PROCEEDINGS IOWA FAIR MANAGERS ASSN. 163 



]\Ir. Henry: Mr. President and Gentlemen: I don't know 

 very much about any fairs except our own fair, the AVarren 

 County Fair. I have been secretary of it three years ; I was out 

 three years, now I am in again. AVe have nearly always man- 

 aged to have a little balance ; this year have a little loss, lost 

 some but we are going to try to make it as quick as we can with 

 these dififerent things we are putting on. This year we had no 

 harness races, not because we don't like harness races l3Ut because 

 it was hard to get horses, as this gentleman said. In the place 

 of that we had races of nearly every other kind, foot races and 

 horse races and different kinds of races and in the afternoon had 

 a pageant of early Warren county. It was a little thing but 

 brought lots of people to our fair. Four hundred children from 

 all over the county in this pageant of school age, and it brought 

 lots of people to our fair. We had another race that created 

 quite a good deal of excitement. That was of a horse and Ford 

 touring car. The only way I can convince you is to try it, a 

 standing start ; a good horse will beat the car in a standing start. 

 It was hard to make me believe that, but they did it, on a half 

 mile track. 



Mr. Latta told you about his circus. It w^as a scream from 

 start to finish. He told what we took in with it; we would have 

 taken in another thousand dollars but for the rain. He didn't 

 say anything about the real animals we had. We had a real hecW 

 and real mule, and about twenty to twenty-five clowns. You 

 know we are pretty close to Des Moines, Ave have pretty stiff 

 competition. I think they go to that fair, the boys down there 

 never miss any state fairs, at least I don't. And for afternoon 

 attractions, as Mr. Latta said, it must be different from the eve- 

 ning attractions to get crowds. Fireworks, we have tried that 

 a time or two but fireworks are too expensive for us. W& never 

 can get fire works to pay. This year we had no free attraction 

 except aeroplane. I thank you. 



President Hoffman : The next is an address, "Boys' and Girls' 

 Club Work," by Frank P. Reed, Assistant State Club Leader, 

 Ames. 



Mr. Reed : I think in this discussion or talk it might be better 

 to include more than just the pig club exhibits, and for that 

 reason the discussion will have to do with the carrying out of 



