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and when he got out to the fair grounds he took out his check book 

 to pay for the job and the drayman told him no, that the secretary 

 of the fair association took care of that. Of course he was pleased 

 and thought that was verj^ nice. When he came to go away he had 

 the dray there in the morning at an unseasonable hour, got his stuff 

 moved down to the depot and thought of course he would have to 

 pay. He was very much surprised, but pleasantl}^ so, to hear that 

 statement repeated, that there was no charge at all, the fair asso- 

 ciation took care of it. And it seems in that case that they took 

 care of them, botli coming and going. A horseman appreciates 

 little courtesies and favors of this kind, and I know it can't cost 

 an association very much to do tho.se things, and I think it will come 

 back — well, in the form of entries and good will and good advertis- 

 ing, because these things are talked over. There is no question 

 about it. 



I think that tho.se are points that every fair official ought to 

 take home with him and remember. It can be done, and it pays. 



The President : Has anyone else any inquiry' to make in regard 

 to any point in the paper just read ? I would like to hear from any 

 of j^ou, or all of you, in this matter. 



The Secretary : Pardon me, but there is just one point I want to 

 raise in connection with this. This same horseman, in discussing 

 his treatment at various places, spoke particularly in regard to the 

 courtesies that he had received at Sioux City, and I believe that 

 it is a policy that other fairs could well afford to adopt. I don't 

 know but what it is all right to speak of it here. too. Of course, if 

 it is not, you ^\'ill not say anything about it when you get outside. 

 But you know that members of the National Trotting Association, 

 and of the American Trotting Association are supposed to report 

 delin(iuents for all who make entries and fail to show up. and all 

 that. I know it has been the policy of Sioux City, and possibly at 

 some other places, to be reasonable about those things, and where 

 men fail to show up on account of illness, or his horse not being in 

 shape, or anything of that kind, he is not reported for fines. I can 

 see no reason why a man should pay for something he has not had. 

 and when a man enters and is unfortunate, he is enough of a loser 

 without being held up for fines later on. I don 't see why he should 

 be reported, myself. In other words — of course, if a man races 

 some place else, it is a different proposition. But, if a man has 

 paid his entrance fee and has been unfortunate, I don 't think there 

 is anything to report. If he has not paid the entrance fee, as a 

 rule, they don't pay their entrance until they get there. 



