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from that 1 will continue to feel as I do now. I would like to 

 hear from others here with reference to this matter. 



Mr. Stephany : Mr. President, at that time Carroll did not be- 

 long to the American Trotting Association. I presume if they 

 had the little trick that was pulled off on our brother secretary 

 would not have happened. 



Mr. Beeves: Men in the management of fairs are fair minded 

 men and want to do what is right if they know what is right. It 

 is only a matter of being informed what is right. I am glad that 

 I have heard some of the things I have heard this afternoon, and 

 am better informed on the matter of horse racing. I know some 

 things I wanted to know but did not know how^ to find out. Now, 

 one gentleman referred to the stable at our place, I think, some 

 fourteen years ago. Now, you understand that five years ago 

 we organized the present fair association and we have new stables 

 located in good places. We have good wells so that the rabbits 

 can not get in thei'e. We have city water there from a well seven 

 hundred feet deep used for drinking purposes all through the 

 city. We are trying to take care of the horses right and treat the 

 horsemen right. Now, I believe that, as a rule, fairs will do that 

 if they are posted and realize that the men who drive horses are 

 real human beings. Some people have an idea that they belong 

 to a different race. I have run up against them pretty much and 

 find them a pretty good set of fellows, and we will treat them 

 right up there, and I am sure other fairs will do so. 



Now, getting back to the discussion earlier in the afternoon, I 

 want to say if our friend from Marshalltown will put on a stunt 

 at the Marshalltown fair next year similar to the one he described, 

 we will all go down, and he won't need another vaudeville. 



Mr. McLaughlin: 1 think that this organization has made a 

 step in the right direction in asking the horsemen to co-operate 

 with them. I was here last year and 1 guess I said a lot of things 

 and made a lot of kicks. 1 believe I am the champion kicker of 

 Iowa in the horse business, but if my kick helped in any way to 

 enable some fellow to get feed for less than double prices, or some 

 drayman had hauled our traps to the fair ground for less than he 

 would charge a townsman for hauling coal all day, I am glad of it. 

 And I wouldn't blame any secretary if he got up this afternoon 

 and defended himself. We have .iust growled and kicked. I 

 wouldn't ])lam(' them if they got up and said, "McLaughlin and 

 Wood, do you r-cmeml);'!- Ilial lime nou bi-ought Ihat old horse 



