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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1922
Page
15
George Odie t of Piqua was killed when he tried to jump onto a moving truck at a Sunday gathering in Mayton. He fell under the rear wheel and the vehicle passed over his head.
The event features baseball, horse shoe pitching, and a fireworks display on the first day with a second day offering free child tickets for those under ten for all three days. The schedule includes trotting and running races on day three plus a grand cattle cavalcade of premium stock. Key departments list N. D Backus as Speed Superintendent and H. N. Umbstetter as Superintendent, with leads for Horse, Cattle, Swine, Sheep, Poultry, Grain-peed, and Vegetable divisions under C. T Winckles and others.
Dilford Leigh Jones, heir to G R B, climbs from pastry boy to assistant buyer in a hotel group. The clipping also mentions running races with Fur longs, best times and earnings in a trotting and pacing event titled American Tale.
A cluttered list of horses and handlers from multiple Ohio towns fills the page. Entries include Norwalk, Elyria, Oberlin, Milan, and more with purses noted at 400 and 8400. The scattered names indicate a busy but confusing trotting and pacing meet with 2:22 trot pacing heats.
Disjointed OCR lists names of horses and connections including Prince Miy ria, Red Hair, Shaughras, Binfolls, Elytta and Little Dick with owners and trainers in Amherst and Oberlin specifics.
Entry blanks for the J chia tournament are available from C. T. Short at 616 West River Street Elgrns or at the park entrance gate from eight to nine a.m. on Labor Day. Tea admission to the fair will be given to those participating.
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