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Show DIRECTOR CABSTEHSEN 10 HAVE ASSISTANTS McDonald Wishes to Place Horsemen and Secure Best Races for Public. President -L G. McDonald of the Utah Stnto Fair association said Friday afternoon after-noon that ho would make every effort to make tho scheduled horse races to bo held during tho state fair next fall a big success. suc-cess. Speed Director CarstenBcn has the horso races In hand, and to innko his work lighter nnd with a view of trying to please evorybodv. President McDonald says that ho will allow Mr. Carstonsoii two assistants, one to be selected from tho" harness race horse men and one to bo seloctcd from the owners or gallopers. In thin way President McDonald hopes to securo tho best results, nnd with tho matter left practically entirely In tho hands of tho horsemen. It will bo up to thorn to glvo tho people a run for their money. , . . Of tho ?0000 appropriated by tho fair association for horse racing., $5000 ha:i been allotted to tho harness o.vcnts nnd 51000 to the runners. While the division seems a little hard on the ownera of runners, President McDonald said that there wore onlv about two breeders of runners In tho state, whllo harness horses wore being bred on all the big farms nnd that tho farmers demanded the big portion por-tion of the prlzo money. Tho programme, ns has been announced some timo ago. wns arranged by tho horsemen. It was tho first time in the hlstorv of the association that they wore Invited to take part In making np a suitable suit-able programme, nnd, ns representatives from all parts of the state woro present at the meeting, there Is no question that the entry list will bo blggor for the fall races than ever before, because of tho fact that the programme Is so arranged to meet with tho general approval of nil tho horsemen ln tho state. |