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Show RIVALRY 18 KEEN AMONG COUNTIES COUN-TIES j The contest anions counties of the f ii-ai class for tho K.-yd-Park sweop-I sweop-I Btakg silver cap award will ho un-( un-( MMiLliy Ven th-.a ynr at the Utah ! Slate Fair. 1 ...- . ,ntle Uxted j ; ftmt class are: Salt Lake, Utah. Web- j er, Lavis. Box Elder and Cache. Last year the prize went :o .Salt Lake county and the yaar before to Box Elder. It la understood that Hi.eral .pprcpriation have been made by mo-t of these counties for exhibits in j the horticultural building. Last yea'- j the displays were aniens.' the most j heaiHlful and varied ever seen al any j tate fair, according to the Judges. ! Sun .luan county, listeil third claas. will be a strong contender for the I award In that division. If it win it j will come In permanent possession of the silver cup. It has won the past j two year.3 on Its show-in of dry farm crops. AMU8EMENT FEATURES FOR THE UTAH 8TATE FA I It ARRANGED That the card of amusements for the 1922 Utah state fair, October 2 to 7, will be as varied, spectacular and novel as the offering of any former year, was the Btatement of W. 1 . Sutton, Sut-ton, manager of the asoolation, following fol-lowing a recent meeting of the board of directors. I'ouy polo, in whic h men from Fort Houglas will participate, is assured. The teams will give exhibition matches match-es in the enclosure of the race track three days of the week, the activity being too strenuous to permit of daily performance. On the alternating days there will be competitive drills between be-tween squads from the Fort and the I'tah national guard. Silver loving cups will be awarded each member of the winning polo team. An auto teeter, novel game of skill, will be another innovation in the way of amusements. It is open to all motor contestants, the idea being to drive on to a nicely balanced teeter about four feet from the ground and strike a balance for a perceptible period per-iod of time. A prize will be given to every driver who succeeds. Pyrotechnic displays for each night of the fair have been secured. All the latest freaks and thrillers of fireworks fire-works display will be exhibited to the fair patrons. Negotiations are under way for a large carnival. A rigid rule of The exposition this year will be "every exhibit in place by !) a. m. of the opening day,'1 Mr. Sutton said. Monday has already been set apart as children's and school day, the cooperation of county and city school officials having been secured. Applications for exhibition space are said to be coming in at a satisfactory satisfac-tory rate. One application of especial interest was for a permit to make an agricultural exhibit representative of a section in Alberta, Canada. |