The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-08-07
rug COMING FAIE.AThe Pores:

ruy COMING FAIH-AThe Pores:
Grove paper says that stalls have been
s,,.oed 3. Hillsboro for laFse MUM
~. a running horses for the approach
~ Vair. which is the first OF the sea
- oo the Oregon circuit. Probably
- ~ these horses will come over
ssre 10 compete for the purses offered
= The King County Fair: We regret
> ..e such apathy manifested here in
s...,.nce to the Fair, but it Is good
~ the fault of the association, which is
20 ose.nized wrong in the first place. 1t
.hss,ld be organized as a society and
~ =, stock company; that is. it
.Sc,,d be open to all on an annual
..s.bsr,hip Of Ave dollars. or life
n.,henbip Of thirty dollars. but the
- d that each member should have
-. oce voice and one vote. But If it
.rst.n no as . stock company ia
49, Of t2.5O each, q few men will
- .be;r stock together and control
- rbole thing to the detriment Of
~. s,h.r, Look ct the California State
sns;.r,.nr.l Society; it owes its success
,hs tart that the i've dollar members
80 sousl soice and vote with the solid
-. ~ aacramento who paid their
Co. dollars each. Another thing
!. he ipjudicious selection Of the di.
,srtors All Of whom I'VE believs) reside
~ he outside of the city. 1t is true
that men following agriculture as a
nur,uit should be the ones to control al
s..oc,Ition of this kind. but tits equal.
lv true that the. business men of the
town where Fair is held, are expected
% raise the greater portion of the
+. sinews of war" for the premium lists.
And it is for this reason. we think. that
Al least two of our leading merchants
or manufacturers should be placed ON
thu Board of Directors. Personally,
there can b. no.objection to any of the
directors or officers of the ASSOCIATION :;
,bey ere all perfect gentlemen. so far
as we know. But it is matter ia
which the city has fully as much inter
est o. the country tributary to it !;
hence we believe there should he equal
representation in the Board. 1t would
be- the means Of giving the association
much better facilities for collecting
money in aid Of al enterprise by which
our city is to be directly benefited. 1t
Is the merchants and mechanics of Sac
rsmsnto. and not the people Of Cali
fornis ut large. who have made the
Agricultural Society Of that State what
il is. Let the King County Society
adopt similar basis Of organization.
and afford every merchant, mechanic,
hotel keeper and saloon keeper in Sc
attic chance to become equally inter-
ssted in the success Of the coming Fair,
and they will soon find their exchequer
IN vastly improved condition. Ex-
psrience has shown that people will
not patronize contests of speed between
horses except at Fairs. The so-called
Jockey Clubs that have existed all over
the Pacific Coast have seldom been
Offered by men Of integrity, and have
generally failed to punish fraudulent
rsciug. At tine last California State
Fair, on the other hand. one trotting
horse driver and two running jockeys
were suspended for three years, while
six Others were fined from SEQ to $50
for improper practice. Give us soci
ETY. in which all have al equal interest
in electing good officers who will pun
ish frauA and misconduct, and we shall
soon have race-course to which we
shall not be ashamed to take our wives
and families.