The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
Secretaries Have a Good Time
at Their Banquet.
Pass Evil Is Discussed From
Various Sides.
KEEP OFF THEssSWIPES'
0. p. Updegraff Wants Attend
ants at Races Properly Clothed.
Would Also Limit Harness Con-
tests to Five Heats.

With the securing of a uniform pre-
MUM LIST and the same classification
of live stock at various county ialrs
over the state, as one object, the Man
sas Association of County and Dlstflct
Fair Managers was made a permanent
organization at a meeting OF falr man
ayers at the Throop hotel Tuesday
afternoon A temporary organization
was made last May. I. D. Graham, edl-
tor of the Kansas Farmer, was erected
temporary president, and H. l. COOK
secretary of the Kansas State Fair was
elected secretary-treas urer. The same
men were reelected to their respective
offices Tuesday afternoon and M f.
Clarity of Norton was elected vice.
president These Officers under the by
laws and constitution compose the exc
| cutive committed
The papers read at the afternoon ses-
sion and at the banquet which followed
in the evening showed that fair peo-
| pies days were both long and full of
| trouble. The free pass and pass-out
| check question appears to be hard
| proposition. Elliott Irving of Coffey-
| vile says that he has found a solution.
| Tickets marked M" for men, w"
for women. and siC'' for children are
used and punched according to sex and
age or recipient. This prevents wife
! from using her husbands pass-out
check to return free into the fair
grounds or the children using it for the
I
one of the lively features of the meet
| ing.
Reduce Free Passes.
| In the afternoon. w. r. Mellor. mem
| Der of the Nebraska State Board of
Agriculture among other things told
how the distribution of free passes had
| been reduced 1000 at one fair by simply
making those asking for complimentary
| tickets prove that he was entitled to
| the favor
q w IIarx-ev Of Omaha Neb editor
of the Twentieth Century Farmer was
unable to be present but his paper on
How to Conduct Fair" was read by
| Mr.. Graham. Mr. Hervey urged sys-
TEN, enthusiasm and advertising in
fairs. Prof. Crabtree, of K. 6. A. c..
Manhattan. also delivered an address
on Awards and Classiications'' He
urged uniformity. PrcI J. H Miller
| in charge of the K. S. A. c. extension
course also made a short talk telling
of the educational values Of fairs
Buy Horses "Sfeht Unseen
At the banquet, as an extra feature
G. I. Carlson of Norfolk Neb. gave a
short talk. He told that in Scotland
that the breeding produced such a
uniform type that he knew of 81 $50
having been offered for a stallion by
buyers who had never seen the ami
NAL, simply on the strength of it's win
ming certain premiums, and for the
same reason offers had been cabled
from Argentine, S. A. In contrast he
told how in America he had known of
a colt which had won first premium
to be offered for $500 less than the
animal which had not won any prizes,
showing how little value the owner
had placed on the value of the pre-
miums. He also told how a stallion,
in the west, to protect herd of mares
from mountain lion. had bitten the
animal in the neck. his jaws nearly
breaking the backbone.
Updegraff Would Limit Heat Races.
O. p. Updegraff, who is an expert
starting judge, among other things
said that he intended to present to
the American Race Track association,
a resolution limiting races to five
heats. He also said that the rules re-
curing the jockeys to wear dfstin
gushing colors and neat dress. should
be reinforced by rulings not permit
ing the attendants of ''sWipes" to be
on the track in view of the people in
the grandstand unless also neatly
dressed. H spoke of some of the at
tendants appearing only in overalls
and dirty undershirts as ''disgraceful''
Those Free Passes.
Fred w Sturgis of Concordia,
speaking on 1.-The Free List said that
complimentary tickets, judiciously dis
tributed, brought greater returns, that
the recipients often brought friends
to the fair paying their admission
and spending money at the concessions
for them like king. He also said
that the press Representatives fully
repaid in the good done the fair for
the passes given them.
Elliott Irving of Coffeyville spoke on
the subject of pass Out Checks.
Charles Youngreen Of Lawrence
talked on Concessions He urged
that the concession men to know the
grounds, and to deal with the conces- |
sion man fairly but firmly.
J. Will Kelley, president of the To- |
peka Commercial club, and Scott Hop
kins gave addresses of welcome.
DR.. Battey, of Cawker City, was not |
present but his paper on How to Ad- |
vertise a Fair, was read. In the paper I
he urged the advertising in plenty Of
time in advance. He cited an instance !
that out of $500 appropriated for ad- /
vertising. $500 was spent with the local |
papers and the remainder was distribu- |
ted among papers within 100 miles of |
the town in which the lair was to he /
held--and the money brought good re- !
turns.
NJ. F. Clarity acted as POSTMASTER
The following who were to speak on the |
subjects named were unable to be pres !
ent and did not send their papers: |
F. ". Irin. "A Short Grass Fair" Oak |
ley; Getting Up a Cattle Exhibit DR.. |
O. o. Wolf. Ottawa; THE Association I
of Fair Manag gers c. A. Sparrow /
Leavenworth. Ewing Herbert, editor I
of the Hiawatha World. was to have /
read paper on How We Did It." but |
was unable to be present. Mr. Clarity /
made a few remarks on his behalf
The fair managers present follow: /
William Jaiilete- Morris county; Jas. /
Rodgers. w. s. Gabriel. Arthur Schol- I
ton, e C Logan. Mitchell county: Carl |
A. Grant. W. G. Krehbiel, Mcpherson 4
county. c. H. Weiser. Greenwood coun- !
ty; R w. ANohler. Lincoln county; T. /
H. Terry, 3. B. StimneI. Saline county; /
NJ. A. Diamond, Smith county; c. H. /
White, /. r. Hammond. John Redmond, /
COffey county; L. G. Jennings. Harper I
county; c. Risley, Rocks county; B. '. !
Wheeler, NJ F. Clarity, Norton county: |