PROCEEDINGS IOWA STATE FAIR MANAGERS ASSN. 43 



President Estel : Is there anyone who cares to discuss that matter ? 



Mr. Moore : The most important work the International Associa- 

 tion of Fairs and Expositions has done or tried to do in the last 

 two years is to provide a uniform classification for cattle, horses, 

 hogs and sheep, and a maximum and minimum amount of premiums 

 to be offered and the way it should be divided into the different 

 moneys and send it out and then let each fair take advantage of 

 that classification and money offers and adopt it to their own condi- 

 tions. We are working on that now and expect during the coming 

 year to have a meeting with all breed associations of horses, cattle, 

 sheep and hogs and adopt a uniform classification, and also maximum 

 and minimum money offered divided equitably between first, second, 

 third and fourth, and as far as you want to go. We are going to 

 try to do that and have got the cattle proposition pretty well in hand 

 at this time. 



President Estel : Is there anyone who has anything to offer on the 

 uniform admission? Let's see. the hands of those in this room 

 who charge a half dollar admission during the day. Let's see the 

 hands of all those who charge twenty-five cents for children under 

 fourteen years of age. Let's see the hands of those who charge 

 thirty-five cents after five o'clock, general gate admission. Six. 

 Let's see those who charge twenty-five cents general admission at the 

 gate after five o'clock in the afternoon. Pretty near unanimous. 

 Let's see the hands of those who charge fifty cents admission or 

 more to a general seat in the grand stand in the afternoon. Nine. 

 That covers the subject thoroughly, so there is no need of asking any 

 more. Does anyone else care to say anything in regard to this 

 subject? The next question. 



Secretary Wilkinson : "What is the best method of dealing with 

 persons who wish to leave the fairgrounds and return the same day 

 while the fair is in session?" 



Mr. Bacon : I think most of the fairs do not give pass-outs, 

 I know we don't at Davenport, but Spencer, Iowa, Mr. Emery's fair, 

 I think they have one of the best systems in the way of handling 

 pass outs. They have an ordinary stamp that the gatekeeper has, 

 with the name of the fair and the date, all in a circle, and if any- 

 one desires to go out they are stamped on the wrist and they must 

 come back and show the stamp, if they can't they have got to pay 

 their way in. 



Mr. Gildner: We tried the system of putting the name and date 

 with a rubber stamp on the wrist and it gave good satisfaction. 



