Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-09
DEFICIT AND DISGUST.
These Are the Two Most striking
Memories of the Chicago
HOrae Show.

Chicago. Nov S-A deficit of $4,000 re-
mains of the Chicago Horse show, ana
there is an air of gloom In the ofhces Oh
the state board of agriculture.
The members of the state board have
very tangible reasons for their depression.
They have audited the bills which nave
been surginS into their headquarters since
the opening of the show and the total OF
their debts they found is in round numbers
$50 600 The receipts We're $4,000 from All
sources-ticksts. boxes. concessions and
the sale of eatalogues-making the little
difference which they will be called upon
to make good a clear So Gl Ihat wipes
out an appropriation of Sl0.Wo wnlch ths
legislature in its love for shaggy-hocked
horses and vide-hippeG steers gave them
for the show. and eats up three-fourthS OF
the fund which the guarantors pledged IL
there deficit. q;
Yet the men from down country decline
TO talk about their losses. After we have
Strengthened everything out. they Said,
and every exhibitor has received check
for the amount of his premiums, we will
explain where the money has gone ana
bring home the blame to the shoulders
which should bear 1t. Among other Things,
however, We will ask John ~. Logan. Jr;,
10 account for something like slOOW winch
his agents spent in travelling about the
country trying TO induce horssmen men G TO send
exhibits. We never authorized such eXpend-
iture. Our premium list was generous
enough to bring the horses without such
extraordinary efforts.
Secretary Garrard declared that the AT.
tendance figures given out Saturday night
by the management We're absolutely falSe
They claim lh2. 500 admissions during the
week. said Mr.. Garrard. as one or the
negro attendants signed the pay roll and
carried off his weeks wages. "As Il matter
of fact. there are STA seats now in the
building. 660 Of them in the boxes. and 1t
would be an absurdity to grant that there
We're ever 10000 men and women inside
there who had not seats or seat checks:
Yet they fix the Saturday night crowd at
5000. although / noticed that the galleries
were rot more than half-flled and the top
rows of the ring circle never were fu!!.
The crowd that swarmed down to the
Coliseum yesterday afternoon was sad and
indignant, not liking the return they got
for their morey. Glaring posters had an
nourced that all the priZe-winners would
he paraded in the ring. that the Marine
band would give another concert and that
the entrance fee would only he half dol
lar for reserved seats. And so 1000 or more
men and women parted with their money.
and scrambl;ng to the best seats. waited
for the show to begin. The band did its
part, the blue jackets cried their catalogues
for sale and the vendors of York state
cider besouGht the thirsty TO come and be
filled but until far past the middle of the
afternoon the ring was innocent of grooms,
the men began to murmur and post NOR
tenn matineeS. "hunco games and other
disagreeable comments were freely made
Superintendent Pepper. although he knew
nothing of the advertised features of the
afternoon. managed to get the Gagnon
horses and the Collier hunters and hounds
in the ring. Thus the afternoon was saved
from dismal failure. There was much the
some sort of occurrence at night. except
that the crowd left earlier and in a more
did not appear at his headquarters during
the day.