Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-05-07
FAIR COMMISSION
 |s GETTING BUSY
of Department Officers. Proposed Improvements and Brief Outline of Speed Program-Mining Building too Small.

The territorial board of fair com missioners, T. E. Pollock of Flagstaff, B. A. Packard of Naco and Tempe, and J. c. Adams of Phoenix, held a long session on Friday last and accomplished great deal of work toward getting things in order for the next territorial fair. Vernon l.. Clark having given up the position of secretary of the com mission, c. B. Laird became the logical candidate and he was appointed. The next thing they did was to appoint the superinteudents of departments as follows: Mineral, Epes Randolph, Tue son; horse and mule, W. W. Cook, Phoe- nix; cattle, A. c. Mcqueen, Mesa; swine, c. M. Baum, Phoenix; sheep and goat, H. J. Gray, Coconino county; poultry and pigeon, c. B. Wood, Phoe- nix; apiary, William Rohrig, Tempe; dairy, Emory Rays, Phoenix; women s department, needlework division, culi- nary division and art division, Mrs. w. c. Foster, Phoenix; educational, A. J. Matthews, Tempe; agricultural, V. \. Clark, Phoenix; speed, Shirley Christy, Phoenix.
 The question of a livestock pavilion for the judging of livestock was dis cussed and while there is no fund fer the construction of such building, the commission is trying to devise some means for the building of one, as 1t IS deemed very necessary thing in the proper handling of so large livestock show as will undoubtedly be seen this year. .afaI
 The mining building is admittedly in- adequate to the growing needs of that department, but the commission has de cided that by adding some more shelv- ing and rearranging the exhibits it can be made to answer for one more sea. son.
 Though the legislature did not make any appropriation for building fund for the growing needs of the fair, it is nevertheless assured that the exhibition in all departments will be bigger and better than ever before. The appropri ation for maintenance and operation was increased from $7,500 to $15,00( annually, and the gate receipts arc bound to be larger than ever before. | With these resources the commission is planning the greatest possible expan sion and feels that though it would give good value for few more thou sand dollars, it will be able nevertheless to make some improvements and offel far greater attraction than ever be fore.
 In respect of the livestock there j one thing exhibitors will be glad t. hear. That is that the Hereford Live stock Association and the Shorthori | Livestock association of the United States have each offered to double an. premium the fair commission may of
 fer for any exhibit in their respectiv
 breeds of cattle. a55-s
 In the matter of racing the commis
 sion proposes to take step forwar'
 also. There will be seven thousand-dol lar pacing races and seven thousand
 dollar trotting races, and numerou
 other races for smaller nurses. Tn
 classes for. the thousand-dollar pacin
 races win be; Free for all, S2:05, 2:os
 2:12, 2:l6, 2:20, 2;25.. The classes flo the thousand dollar trotfing races wi
 be: Free for ali, 2:os, 2:1l, 2:l4, 2:1'
 2:24, 2:29.
 There will also be a three-year-ol trot, the stakes guaranteed, to be fc purse of $500, and a two-year-ol trot for a guaranteed stake of $50 There will also be three-year-old an o-year-old pacing races for stak' , guaranteed, to be at least equally | , high.