l - 202 - FAIRS AND FAIR MARFRS
J tary in 1902-3, and George A. Bain, Lexington, served as secretary of the 1905
- fair.*-In 1906 the.legislature provided for the replacement of the Kentucky Live-
1 stock Breeders' Association byia nine—man board. The plan was inaugurated by
'- Governor Beckham .who appointed ad-interim the following: First District, N. T.
e Harris; Second District, W. R. Moorman, Jr., Third District, J. B. Bowles; Fourth
c District, Lawrence Jones; Fifth District, Desha Breckinridge; Sixth District,
William Addams; Seventh District, John C._C. Mayo. Bowles resigned ·(1906) to
» become secretary; was succeeded on the board by the appointment of Guthrie Wil-
V son, of Nelson County. These, together with the commissioner and the director,
` made up the first governor-appointed board of the State Fair. In 1907 the Farm-
sy ers' Institute elections resulted in the retention of Wilson on the board, and
v the election of _G. W. McGrew, of. Bayou. Secretary Bowles resigned, being re-
? placed by Robert E. Hughes, secretary of the Commercial Club of*Louisvil1e.
__ 1907-ll Augustus Everett `Willson, Governor.h M. C. Rankin, Henry County
j` (1908-12), sucdeeded, by election, Hubert Vreeland as tcommissioner; M. A. Sco-
, vell, director. The law of 1906 was operative throughout this period. In 1908
IJ t the Farmers' Institutes ·re-elected- to the board 'Messrs. Jones, Norton, and
Q. Addams. At the election of 1909 Herbert M. Beard, of the Second District, suc-
F ceeded `W. R. Moorman, Jr., and Fred Blackburn, of the Seventh District, replaced - -
Y, John C. C.»Mayo. The election of ..,1910 seated J. L. Dent, in (place of Desha
Q Breckinridge, and L. L. Dorsey and H. M. Froman in place of Messrs. Beard` and
M Norton who had resigned. At the election ofi 1911, the last held under the Farm-
H ers' Institutes regime, G. N. McGrew‘ was_ seated from the First District, and
§ Henry Vanzant, of Metcalfe County,‘was‘chosen-toirepresent the Third District.
Q The State Fair Board-of-that year, as reconstituted, consisted of Messrs. Rankin
Q and Scovell, members ·ex-officio, and Messrs. McGrew, Beard, Vanzant, Dent, Dor-
Q sey, Froman, and B1aokburn,·elected.by the F..m.r.» Institutes, In 1908 secretary
g Hughes resigned, being succeeded by J. w; Newman who served as Jexecutive secre-
H tary until the close of 1910, when he resigned, to_ be followed by Perry M. Shy.
E Politics within the Farmers’ Institutes and on the board caused a general demand
Q for change in the set-up and management of the State Fair, and at the 1912 ses-
H sion of the legislature the {law ·above mentioned transferred to the Governor the
f power of appointment of the seven State Fair‘Board.members_previously elected.
§ M 1911-15 James Bennett McCreary, Governor. ’J. w. Newman (1912-16), Frank-
f 'fort, former secreta?yMiHf ~State Fair, commissioner; M. A. Scovell, who resigned
F » during this period, and H. J.·Kastle, his successor, directori Undert the pro-
f S visions_ of.the 1912 statute Governor NcCreary reconstituted“the board, retaining
§ · on the new board_Messrs. McGreW, Froman,.B1ackburn, and Bassett from the old, and
S ` selecting C. R. Vanheter, of Marion County, J. Lewis°Letterle,`of-Jefferson, and
Q ‘ James M. Terry, of Harrison, to complete the membership which gave to each appel-
Q ate district, as before, a member on the board. Messrs. Newman and Scovell, ex- ‘
H Y officio members, were_made respectively Pchairman_`and vice-chairman.? J. L. Dent
§ - became secretary, and L. B. Shropshire assistant secretary. ‘ ‘ ’ `
A ‘1915-19 Augustus Owsley »Stan1ey, Governor, succeeded by James Dixon Black
z · for·unexpired portion of term (May—Dec., l919).` J}`W. Newman, Franklin County
A (1912-16), and Mat S, Cohen, Fayette —CountyMi(19l6—20),‘ commissioners; J. H.
s Kastle (1913-15), Thomas .Foe Cooper (1916- `), directors. In 1915 V. J. Harris
Q succeeded G. N. McGrew, Bayou; T._L. Hornsby succeeded `C.'R. VanMeter, Lebanon;
S ` R. K. Reneker succeeded J. M. Terry. ;In_l916 James R. Rash was appointed to suc-
¤ · been Ru J- Bassett, Leitchfield; and J. H._El1iston to succeed Reneker. In that
§ year Mat S. Cohen took the p1ace_of J. W. Newman as commissioner, and Thomas Foe
§ Cooper, of North Dakota, succeeded Jo H. Kastle as director of the State Experi-
E c ment Station at Lexington-- a .position ·that, in ,1941, he still holds. The