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SEEK NEW OELEANS STALLS OWNERS AT CHARLESTON APPLY FOR FAIR GROUNDS STABLING ACCOMMODATIONS. i List to Be Provided For Made Up of 318 Horses General Manager Murphy Suggests An- i nual Fair for Crescent City. j New Orleans, La., December 9. Applications for 1 stall loom at the Fair Grounds for 318 horses which , are now racing at Charleston, S. C, were received today by the Business Mens Hat-lug Association. ; The list was enclosed in a letter to Manager Joseph ; A. Murphy from Joseph McLennan, wlio is serving as an oitieial at Charleston and who will serve here as racing secretary. Mr. McLennan stated that J other applications would likely be made and over -Jul horses would be shipped here from Charleston. H. G. Bedwell is among the .horsemen asking for stall loom and will bring twelve horses. J. H. Mc-Carren has applied for quarters for an even dozen, and J. O. Hogau will bring fourteen. The list of tluse who are coming from Charleston with their horses is made up as follows: James Arthur, 13; M. Burton, 2; Ji 0. Burttsched, 2; W. H. Baker, :5; .1. II. Baker, 3; II. G. Bedwell, 12; W. A. Burttschell, 10; Breslor and Johnson. C; Thomas .T. Brown, 0: George B. Cochran, 7; William Cahill, 5; M. A. Coltoii. 5; Casey and Coulter, 4; J. offer, 1: K. C. Crockett, 11; A. B. Davidson, 2; R. P. Dodson, 7; W. P. Fine, i: 51. Foley, 2; G. Folev, 1: Foreman and Spiers, 3; J. Garson, 2; J. M. Goode, 7; I Geriug. Jr.. 4; G. II. Geiger, 1; J. A. Glbfon, 2: William Gerst, i: F. A. llerold, 0; T. I. Haves, 4; J. Hogan, 14; A. W. Hoots, 3; .T. C. Hanson. 2; S. U. liowser, 3; It. Ilunley, 4; J. L. Jones, :i; M. Jacobson, 2; D. M. Miller. 1; V. Musante, 2: J. 1. Misick. 3; II. Moesel, 1; E. Mc-Bride, 10; W. J. Mclllmurray, G; J. II. McCarren, 12; H. Neustndter, 3; J. K. Nash, 2; F. J. lons, 2; O. 12. lons, 2; J. L. Paul. 4; U. rending, 3; E. B. larsons, 2; J. Phillips, 4; F. A. KostecK, 2; C. E. Rogers, ."i; K. Beynolds, ;!; W. D. Reed, 1; G. M. Itidge, 5; .1. F. Sweeney, 0; W. M. Shecdy, 2; J. M. St owe. 2; .1. l Strode, 0; William ohields. 4; K. J. Salt, .!; T. F. Sheedy. 5; K. Trueman, 4; J. O. -Talbot t, !: Louis Tanlier. 0; I. Vititoe, 4: J. G. Wagnon, 2: William Walker, 9; C. S. Wilson, 2; J. M. Zinimer, C. " I New Orleans, La., December S. With the niii- chlnery for the race meeting at the Fair Grounds next mouth working perfectly, Joseph A. Murphy, the manager, is looking into the future with a view or suggesting to the Business Mens Racing Association the expansion of its aims and purposes. Speaking of the matter, he said: "My dream for the city of New Orleans is a great agricultural and live stock fair, to follow Dallas and Shreveport, in the fall. When I was a: the Fair Grounds this morning, 1 was struck with I its splendid adaptability for such a purpose. From i the grandstand to the west is a splendid stretch of : ground on which we could erect temples for the ; exposition, and the exploitation of modern thought and uicdern progress, while to the east, beyond the ! Gentilly Boad entrance and up the back stretch ; would be ample space for live stock pens, poultry halls and other exhibits. ".My idea would be to give the race track over to the harness horses exclusively, during the fair. 1 would give them liberal stakes and purses, not based on the principle of big entrance fees and i starting fees with 5 per cent deduction from money winners, but on a plan that would make it well i worth while for the breeder and the owner lo contest. . "1 would invite the breeders of Louisiana to sen 1 I their produce here for sale, and would make every effort to bring buyers from the North to make these sales a success. "Louisiana is an agricultural giant just awakening. The state raised eighty million bushels ; ; com this year, and may reach the hundred million i mark nest year. No better oats can be grown on r earth than here. We should furnish the opportunity lor the farmers of the stale to show what they : can do. We should bring them here, and teach them methods of scientific farming, where the greatest results can be achieved without in any manner si raining the land. There was a time when . the planters of Louisiana raised cottou to sell at 5 cents a pound, and paid 90 cents a bushel for corn to feed the mules that worked it. The success of fanning these days lies in scientific conservation, and the state is merely in its inception as one of the great grain producers of the world. "A great fair here would not interfere with the State Fair at Shreveport. because the possibilities of the State Fair are naturally limited, while New Orleans is destined to be the gateway to the world. A tendency among great exhibitors is for fewer and greater fairs. They are hunting the centers of population to show their products, and I feel certain that we could draw from the North, East and West, exhibits that would broaden the ideas e every farmer in this and contiguous states. "1 am primarily a racing man, but it must not be forgotten that 1 was secretary of the old St. Lunis f;iir when it was considered the greatest agricultural, mechanical and live stock show in the world, and I am just Itching to help New Orleans put a fair as great or greater here. I am not presenting this matter to you as a promoter, because if a fair is given it should be run and controlled by the people of the city and state, and there would be no financial benefits to me in the matter, although If I was needed I would be glad to help. However. I believe that with racing well under way, if the business men wish it, I can finance a i great fair through the races. "We must take the commercial element out of racing, in anv event. When commercialism becomes the potent factor in any sport it throttles it. The time will come under proper management that racing will make some money, and we could turn this revenue back into a great fair."
