Show draft horse pulling contest at state fair the utah state fair association wishing to stimulate and reward on in horsemanship and the breeding of better draft horses offers a purse of 1000 in the pulling contests to be held tuesday and wednesday october 7 and 8 at salt lake city there ther are twenty prizes in all with a purse of for first prize in each of the middle and heavy weight cla classes e there is much interest in the iner intermountain match at the state slate fair and there is every indication that new records will be made the worlds record for teams weighing under pounds was hold held jointly by the team of john draayer clinton utah weighing 2950 pounds ind and the team of roy parks provo utah weighing 2990 pounds both of these teams pulled palled pounds even at tile the 1929 utah state fair and hive have held the world s record to date however this year the team of C E des Af moines iowa weighing 2975 pounds pulled pounds the full distance of 27 feet at the recent iowa stata late fair the parks and draayer teams are now in training to break the record of the iowa horses horse and prospects are mighty bright for their doing it in the heavy weight class that is i teams weighing over pounds pound the team of george wilcox of greenville ohio weighing pounds set et a nw now world s record this year by pulling pounds the full distance of 27 feet air U E OverIa overlade de of provo at the utah state fair last year pulled pounds even with his hi team weighing ing pounds this is the heaviest team on en record that has pulled more mor than its own weight wei glit there are some om halt half dozen heavy weight teams in utah this year that are out to crack the worlds world record of the ohio horses at pounds all of which i is creating unusual interest this thi year in the intermountain match the utah state fair Is preparing this year to conduct the matches matche upon dry sod which affords the best pos po sible course over which to pull in case of rain the cowe course will be protected with canvas for the second consecutive year the utah state fair will prepare a printed program which will bo be available avail ablo to the audience and contestants alike the teams under 2700 pounds and those between 2700 pounds and pounds will weigh in at nine tharp slid and will pull at ten 0 allock the morning of tuesday october 7 the teams weighing pounds and over will weigh in ill and pull at the same hour on wednesday october 8 all teams will be weighed on normal feed and water |