TEZE Aassmy GENERAL: OF TEXAS " GIBALDC.~ Ausrrxiw1s.TJEXAE e '. HonorableGeorge I?.Sheppard comptMller of PublicAaoouata Austin,Tears
Dear 8irr opinionno. o-2146 &I (1) TurIdlitjrof priror under Arti 70471 giha amy at 8 horse rhuw; (2) Admickiqm8 tit:*hono rrhm under Art. 70478-19,VAC.8.
We reosivedyonr,l&ter dated l&r& 28, 1949, r~usstlng our opir ion on sewral queetims Bassd upon the faots oontained in P lettar from the ProgramChairmanoftie DallasSpring Horse Won. m quotefran yopr latter as follows:
,*A oharityherse s&vwas held in,~%llaare-tly for the purposeof rain- ing nmds for a FinnishRelief Fund. &bi~6iOlWOf P.00 pm person wore oollkotedand prireo~,amountingto $10,OG&OO were giw8 to,fhe mers of', the winning horses anteredin thb various olasses,of tilbs. An aritom- bile was giver amay bymsrns of a drawingoonfest.
Yamattaahing a lettar fromthe Chairmsroftha ProgramCcmittee of the horse shm nbioh e+alns in detailthe manor of oonduotiagthe~show+M the methodsused ia mvar+Jingtheprize&"
Ik,quote fromthe enolosedletter'mitten*Mr. UP.Y. Qmem&d~ and addressedto you+ as follomr
nReplyingto yourletterof,ldaroh20 to thebest of q hbulmdge the CharityHorse Show nus operatedas follows:
"ZQ-stpriaes of #lO,OOOmm set up for the winners ofthe various alas-. sea, it bsiag neoessaryto gim cash prires in order to attraohentries and insurethe 8uooessof the shop. In additionto thescorkh prizes, varioustrophieswere,givea,& of which were donated by people interest- ed in the show a" it8 8uoo088.
*Admissioqtotb show ~8~ chargedoa the basis of $1.00 per person for eaoh performmae. In additionseasonboxes were sold, of which I believethere mre om htmdmd, thosa boxes sellingat #lOO.pO- 801~ few et &io.oo.
'The Comnitteei& ohargeantioipatedthat the reoeipbstrcmthe stab of bores, and the entraoefees reoeived,and &tall rentsfrom thou l8tsr- ing horses,muld be more thaa enough&may to proridefortha aish prizes aadforthe xeomm~r~rexpexise~.Refit fromtheShmnr8 oxpeot-' ed tobe derivedfromthe gemtil tioket sale, from concessions,and from&mrenir Progmms~ Hon. Geo. H. Sheppard,page 2 (O-2146)
*Most of the beveragehouses,oandy distributors, and other people donated their merchandiseto the Show in order to swell the net receiptsfrom the oonoessionsstandpoint.
"The SouvenirProgram,nhich is a featureof every Home Show, inaamuohas it is neosssaryfor the spectatorsto have a prograrn~in order to followthe pe- formames, was financedby the sale of advertisingspaoe,md as you know most purohaeersof spaoe looked on it as a,oontribution rather tham as ocmnneroial advertising.
"Ta order to swell the sale of the programsthemselves,aad they were sold at 26+ saoh, it-was suggestedthat we get a group.ofmm to giw us the monsy to m the automobile,lhioh was done2 and the automobilewas then purohaaedat ooat or .(P.eachprogramwas a couponwhich aartitled the hold- er to a ohanoeat the autmobile, aad all couponswere depositedin a reaepta- 018 a& one drawntherefrom,the oxmr of that oouponbsing the reoipientof the automobile.
*YOU uaderstand,of aourse,that all pmoeeds, above expensesas set out herein, mre for tht,befit of the FinnishReliSf Fund. It was not rWiuir& tbt~the tinner shouldbe present~atthe dradng, amd in fact it nas not requiredthat he be Resent at nny performanceof the Show,thereforehe was not mq&ed to buy my admissionticketto the Shm, but paid 26 cents for progm."
Based Uponthe aMe statedfaots,you requestour opinionoa the followingquestions:
1. Is the autcmoblle,givea away in oonneotior,with the Dallas SpringHorse Show, subjeotto the 2lY$award