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JEFiTERSON FAIR ASSOCIATION PLANS. Frci-OoO to Holt! Race Meeting in Connection With Its Fa!r — No Conflict with Fair Grounds. New- Orleans. La.. lane l» . Directors of the Jefferson Fair Association. Inc.. not Thursday night -. appropriated money to create the new- fair grounds a, BhunalaaiJ. i ; round will be broken within fifteea days. It is expected the grounds will be ready by September. "Our idea wili be to link energies with the Business Mens Baring Association am! thus make possible two of the lust fairs in the country." said Mr. Leo A. Marrero. president of the BSBoriation. "The .Idlers . ii fair will attract many exhibits Which will it main for the National Live Stock Show at the Fair Uramada, and many exhibitors who would not ship here for our fair alone will be prompted to come to New Orleans in time to male the Jefferson show as well as the one at the Fair Gronada." Ii is the intention of the JeaTeraoa Pair Association. Inc.. to conduct a race meeting in conjunction with its fair. Tin- racing reason, it is hoped, will furnish the necessary funis to finance tie Bve stock ami agricaltaral show, which never has proven ;. frnnncinl success in Jcfftraea. It is planned to have about tw nty -six days of ■•icing immediately following the fair and preceding the iii-eling of the Business Mens Bating Association.
