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I want to thank you for your kind attention; I want to assure 

 you that the American Trotting Association is always at your serv- 

 ice, and anything we can do for you at the office it is not only 

 our duty but our pleasure to serve you. I thank you, gentlemen. 



The Chairman : I am sure we appreciate that talk of Mr. Smol- 

 inger. It gave us a lot of information. 



The next on the program is a paper by Mr. Fred Terry. We 

 sort of claim Fred Terry as an Iowa product. I think he was born 

 and raised in this state, and we know of him favorably. He is the 

 editor of the best horse paper in the United States (of course), The 

 Western Horseman, and we will be pleased to hear from Mr. Terry. 



Fred Terry, Editor, The Western Horseman, Indianapolis, Ind. : 



Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Iowa Fairs Association : Af- 

 ter hearing what Mr. Smolinger had to say about the newspaper men, 

 I wondered to myself if I would be credited when I came to say a 

 little something here on the floor. For a great many reasons I am 

 pleased to be with your association today, and I want to thank you 

 for informing me of its dates and asking me to say a few words to 

 you, for I see among the faces present many loyal friends whose 

 helping hand has made the success of The Western Horseman as- 

 sured. 



I am glad to be back in the state for a visit — the greatest state 

 of the Union — with one exception — in the production of the light 

 harness horse, but, gentlemen, you don't have to worry about that, 

 for with your agricultural millions you can go to any state in the 

 Union and buy the best they have and use them as toys, if you want 

 to. I don't believe you object now, do you? 



Mr. Lauer has outlined two or three questions which he asked 

 me to touch upon, and to me they are sort of — I think they are 

 already decided in your own minds as to how to solve them. The 

 first question that he asks me is whether or not harness racing 

 is a paying investment for your fairs. The evidence that we have 

 seen in the past two years, particularly during the war time, has 

 shown us that harness racing is the leading feature of your fairs. 

 I know of many secretaries that are at this time considering the 

 enlarging of their grand stands. It is the one entertainment that 

 has amused the people for 45 years, during drouths and wars and 

 floods, and yet today is more popular than ever. 



As to the matter of its being a leading feature of your fair, I want 

 to read you a statement made in Chicago a year ago by Mr. Curtin, 



