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Then, on the other hand, some one was speaking of the later meetings, 

 that we couldn't afford to give $200. If you will notice that they have two 

 or three track records this fall. They had about thirty meetings this fall 

 at which they were giving $300 purses. If you have only six entries, it is 

 costing you $200 anyway, and how many of the later meetings averaged 

 much over six entries to a race, straight thru? It is only costing them, 

 then, $200 anyway, and the new plans will cost them $200 and the horse- 

 man is getting more out of it than the other way, because they are paying 

 the association $200 with the six entries, and the other way they are 

 getting the $200 and the $60 extra, so that it seems both ways it would 

 be a benefit to the horseman. 



The Chairman: Gentlemen, this is open for discussion. We would 

 like to hear from some more of you. All should participate in this. If 

 there are no further remarks on this topic, we will pass on to the rest of 

 our program. 



I would say that the matter is now up to the Resolutions Committee 

 and they will prepare resolutions in connection with this proposition to 

 meet with the American Trotting Association or the National Association 

 of Fairs, wasn't that the plan, Mr. Cameron? The plan of this resolution 

 was to consult or confer rather with the National Association of Pairs 

 with regard to the proposition of purses? 



Mr. C. E. Cameron: They had that matter up last week, but our time 

 was so limited that nothing was done. Mr. Curtin had a paper on that 

 proposition, and I am sorry that the matter did not get sufficient discussion 

 up there, but I think the thing will be discussed at the spring meeting in 

 February. It seems the individual secretaries are in favor of the proposi- 

 tion in some way, but they did not have time to work out any definite plan. 

 I spoke about our county fair association out here, and really think we 

 will have to work it out our way. I have been thinking this matter over 

 thoroly, and while we have been giving purses of three- or four hundred 

 dollars, the expense has gone up and everything has gone up, and, as I 

 said this morning, it is costing fairs about 50 per cent of the purse. If we 

 should increase it one-half more, and then add the entrance fee of ten 

 dollars, it would make a very sizable purse. One thing I ought to make 

 clear right here, — I would receive no entry whatever that was not ac- 

 companied by the entrance fee of ten dollars. Absolutely not one! 

 Because I'll tell you, as fair secretaries in years past, we have, if we 

 could, boosted our entries — we would get a great big entry list showing a 

 large number of horses on every program, and when the race actually 

 was run there would be a lot of them missing. Now we have got to state 

 actual facts. So I would say that before you put his name in the entry 

 Jist, that $10 should be in hand. 



The Chairman: Is there any further discussion on this? If so, we 

 would like to hear it before we pass to the rest of the program. 



W. F. Weary (Sac): I would like to ask Mr. Cameron's idea about the 

 deposit of the ten dollars. You would accept an entry only in one class 

 under that condition? For instance, a man has two classes, a "thirty" 

 and a "twenty-five" trot. You would let him enter only one class for $10^ 

 and if he entered in two make him pay for it? 



