The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-07-24
Tomorrow Is the Time for the
Discussion of the Subject
Of Fares.
Exhibit to Be on Large a Scale
As Ever; Some Of The
Attractions.

cago tomorrow. A committee of the
Western Passenger association and rep
resentatiyes of the Minnesota state fair
and other members of the American
Association of Fairs and Expeditions
will gather in that city at which time
the question of special rates to the
Minnesota and other state fairs in the
middle west will be reopened.
While general passenger agents hav-
ing headquarters in the Twin Cities
have not committed themselves, ex-
cept to the extent of saying that, they
earnestly desire to contribute to the
success of the Minnesota state fair and
might be willing to see the special rate
of one cent a mile granted if "other
roads did the same," the fact that the
Western Passenger association is will
ing even to discuss the question after
having refused the rate for the fair
of 1907, and six weeks ago, for the
fair of zoos, gives considerable encour-
agement to the managers.
The original declaration of the rail-
roads was that the passage of the two
cent rate law eliminated all special
rates or concessions, and the plea
that a state fair is an institution not
for profit, except as it educates the
farmers, develops the country and in
deaf ears.
President B. F. Nelson, Vice Presi-,
dent c. NJ. Griggs and Secretary C. N.
Cosgrove will represent the Minnesota
state fair at this meeting, which will
be attended by representatives from
the state fairs of Iowa, Nebraska,
Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wis.
consin and many others, and there will
also be present representatives from
commercial organizations of the Twin
Cities, Des Moines, Lincoln and Mil.
warikee.
Meeting Is BY Invitation.
The meeting will be by invitation
sent out by Chairman Eben Macleod
of the Western Passenger association
through j. c.. Simpson, secretary of the
Iowa state fair and lne American
Association of Fairs and Expeditions.
Having devoted the greater part of
year to careful preparations, the
board of managers of the Minnesota
state fair announces it's plans for
breaking all records for attractions
and attendance during the semi-ce
tennial fair, Aug. 3l-Sept. ..
The three totals of $4,000 in speed
prizes, $4,000 in premiums, and So, 1000
in free attractions, measure the extent
to which the board has made invest
ment with the purpose of eclipsing all
previous efforts of the state fair to
bring people within its gates and to
send them away thoroughly and COM
pletely pleased. Nothing like this ex.
penditure in the three departments of
speed, education and amusement has
ever before been attempted by any
state fair.
Races on Opening Day.
Indications that the policy of the
board will achieve the results aimed at
are found in the number and quality
of the entries in the $4,000 free-for-
all trot of Aug. 3l-the opening day.
Beginning with Highball, the gelding
who recently made new worlds rec
ord of 2:03A on the Terre Haute
track, there is list of nine horses
in this race which will form the fast
est field ever started ins a trotting
event. The "Hamline pace" of Wednes-
day, Sept. a, for the 2:O4 class in
cludes some remarkably fast ones, such
as Lady Maude G and Dana Patch,
while "The Minneapolis trot" of Fri
day., Sept. A, with its $1,000 purse,
and the "St. Paul pace" of Tuesday,
Sept. /, also for $4,000 purse, has
brought out some speedy ones of the
2:l3 class, and there are many other
big events, both in the harness events
and the dashes.
1t is in the department of amuse-
ments, however, that the board of
managers for this year has made many
departures which give promise of
greatly increasing attendance and Of
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