2 TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART I 



Monday, February 20, International Motor Contest Association. 



Tuesday, February 21, Biennial Congress of the American Trotting As- 

 sociation, the Middle-West Fair Circuit meeting, and the Iowa-Missouri- 

 Nebraska Racing Circuit meeting. 



February 22-23-24, Meeting of the International Association of Fairs 

 and Expositions. 



Representatives of the following fairs met and formed a circuit to be 

 known as the "Middle-West Fair Circuit:" Missouri State Fair, Iowa 

 State Fair, Nebraska State Fair, Kansas Free Fair, Kansas State Fair, 

 Oklahoma State Fair, Oklahoma Free State Fair, State Fair of Texas, 

 Texas Cotton Palace and the State Fair of Louisiana. A membership 

 fee of $100 for each fair was agreed upon. A. R. Corey was elected 

 president of the circuit and Phil Eastman, secretary. The secretary was 

 instructed to publish 40,000 or 50,000 circulars advertising this circuit, 

 and to include in this circular the premium offerings of each fair; also 

 shipping instructions for exhibitors and a brief of the live stock sanitary 

 rules in each state. Mr. B. C. Biggerstaff of Kansas City, Missouri was 

 employed as tariff manager for the circuit. 



Representatives of the following fairs held a meeting for the purpose of 

 organizing the Iowa-Missouri-Nebraska Racing Circuit: Mississippi 

 Valley Fair and Exposition, Missouri State Fair, Iowa State Fair, Ne- 

 braska State Fair, Ak-Sar-Ben Exposition, Omaha, Nebraska, Interstate 

 Fair, Sioux City, Iowa. Mr. A. C. Dingle of the Missouri State Fair was 

 elected president of the circuit and Mr. M. E. Bacon of Davenport, secre- 

 tary. May 23rd was fixed as the date for the closing of all early closing 

 events. The closing date for the late closing events to be at the option of 

 the member. It was also agreed that each member would carry a 

 synopsis of all the programs on the back page of the entry blank. The 

 secretary was instructed to carry a page ad in the two horse papers 

 covering the early closing events, April 4, May 9 and 16; also a one 

 page ad announcing the late closing events, on July 25. 



The committee authorized the secretary to submit a bid of $300 for the 

 Western Breeders' Futurity for three-year-old trotters and pacers. 



The executive committee closed the following attraction contracts: 



F. M. Barnes, Inc., 12 hippodrome acts for 8 days. 



Thearle-Dufneld Fireworks Co., Night show in front of grand stand 

 for six performances for the spectacular fireworks performance known as 

 "Mystic China." 



Allie T. Wooster, to furnish twenty head of running horses to put on 

 the following attractions: 



One Roman Standing Race. 



One-half mile running dash between lone running horse and automobile. 



One three-mile lady relay race with three lady riders to change horses 

 at end of each mile each day of the fair, commencing Saturday, August 

 26, for $1,800. 



The committee also closed a sharing contract for the C. A. Wortham 

 Shows, to consist of not less than twenty shows and six riding devices. 



The committee also secured propositions from J. Alex Sloan, The 

 International Auto Racing Association, and R. A. Hankinson for guaran- 



