The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-28
1.-THE THREE STATES HORSE AND
FAIR ASSOCIATION"

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A number of gentlemen in this city
have come together and taken the prelim
mary steps to organize what the above
head indicates. They have already made
application to the proper officer at Spring
field for the necessary incorporation papers
which, 1t is thought, are now on the way
and will be here to-day or tomorrow
The name Of the association is
as above stated; the incorporators
are Judge W. II. Green, Mr.. Herman
Meyers Mr.. Matthew p. Walsh, Jr, Mr.
c., 0. Patier, Mr.. Patrick Fitzgerald, Capt
John Hodges and Mr. T W. Hall. The Ca
pital stock is to be twenty five thousand dol
lars to begin with, which is to be divided
into one thousand shares at twenty-five
dollars each.
1t is the object to induce as many young
men and Others interested in horse racing
particularly to join and torn jockey
club within the association --
sort of wheel within wheel whose ex.
elusive purpose it shall be TO give races
This organization, while it will be part of
the association will be in manner dis
tinct from it. A person may belong to the
fair association without being a member of
the jockey club, but no man who IS not a
member of the former can Jon the latter.
The association at large will give fairs at
given times every year and will derive the
profits therefrom, while the jocky club will
give races whenever it pleases which will
be about the time the noted racers pass
through here from or to Louisville and
other places, and will derive the profits
arising therefrom. Thus the institution
would be kept in activity which would
strengthen it and bring people and money
into the city. The grounds have, of couse,
not yet been decided upon, but it has been
suggested, and theHsuggestion has been
looked upon with favor by some of the in
corporators, that piece of about forty
acres in extent, lying between Seventeenth
and West Twenty-second street, back of
Cedar street, be secured for the purpose.
This ground would be enclosed with high
fence; good mile track created, and
ha .al "a.
phitheatre, stalls, stands and other neces-
ssry arrangements for the accommodation
of those who take part in or attend the fairs
or races
1t is, OF course, the primary object of the
incorporators to obtain large and infuen-
tia membership Of the association and for
this purpose it will invite all those inter.
ested in the object of the association to
take stock and an active part in establish
ingit. Its name indicates that it is not to
be select institution, composed only of
few substantial men of Cairo or Alexander
county; the ncorporators are cosmopoli.
tan in their purpose, and intend that the
association shall comprise the public
spirited men Of the neighboring counties of
the "rhree States,' Illinois, Missouri aud
Kentucky. There are many good men
in these counties whose interests are cen.
tered in Cairo, who will gain by
Cairo's gain, and who should not hesitate TO
take an active part in this new enterprise.
Those who have ventured to take the first
step in this new enterprise are all repre-
sentative men of Cairo who are noted for
their determination to push all their under
takiDgs to a successful issue. When all is
ready and the stock is to be disposed of.
others should fall in line without hesitation;
Tor there cannot be the slightest doubt but
that the association will prove profitable,
not only to its members, but also to the city
OF Cairo, and no Cairoite can afford TO neg
lect that which has these two important
characteristics.