The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-24
TWO NEW DIRECTORS
ELECTED At MEETING OF RACING
ASSOCIATION BOARD.
WESTERN JOCKEY MEN
WILL HAVE CHARGE OF THE RACE
MEETING.

and Cities-AH Committees Re-
! ported Progress since Last Meet
ing of DirectOrs-GrOunds and
Buildings viii he Thoroughly
Lfghted-Ohice of Fair Headquar-
ters VIII BE Open Until p. NJ.
A meeting of the directors of the
/ Savannah Racing Association was
held yesterday afternoon in the rooms
of the Chamber of Commerce. The
reports of committees occupied the
greater part of the meeting. Besides
hearing these reports two additional
members of the Board of Directors
were elected, the Advertising Commit
tee was increased, and a superin-
/ tendent of the work necessary for put
ting the grounds in condition for the
fair was appointed.
The Premium List Committee re-
ported that it had completed the work
of arranging the departments and the
amount of the premiums and that the
list would be ready for distribution the
last of the week. The directors were
satisfied with the work of the COM
mittee and with the arrangements of
| the departments ana prizes.
The Racing Committee also made it's
report The report stated that the
Western Jockey Association will
have charge of the meet and
every effort will be made to make
the races fast, quick in starting, and
to pull them off without a hitch. There
have been several entries received
| from Of ct
and the success of the meet seems as
sured The list Of purses offered will
| be announced in a short time.
General Manager Saussy reported
that the headquarters have been es-
tabiished, the Office fitted out with
telephones, and that everything is now
| in working order. The work of adj
vertising the fair has been pushed as
| apidly as possible and several novel
| schemes have been devised in this line
The work of securing tent-shows and
| similar attractions is also going on
| and good variety in this department
| IS assured. Privilege space is being
let out rapidly to applicants from all
parts of the country.
| Advertising Committee Increased.
The report of the Advertising Com
| mittee was given by the chairman, Mr.
| Sig. Gardner. The report showed that
| large assortment of advertising mat
| ter had been received from firms in
! various parts of the country, and that
| there is a large variety of posters and
smaller matters from which to make
| selections. The assistance of all classes
OF business and professional men will
| be asked in aiding the spreading of
| the fair announcements.
| The committee was authorized to
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and to go into all the towns of the
surrounding country and post show
bills, racing announcements, premiums
offered, etc. There will be no towns in
Georgia neglected, and many of the
| larger towns in South Carolina and
| Alabama will be posted. The fair will
also be thoroughly advertised in Flor
ida.
The work of the Advertising Commit
| tee has proved to be more than was
anticipated, and the present commit
! tee was not deemed large enough. On
motion the president of the Racing AS
| sociation was empowered to appoint
an additional member on the COM
| mittee, and Mr.. Charles F. Graham was
| named.
Grounds Being Improved.
Mr.. T. j. Davis, chairman of the
| Committee on Buildings and Grounds,
reported that the committee had in-
| spected the grounds and buildings, and
that the work of making the necessary
repairs would begin at once. The stalls
for the animal exhibit will be thorough
~ cleaned and repaired and the otner
buildings thoroughly renovated.
The grounds will be well lighted and
arrangements are now being made for
wiring the buildings where the exhibits
will be on display and also for INSTALL
ing large lights throughout the grounds
EsxyArxy off ri Will no 70 hox
Fair Grounds as well lighted as posi-
BILE, and no expense will be spared in
achieving this end.
Mr.. f. M. Hull was selected by the
directors as superintendent of building
and repair work. Mr.. Hull will be noti-
fled at once of his selection for the po-
sition and will take charge of his work
Immediately All new buildings to be
erected will be in his charge, as will
also the repair work to the other build
ingS. He will also oversee the installa-
tion of the lights and any Improvements
which are to be made to the grounds in
} any way. Mr.. Hull is thoroughly quail
flied for this work and his selection as
} superintendent and putting him in full
charge of all the work done on the
grounds, insures that everything will be
done we'll and speedily.
Two new directors were added to the
board, Messrs. G. H. Dorsett and Ar
thur B. M. Gibbes. The increasing of
the board was done to secure the adj
vice and assistance of more business
men in completing the arrangements
for the Fair and in it's management.
At Fair Headquarters.
! The force at the fair headquarters
was busy during the day sending out
> letters to exhibitors and to those in
quiring for privilege space. All privi-
lege space this year will be let to the
highest bidder and the bids will be
opened on Oct. Is. More than 100 appli-
cations for privileges have already
come into the office and all have been
notified of the rules governing the sell
ing of privilege space.
Letters were sent to the presidents
of the railroads coming into SaVan-
nah, urging that the rates for those
desiring to attend the fair be made
as low as possible. These letters were
in support of the recommendation made
by the representatives of the roads at
their meeting held Tuesday afternoon.
The rush of business at the head
quarters has increased so rapidly dur
ing the past week that Manager Saussy
! has decided to lengthen the office hours.
Hereafter the office will be open until
I o'clock at night for the convenience
OF those desiring Information concern
. ing any department of the fair Both
z telephones have been installed. The
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