62 



SkABON COMPLIMKNTART T1CKKT8. 



Received from Secretary Garrard I 687 tickets. 



IsRUpd to Crop Correspondents. 



Issued to I'resB 



Iinaed to Bill posters 



Issued to Superintendent of Schools.. 

 Issued to Deputy Revenue Coliectors. 



Issued to Weather Bureau 



Issued to Farmers' Institutes 



Issued to Advertising 



Issued to rransportatlon 



liemainlng on hand 



116 



226 



2 



2 



5 



3 



18 



4 



9 



154 



687 tickeU. 



Account with Superintendeni oj Speed Department. 



Printed. , Issued. Returned. 



Owners' badires, 

 Drivers' badges. 

 Grooms' i)adKes 

 Jockeys' badges 



128 



62 



163 



72 

 148 

 147 

 168 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



COLISEUM. 



Jno. M. Crebs, 

 Superintendent oJ Tickets. 



lo the Illinois State Board oj Agriculture. 



Gentlemen— Our president saw fit to honor me with' the position of super- 

 intendent of our new coliseum, and I wish to say that by the united efforts 

 and experienced judgment of my associate superintendents in the live stock 

 department, 1 found it a pleasant task, and in this connec-tion 1 wish to sug- 

 gest a few things which the other superintendents approve. 



The building of the coliseum has been a great succpks, in that it permits the 

 patrons as well as the exhibitors to get the full benefit of the exhibition. The 

 general expression is: "This is the finest show rintr that 1 ever saw." But 

 my observation leads me to the following recommendations. 



First — The most desirable position in the amphitheatre i^ next the guard 

 rail, and the first comers hold this place and prevent the filling of the upper 

 seats. This can be avoided, if, under the direction of the architect, entrances 

 be so arranged that the seats fill from the top down, and not from the bot- 

 tom up. 



Second — At the stock entrance the guard gates .<^hould be at the outer open- 

 ing and a guide board — "Stock entrance" — posted, thereby avoiding the 

 danger of getting people and animals in a pooket. The granitoid entrance 

 should be roughened or covered with some different material, to avoid acci- 

 dent to the stock, and if the exit could be made on the east side it would be 

 much better, and a great guard against accident. 



The superintendent of the Coliseum should be chairman, and the superin- 

 tendents of light horses, heavy horses, dairy cattle and beef cattle members 

 of an executive committee who should have full control of this building, and 

 should have authority to change the hour or the day of any exhibit, and issue 

 a bulletin each morning giving the hour and minute of each exhibit for that 

 day. 



