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three years and so far there has never been anything to divide up, 

 they have always attended and got the hundred. 



President Estell : From what Mr. Corey says I don't beHeve we 

 need spend any further time on this question. Even though it was 

 divided up if one happened to stay at home we would only have a 

 hundred dollars, getting a dollar apiece out of it. 



Mr. Bacon: The next question, ''Will the time come again when 

 entrance money for horse races will be retained by the secretary? 

 W. E. Rathbon, Elcjora." 



Mr. George White : Gentlemen, I hope it never does. 



President Estell: Mr. Curtain, you have just come in, we have a 

 question box, and there has been a question deposited here, "Will 

 the time come again when entrance money for horse races will be 

 retained by the secretary?" 



Mr. Curtain : All I can say is that I hope it wont. Is that a good 

 answer? I hope it wont, if you do I am afraid you will not have any 

 horses at the fair ; that has been the history of the fairs that tried it 

 out. A few of them tried to and it didn't work very satisfactorily. 



Mr. Bacon : The next question, 'Ts it advisable to issue pass out 

 or return passes? If so, what is the best method of handling this to 

 avoid imposition on the fair association? W. M. Clark, secretary 

 Marshall county fair, Marshalltown. 



President Estell : You mean to outside gates ? 



Mr. Clark: Yes sir. I understand several fairs of the state, or 

 some fairs, that give pass-out checks, no discrimination, anyone gets 

 a check returns any time. I would like to know whether they find 

 that a benefit and how they guard against imposition on these pass- 

 out checks. 



President Estell : Anyone here guilty of giving pass-out checks at 

 the outside gates and wants to admit it ? 



A Memt^r: We give pass-out checks at the outside gate. Have 

 pass-out checks for the afternoon, also different checks for the even- 

 ing, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. These pass-out checks in 

 the afternoon are not good after three o'clock and the evening checks 

 are not good the next day. We have different colored pass-out 

 checks for the different days and different colored pass-out checks 

 for the night. The gate keepers are instructed not to admit anybody 

 with checks in the evening that are pass-out checks in the afternoon. 



President Estell : May I ask do you have any circumstances in 



