THE GRASP OF A FRIENDLY HAND 17 



husbandry. He was already carrying the heavy 

 financial responsibility directly entailed by these an- 

 nual shows. Not only had prizes and all running 

 expenses to be met, but there was ever hanging 

 over head the matter of possible and unknown lia- 

 bilities in the event of accident or some untoward 

 disaster supervening. 



All that was suggested by President SPOOR was 

 that those chiefly concerned in the establishment 

 of the big show on a permanent footing come for- 

 ward with a guarantee fund of $50,000 to be 

 subscribed by life members of a breeders' organiza- 

 tion to be known as the International Live Stock 

 Exposition Association; the fund to be placed on 

 deposit, and both principal and interest allowed to 

 accumulate until such time as its use in whole or 

 in part might be determined in some manner mutu- 

 ally satisfactory. This amount was promptly sub- 

 scribed and paid in, the contract for the big structure 

 on Halsted Street was let, and in 1905 the "house- 

 warming" was duly celebrated. The contributors to 

 the fund which thus insured the permanency of the 

 International deserve to be held in grateful remem- 

 brance. Those who came forward in this manner 

 at that time demonstrated their interest in sub- 

 stantial fashion, and they should not be forgotten 



