Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-27
STATE HISTORIAN IS
CRITICAL OF DELAYS
EMPLOYED IN RACES
Would Take the Audience Off
the Waiting List and Produce
Events Promptly.

Pierre, S.. D., May 1.-THE outlook
for the state fair Of 1910 is most fat
tering. Not before has so much prac-
tical interest been shown so early in
the season. l have a suggestion for
the management and If they will adopt
1T I am sure they will win the ppro-
baton Of thousands of citizens and
give the fair q sort of advertising
which they cannot buy with money.
Horse racing is the noblest of all
sports and I wouldn't give much for
the individual whose pulse does not
quicken a bit when a field of fast ones.
come down the home stretch. Good.
clean races are the real attraction
which bring the. crowds. Yet, not
withstanding the enjoyment and keen
delight they have IN the sport, there
are thousands who will not attend at
all and other thousands who go away
from races they do attend with their
tempers tried to the breaking point
and physically tired out by the endless
and ve%Xatious delays, the time spent in
jockeying and scoring and warming up
which drags a Program that might be
run off in two hours into a long half
day, which ends only when 1t becomes
so dark that the races can no longer
be seen. l attended the state fair last
fall where a splendid program of the
best western talent was provided and.
where a vast crowd was assembled and
the dissatisfaction upon the grand
stand was universal. In one race 40
minutes were used up in scoring after
the heat was called. Personally I left
the ~grandstand at dusk, where 7 ha5
sat for nearly five hours, more weary
than If I had lone a hare days work
Of physical labor.
There is no good sense in such
methods and it lies within the province
OF the management of the state fair to,
cut them out n adopt rules that will
be fair and equal to all, while saving
the time, patience and tempers Of the
patrons. 1t will not be a hardship to
provide a warming up track separate
from the race course and to require
a standing start from q hundred yards
back of the wire. Grooms could assist
in getting off at the sound OF the bell
and every horse would have a better
show than it would be possible to give
him in the ordinary way. Such a
method would avoid all delay, place
every horse upon ar equality and win
the applause Of the public. Under
such a method a program could be run
off in a short time, leaving the public
free to enjoy the other attractions of
the fair.
the capital the other day and resolved
upon drastic action in the case Of
county boards which do not regularly
report upon contagious diseases.
Chairmen Of county boards who do not
report will be summarily dismissed
and others substituted. The state,
board is determined upon rigid en-
forcement Of the law which requires
county boards to regularly report the
presence Of contagious diseases or.
their absence where they do not pre-
vail.
The number Of farm cream separa-
tors going into the rural districts Of
the state indicate a renewed interest
in dairying and a permanence of the
industry which did not exist when
creameries were patrOnized. The farm
er with a separator in the milkhouse
has an investment before him daily to.
remind him Of the unchanging stabil-
ity of the dairy industry and to keep
him up to the careful attention which
it requires. The settlers Of the trans
Missouri region wisely realize that
under the peculiar conditions existing
there, dairying must be the foundation
Of their prosperity and they are gen.
orally giving their first attention to It.
There are more than 570,0 600 COWS in
the state and they are increasing at.
the rate OF 10000 annually. We have,
a greater number OF COWS tina we,
have OF human population.