Show ADVANTAGES OF MILE TRACK Plan Submitted by Horsemen Would Pay Investors and Help Fair Society So-ciety Says Hal Brawn I earnestly believe that a mile track I QuId be the creation of a new enterprise enter-prise in the State The people here like horses as well as do the people of other cities It fa not alone lhe horse which attracts attention but the equipage In which he Is dressed but the horsemen receive so little encouragement they aro loth to Invest in tho best and satisfy themselves with secondclass material The facilities for breeding fine stock in this State could not be better but the drawback of poor roads iran i-ran no tracks enough discourage the most enthusiastic V I would like to spe a good mllS track i built here There at presents proposition I propo-sition before the D A and M society so-ciety to put In such aj < track by the horsemen and business men of this city The proposition If accepted will be a paying one to the ln stors I have heard indirectly that several members mem-bers of the society have said that the horsemen wanted too much when they asked for 40 per cent It must note not-e understood that the horsemen arc trying to monopolize the thing All hey want is l a mile track for the de elopment of line horses and if the directors of the society think that the proposition is a good thing and money can be made out of it they have the privilege of subscribing for the sto k is well as any one else It Is to the Interest of the fair people to develop the best horses possible in the State In order to get the best horses they must be bred to the best and In order to know which aro the best they must be developed and the latter cannot be done without a Tulle I track A mile lace track at the fair will more than double the gate receipts of any one day and this Is certainly an object lOlho society The horsemen 1 horse-men or those to havo charge of the mile track will hang up in purses halt is muoh as the entire premium list of he association and as this amount has I to be put up out of the JO per cent taken In at the gate together with laying all other expenses there will he mt little left to divide among the Investors In-vestors Boise City is a much smaller city than ours The Slate fair there makes Its horse track the special feature of the fair each year It hangs up in purses 510000 find secures the best hors s in the entire West Many people peo-ple go to those races for no other pur pce than to see the races and die association makes money notwithstanding notwith-standing the heavy prize list The same will hold good here Good purses will bring good horses and people will turn out to see good racing The directors of the society will meet next Tuesday and I hope they will wisely consider the proposition of the horsemen to build a mile track or take It upon themselves to build the track The moneyed men of this city are lovers of fine horses and there Is no doubt In my mind that they would do all they could to promote the Interest in the breeding of fine lorscs A good horse Is kept just as easily as a poor one and gives more satisfaction to all |