Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-10-27 | Page 3 | Horses and the Race Track

Horses and the Race Track iermnnv bus discovered that its horses are Inferior to those of England and Krance Tt goes wtthont sayinjrj that they mustj then bo vastly inferior to the hordes Of America Tho Prti3sloii master of the I horyo d bires to promote better broelllnKS As a means to this end he recommends Ihc I popularisation of racing by permitting bookmaklnpr and Sunday competitions t Till IIPWH from Germany IP in line with I ho argument oC a contributor ro n cur tout magazine who noteS the official re fofrnltion plvcn to nuclnp In Phi gland and Krance as the miiins of rilslnsr the standard stand-ard of horses So important are thy taco track deomed that thev ue under Government Gov-ernment supervision In Franco and other countries with licenses granted through the Departments of War Agriculture Haclnp has undoubtedly played its part and IL great part In the development of horaebrcedinp in America But the diverse di-verse taste of owners have forced the business busi-ness Into so many different lines that the i rack is no lonpcr perhaps even Its main imp TIme consideration of horses for war lacks that force here which leads to government gov-ernment iiporN Islon of races abroad Our average demands among highclnss animals ani-mals are for those that will draw our carriages car-riages prnrefiill curry our 5addl comfortably com-fortably for a Riverside tanter or capture cap-ture a bin ribbon on general attainment at the Garden In November It I may bo questioned whether apart from time excitement of the game the losr of the i uirlous horso allows or ific diiy would not brt more soploiisly foil by tin1 breeders thmi the closing of a few race tracks Xew York World