STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



meeting held March 1". L886,the dates for holding the State Fair for l^s; 

 were fixed as follows: To open the Pavilion .Monday evening, September 

 twelfth, and continue two weeks. To open the Park Thursday morning, 

 September fifteenth, and continue the Btock exhibit and racing for nine 

 days, closing Saturday, September twenty-fourth. 



COMMITTEE ON SPEED PROGRAMME. 



Director Boggs moved thai the Chair name a committee of five from the 

 Board to ad with the Presidenl as a Committee on Speed Programme. 

 Carried. Whereupon the Chair named Messrs. Rose, Finigan, Chase, 

 < rreen, and Singletary. 



Upon motion, the following named members were appointed to revise the 

 premium list: Messrs. I. a Rue, Hancock. Green, Shatter, and Boggs. 



Upon motion of Director Chase, the following stakes for trotting colts 

 were ordered to be opened: 



No. 1 Fob Two-Yeab-Olds. — $50 entrance, of which $10 musl accompany nomination; 

 $15 payable July first, ami remaining $25 payable August tenth. $300 added by the 

 society. 



No. '_' -For Thbee- Year-Olds {Except Ella, Soudan, Shamrock, "</</ Sable Wilkes). — $100 

 entrance, of which $25 musl accompany nomination; $25 payable July first, and remain- 

 ing $50 payahle August 10, 1887. $1<mi added by the society. 



No. 3— For Four- Year-Olds.— (Conditions same as for three-year-olds.) 



No. 1 Special— Three- Year-Old Stakk {For Ella, Soudan, Shamrock, Sable Wilkes,and 

 •ill others thai wish i<> enter). — (Conditions same as regular stake.) 



In all stakes failure to make payments as they become due forfeits entry and money 

 paid in. Five to enter; three or more to start. Money in each stake divided as follows: 

 To winning colt, all the stakes and 50 per cent of added money ; second colt, 33J per cent; 

 third colt, l'i§ per cent of added money. 



Two-year-old stake, mile heals; three and foor-year-olds three in five, to harness. No 

 added money for a walkover. If only two start, they must contest for the stakes paid in, 

 and divide two thirds and one third. Otherwise, National Rules to govern. 



Entries to close with Edwin F. Smith, Secretary, at office in Sacramento, April 15, 1887. 



Upon motion of Director La Rue the following resolution was unanimously 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That it is the sense of this Board that the pool-selling and book-making privi- 

 leges be open to competition. 



Upon motion of Director La Rue, the custom of selling Paris mutual 

 pools on the result of heats, was abolished. 



An application was received from Geo. F. Jacobs, who presented a life 

 member's ticket issued in 1876, asking that his name be enrolled on the 

 list of life members, claiming that he became a member in that year but 

 through some error his name had not been recorded. 



The application was granted, and the Secretary directed to place Mr. 

 Jacobs' name on the list, as requested. 



The President named the following members on standing committees: 



Finance. — Messrs. Green, La Rue, Chase, Shaffer, and Hancock. 



Printing and Publication. — Messrs. Boggs, Rose, Singletary, Mr. President, and Sec- 

 retary. 

 Library. — Messrs Shaffer, Finigan, Bard, and Secretary. 



Upon motion, the Board then adjourned, to meet Wednesday, April 20, 

 1887, at three o'clock p. m. 



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