The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-07
RACING IS HELP
 ID EXPOSITIONS
FORMER GOVERNOR HASKELL OF OKLAHOMA SAYS SPORT MUST
 BE ENCOURAGED.
Pleasantly Recalls Row With Teddy In Connection With Invitation to Help Receive Roosevelt Here.
BY WALTER NJ. EBFI..

Publicity Agent Business Mems
 League
 "A good race meet will build up any agricultural exposition It at tracts patronage. People do not care to go to fair unless there is d racing program as one of the features.
 Sometimes you find an over-sensa. tive and well-meaning person who seeing the racing feature, will declare it is one per cent of evil That person fails to see the 99 per cent Of good that the fair does. but he will try and kill the entire show just to eliminate the racing.
 Racing at fairs should be eacOur. aged Racing that will assist in eX- positions should he helped Agricul- tural eXpositions are doing great good among the farmers and are 3 mighty big factor in arousing interest il agricultural pursuits. and racns and fairs should receive every en- couragement possible
 That is the opinion of C. N. Haskell. the first governor of Oklahoma. and he didn't hesitate in yoicing it. either.
 Governor Haskell has been at the Arlington for the past few days and he will be here for several weeks He is interested in Hot Springs and has been following very closely the ef. forts of the business men in this city to get through the State Fair Com mission bill, which will legalize rae ing under the parimutuel system and make the annual exposition of the products and resources of Arkansas self-sustainiag. While cOnversing with him I almost came to the conclu sion that it was the governor who was interviewing me instead of me in terrogating the governor, but one cal not converse with NT Haskell with out becoming cognzant of the fact that if he has anything to say he s going to say it. He gives the impres sion of being overclarged with the courage of his convictions and hls conversation is enhanced with cer- tain "breeziness" that is delightful.
 Arkansas should he liberal with this resort" he declared, for Hot Springs is very valuable asset tol the state I don't know how the pro- hibition bill will effect you. Resorts are usually wet We are dry in Ok lahOma, too.
 ''Oklahoma last year produced one third of all the oil ill the world. Pretty big supply, wasn't it? Busi- ness has been just fair. Possibly the handicapping of railroads may have something to do with the present de- pressioa. although I couldn't say, for i haven't locked into that feature
 There is a class of people, though, l that insist that the railroads must do ] this and that They want the best Of service and accommodations, and are not willing to give the railroads an ! opportunity to make any money The railroads haven't any money to begin | with. If they have surplus 1t is | used up and whatever additional eX- l pense is levied upon railroads must come out of the pockets of the people 1 who support them. There was a | tendency in some Instances to over capitalize railroads but of late they haven't had much chance to make any :! money"
 Then Governor Haskell recalled a 1 previous time he had been invited to ! come to Hot Springs, and he related | the incident with a laugh.
 Some years ago. he said, "l re- ceived an invitation to come to Hot | Springs and meet a very distinguished l citizen, but l replied that I could not accept the invitation Your Business Mems League would not take no for an answer and the invitation was re |