The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-13
9HH Spring MEETING
OF the West Virginia State
Fair Association
TO BE GIVEN MAY 29-81 NEXT.
The Citizens Aroused aud Good
Guarantee Fund subseribcd--A
Meeting of the Directors
Yesterday Arternoon.

There is every prospect that the Spring
races Of the West Virginia State Fair
and Exposition Association, to be held
the last three days OF next May, will be
a great success and attract to the city
numbers of people from all over the
country. The management is in the
hands OF people who usually succeed
when they take hold of anything, and
the interest shown by citizens generally
by liberal subscriptions to the guarantee
fund aud in other ways is very epcour-
aging. A meeting OF the Board OF Di-
rectors of the Association was held at
the Court House yesterday afternoon, at
which the committee appointed to raise
the guarantee fund reported that it had
received subscriptions to the amount OF
81 ,45o, and proposed to increase this con.
siGerably.
This committee started out with in.
structions TO raise guarantee fund OF
81 900 among outsiders, independent Of
the Association, to cover expenses and
balances in purses that were likely 10 be
not entirely made up. Those first ap'
preached were OF the opinion that 81 ,000
was not large enough guarantee, SO il
was decided to make it $l,500. 1t is
PROBABLE that even this sum will be ex.
Ceeded. l-
The resignation OF George E. stfel as
a member OF the Board was received and
accepted, and Mr.. Andrew NJ. Hamilton
was chosen to fill the vacancy.
The dates for holding the spring races
were fixed at May 20, 80 and 81. Thu
Board hopes to 50 arrange dates With
other spring meetings that the meeting
here may be held on these three
days-Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day, including Decoration Day.
A large attendance OF Pittsburgh
horsenen is looked for, us it does MOI
now seem ut all likely TINT there will b.
u Pittsburgh meeting, owing to the
activity OF the Law and Order Society
which has forced stop to all pool sell
ing, and thereby practically settled til,
question OF future racing at Pittsburgh
IN the negative, at least for time.
number Of Pittsburghers interested il
racing have given it as their opinion thai
n meeting here would draw quite largely
from there, both OF owners and spec
tators.
1t is also thought that good.sizeG
Kentucky delegation can be secured
The horsemen from that State are
usually well represented at Spring meet
ings, starting in ut Terre Haute and
going the rounds, seasoning their speed,
rrs for tho big Fall circuits. 1t is be.
lieved that the Spring meeting can be
made such q success, and attract horse
men and others here who have never
been here before ut any OF the fair races,
TINT it will have very beneficial effect
on the attendance and races at the next
annual fair, especially If the authorities
Mt Pittsburgh keep up the strict shut
down on pool selling that has been in.
augurated and which has resulted in the
practical Punishment OF that veteran
bookseller, Frank Herdic, and his men
from the Smoky City.
Messrs. &. Ed. Mendel, Robert An.
derson and A. NJ. Hamilton were yes.
terday appointed committee on speed,
and Messrs. N. B. Scott, August Rolf
and W. II. Exley were appointed com,
mittee to confer with u like committee
from the Street Railway Company and
with the Wheeling & Belmont Bridge
Company in regard TO extending the
street railway to the State Fair grounds,
This is an Improvement which ought
to have been made long ago. 1t is mar
row-sighted policy all around to compel
people to walk from Virginia or Zane
street to the fair grounds when they
would gladly pay to ride.