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On motion duly made and seconded, Mr. Claypool was author- 

 ized and instructed to purchase a pair of mules, one mare to match 

 the one now owned by the Board, and suitable harness for the 

 same, on the best terms possible. Said team of mules to be used 

 in preparing the track for training and driving purposes. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, APKIL 10, 1901. 



The Executive Committee of the Indiana State Board of Agri- 

 culture met pursuant to the call of the President at the ofSce of 

 the Secretary at o'clock a. m. 



There were present: Messrs. McDonald, Jones, Claypool, Beau- 

 champ, Thompson and Niblack. 



On motion of Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. Claypool, it was 

 ordered that a suitable attraction be secured if possible, upon rea- 

 sonable terms, for the entertainment of the people who visit the 

 State Fair and who desire to stay in the city over night. Said 

 attraction to be put on at the Fair Grounds in the evening, and to 

 be made a musical and military attraction, provided that the Citi- 

 zens' Street Railway Company will contribute to a guaranty fund, 

 in case of a loss, at least one-fourth the expense of putting on said 

 attraction. 



On motion of Mr. Claypool, seconded by Mr. Thompson, it was 

 ordered that all conmiittees for special attraction and preliminary 

 arrangements for the fair be appointed l)y the Chairman of the 

 Executive Committee, the President of the Board. 



Mr. Claypool presented to the Board a proposition by the Chi- 

 cago Hoi*se Review Company to start the Review Stake Races over 

 the race track of the Indiana State Fair, during the fair of 1901, 

 and thereupon moved that the proposition be accepted, which mo- 

 tion was seconded by Mr. Jones, and was carried. 



On motion, duly seconded, the matter of caring for the race track 

 was referred to a committee to be appointed by the Chairman. 



