FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART I 33 



The President iiisti'iictcd the Secretary to notify all members o£ 

 the board that there will be a full meeting of the board on March 

 5th to approve the letting of contracts for improvements to be 

 made at the grounds during 191-i and to transact such other busi- 

 ness as may be brought to the attention of the board. 



Committee authorized the purchase of Lots 21 and 24. Block E. 

 Redhead's addition to Grant Park, for $350.00. 



Committee inspected the property of Theo. Flint, located on 

 Lots 3 and -4, Block F, Redhead's Addition, and authorized the 

 secretary to offer ]\Ir. Flint $1,000.00 for the two lots and improve- 

 ments thereon, or $600.00 for the lots and Mr. Flint remove all 

 improvements. 



SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETING. 



SIOUX CITY, IOWA, FEBRUARY 11, 1914. 



]\Iembers present : Cameron, Olson, Curtin and Mullen. 



The purpose of the meeting was to arrange the program for the 

 Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota circuit, as reported by the sec- 

 retary. 



On motion of Morton, seconded by Curtin, the circuit was to have 

 four $1,000 early closing events as follows : 2 :30 trot ; 2 :20 trot ; 

 2:25 pace, and 2:14 pace. Entrance fee one per cent (l^c) o^ 

 purse, payable May 15, 1914. Positively no entry will be accepted 

 unless accompanied by cash. Seven per cent (7%) of the purse will 

 be deducted from money winner. Any entry failing to declare out 

 on or before August 10, 1914, and which does not start, will be held 

 for one per cent (1%)' of purse additional. 



The other early closing events were adopted as follows : 



Two year old trot ; two year old pace ; three year old trot ; three 

 year old pace. 



Entries to late closing events to close as follows: Iowa, August 

 10th ; Nebraska. August 17th ; South Dakota, August 24th ; Sioux 

 City, September 1st. The records that day no bar. 



On motion of Cameron, seconded by Curtin, the secretarj- was 

 directed to place the circuit "ad" in the "Horse Review", "Spirit 

 of the West", "Western Horseman" and "The Horseman", Chi- 

 cago, the four (4) weeks immediately preceding the date of the 

 closing of the early events May 15th. The rules of the American 

 Trotting Association to govern, and the point system. 

 3 



