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horses, — if there are only one or two horses there, I would give them all 

 the entrance money. If there were ten entries there and only two to start, 

 I would simply say, "Gentlemen, that money doesn't belong to us, it 

 belongs to you", and then I would give it to the horsemen there on the 

 ground ready to race. I think in that way we could develop aspirit among 

 the horsemen whereby we could further the interest in the game and at 

 the same time give the fellows who are not winning first and second 

 money a chance at the purse. He could then go on to the next town and 

 try for another purse without having to pay $40 and win nothing out of it. 



I think this is a pretty important proposition. Take it in the American 

 Registry Association. Do you know that the American Registry Asso- 

 ciation in Chicago, which takes care of the registration of Standard-bred 

 horses, has registered 75 per cent less horses this year than they did just 

 a few years ago? We know that there are places where they do not have 

 any horses now. I know a fellow that went out this year with a string of 

 horses, and they didn't pay him enough on the whole show to compensate 

 him for his time. And that is the situation we will have to meet unless 

 we can encourage the fellows to come in with their horses. So I say if we 

 deduct from the winning horse and divide it up with the second, third and 

 fourth horses, they will stay in the game. 



There is another thing: I think the proposition of a record bar after a 

 certain time is a detriment to the game. You can take a pretty good horse 

 over a circuit, a "bear-cat" so-called, and some one- says, "no record after 

 August 1 or July 15", and the owner can go easy up to that time, but 

 when the bar applies they let 'er out and burn up the circuit, and those 

 fellows that have been winning everything are the greatest reason why our 

 late meetings have been a failure. If there is no bar after a certain time, 

 the horses are entered in the class they belong in and in that way furnish 

 the right kind of entertainment. If a horse has a record of 2:10 after the 

 bar applies, and enters in the 2:20, the fellows with the slower horses 

 get discouraged and ship home, and they are the fellows who ought to be 

 encouraged to go on to the next fair and make your fair a success. 



The Chairman: It is quarter after twelve now, and I wonder if you 

 want to adjourn for lunch and take this matter up immediately after lunch. 

 Let us be back here at 1:30. By the way, I want to call your attention to 

 the fact that at 6:30 tonight is our banquet in this hotel. Remember that 

 you all buy your own tickets, and you can get them from Mr. Lauer or Mr. 

 Gatch. They will be here at the desk at 1 o'clock and you can get the 

 tickets between 1 and 1:30, or after the adjournment of the afternoon 

 session. If there are no objections, we will stand adjourned until one- 

 thirty. 



TUESDAY, 1:30 P. M. 



The Chairman: Gentlemen, we will now come to order. The first 

 thing on the program is the continuation of discussion we had up in the 

 forenoon session under the heading of "Round Table Talks" on the racing 

 proposition, purses, etc. I think most of you were here this morning and 

 heard the discussion. If you please, we will carry that on further. Mr. 

 Ed Allen, who is a campaigning horseman, is somewhere about the room. 

 We would like to hear from him. 



