ANNUAL MEETING. iOS 



Mr. Downing;: I have always kept the entries dark, and have 

 not said anything about them nntil they were closed. No horse- 

 man can find out how many entries were in, so they do not have 

 any advantage in that respect. 



Mr. Fitch : It is possible to do this in a State Fair, but it is not 

 possible in a county fair. The horsemen will compare notes and 

 will know to a dot what entries are made. 



Mr. Mitchell: Does your rule, Mr. Blackstock, letting them 

 make as many entries as they please, prevail in the show classes ? 



Mr. Blackstock: We used to allow them to re-enter in other 

 classes, and charge 10 per cent, or something of that kind; but 

 we thought it was not best and do not allow them to enter in more 

 than one class. 



Mr. Mitchell : It is better to allow a horse to be exhibited only 

 in his class. With the average committeeman a man might get a 

 fine heavy horse and take him through every class. That does not 

 divide the money fairly among the classes. We charge no entry 

 fees in anything but the speed class, and our stalls are all free 

 excepting for exhibition horses. The cattle stalls are free and 

 bedding is furnished ; the hog and sheep pens are also free. We 

 charge for the stalls for speed horses to prevent them from putting 

 in horses for convenience that are not meant to be entered in the 

 speed class. 



Mr. Huron: We have not had much trouble with horsemen 

 making two entries. We allow them to do it for the purpose of 

 accommodating them. We give them the privilege to start in 

 different classes, and it is often an accommodation to them. We 

 may have a few horses entered in the twenty-five and a great many 

 in the thirty-five, and we are often glad to have some of the thirty- 

 five horses in the twenty -five. We have had that experience every 

 year. I have not had any trouble with the horsemen. They are 

 a nice set of fellows; they tell you what they want and pay you 



