ANNUAL MEETING. 43 



This agreement entered into this 21st day of January, 1903, by and 

 between the Indiana State Board of Agriculture and the Indianapolis 

 Racing Association, \yitnesseth: 



The Indiana State Board of Aginculture hereby leases to the Indi- 

 anapolis Racing Association the Indiana State Fair Grounds and such 

 buildings thereon as may be necessary for a racing meeting, such build- 

 ings to be designated l)y the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, for 

 a consideration hereinafter mentioned, for the purpose of holding public 

 horse racing exhibitions or race meetings, subject to the following re- 

 strictions, reservations, exceptions and conditions: 



The Indianapolis Racing Association shall have the right to use and 

 occupy said grounds and such buildings located thereon ^s may be nec- 

 essary for the purpose of giving not more than two public racing exhi- 

 bitions or race meetings during the year 1903, neither one of which shall 

 be within thirty days immediately preceding or thirty days immediately 

 following the week in which the Indiana State Fair shall be held. And 

 neither of said race meetings shall be for a longer time than two weeks. 



The Indianapolis Racing Association shall be entitled to the right to 

 ' give said public race meetings only upon giving written notice to the 

 Secretary of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture on or before the 

 1st day of April before beginning of any proposed public racing exhibi- 

 tions that said Indianapolis Racing Association intends to hold on said 

 fair grounds, and specifying the exact date on which said racing exhi- 

 bition is intended to be held. 



That at each and every public horse racing exhibition held by said 

 Racing Association tlie members of the Indiana State Board of Agri- 

 culture shall have the right of access free of charge or condition to any 

 parts of said Indiana State Fair Grounds and the buildings thereon, ex- 

 cept such buildings as may be used for offices of said Racing Associa- 

 tion during said race meeting. And further, at each and every public 

 horse racing exhibition all officers, agents or other persons whom the 

 Indiana State Board of Agriculture may deem proper to have access to 

 said grounds for the protection of its interests, or for the doing of any 

 work thereon, and wlio may be designated by writing or ticket by said 

 Board, shall have such rights upon said Fair Grounds as said Indiana 

 State Board of Agriculture may by writing or ticket designate. 



In case the Indiana State Board of Agriculture may have leased said 

 State Fair Grounds, or any part thereof, to any person, persons or cor- 

 poration subject to the right given herein to the Indianapolis Racing 

 Association, before receiving written notice from the Indianapolis Rac- 

 ing Association of its intention to hold a public horse racing exliibition 

 on any day or days fbr wliich said grounds, or any portion thereof, shall 

 have been leased to such person, persons or corporation in manner afore- 

 said, said Indianapolis Racing Association agrees to pay to the Indiana 

 State Board of Agriculture in case such public horse racing exhibition 



