| Show draft horse pulling contest at state stat C fair tho the utah state stale fair As association tion w wishing to stimulate and reward superior horsemanship and the breeding of better draft hordes offers a purse of 1000 in the pulling contests to be held tuesday and wednesday october 7 and 8 at salt lake city there are anro twenty prizes in all with a purse of for first prize in each of the middle and heavy weight rc ight claige clagg there is ia much interest in the inter mountain match at the state slate fair and there is ia cery indication that new records will be made the record for teams weighing under pounds was wag held jointly by the team of john draayer deanyer Dra nyer clinton utah weighing 2930 2950 pounds and the team of roy parks provo prove utah weighing 2990 pounds both belli of these teams pulled pounds even at the 1929 utah state slate fair and hive held the worlds record accord to date how over this year the team of C E par menter des moines iowa weighing 2975 pounds pulled pounds the full distance of feet at the recent iowa state fair the parks and draayer teams are arc now in training to break the record of the loa horses hors and are mighty bright for their doing it in the licay weight class that is teams weighing over pounds the team of george wilcox of greenville ohio weighing pounds set a new worlds record this year by pulling pounds the full distance of 2712 feet mr V U E F overlade of provo at the utah state fair last lait year pulled pounds even with his team weighing pounds this is the bea heaviest iest team on record that has pulled more than its own weight there are some gome half dozen heavy weight teams in utah this year that are out to crack tho the worlds world s record of the ohio horses hors c s at pounds all of which is crea creating t ng unusual interest this year in the intermountain match the utah state fair is preparing this year to conduct the matches upon dry sod which affords the best possible course ocr which to pull in case of rain the course will be protected with canas can cam as for the second consecutive year the utah state fair will prepare a printed program which will ill be to the audience and contestants alao |
