fairs since the
anhual event was inaugurated
III This county. The fair ended
Thursday night with presenfa-
fion Of the alI-star wrestling
show before erandstand.
attendance at the fair re-
mained heavy every day with
ihe daily speed program being
shs center Of attraction.
Wednesday nights special
Entertainment was the WLW
TeIevision show with radio tal-
snf providing an elaborate
musical program Presen ! Q d
from the stage erected in front
of The nrandsfand.
Final Show
The grandstand was well filled
for the all-star wrestling show
staged by the AL Haft grappler'
Is the final special entertainment
of the fair. Amid the commotior
set up by the cheering, yelling
crowd the mat-artists staged
highly entertaining show with tn,
Japanese expert and Whitley Wal
berg winning the honors. Kimor
Kudo opposed "Shiek" Lawrence
The tag match was the typ
thriller making big hit with th'
crowd. Some of Haft's best tai
ei1t participated in the match.
Auto DaredeviIs
Show A Thriller
Special entertainment 1T th'
Fair Tuesday night was thrill
er. Joie Chitwood's world famou
show of auto daredevils KEEP
the crowd on its toes Throughout
the entire performance with on
death-risking stunt after another
They rode motorcycles ant
through autos flaming barriers
slxidded and roared in criss-cros
driving back and forth on th
track; raced their cars an,
drove over ramps with two wheel
and went over ramps high enougl
to turn the cars over on the track
Climaxing events of the shov
were jumping an auto at higl
speed from a high ramp ant
crash landing it into the tops 0
two badly wrecked cars. parket
4 Side- -by-side in front of the ramp
and leapirg new car high In tn
oir from the top of one ramp t
mother after circling the track
The entire show, involving man.
risks, was presented without In
jury to a single driver.
Horse Falls
An accident or the track Tues
day afternoon had the fair crowt
worried for q time but the biI
draft horse involved was soon oI
its feet apparently unhurt.
' The accident occurred durin,
presentation of the six-horse hitcl
n of the Tuxedo Feed Co. The thre'
teams of beautiful cream-colore,
horses were circlirg the big ret
md white painted wagon befor
n the grandstand when one of tn
II horses of the rear team fell ant
become tangled in its harness un
der the wagon.
III Fear that the other horse
would injure the fallen anima
before they could be quieted wa
the chief concern of the crow'
II rs we'll as the driver.
All the horses were unhitche'
until the fallen horse was on 1t
feet, apparently unhurt.
Pony Falls Dead
One of the misfortunes marin,
the fair Monday. especially for th
pOny-owners and other youths
was the death of Black Beauty
one of the ponies entered in tn
daily pony races.
Black Beauty, owned by Wen
dell Peterman, 16, son of Mr.. an
Mrs George Peterman, McGuir
Hoad, was being exercised on tn
track in preparation for the Tues
days races, when she reared an
tell dead.
Outstanding Club
Members Chosen
Outstanding All club member
chosen at the fair Tuesday wer
Paul Burkitt of Mt. Sterling, R.H
IL and Gale Smith. Amlin, Route
They were selected from q fiel