Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-11 | Page 17 | Death Knell of Racing

Death Knell of Racing. ! Tribune Special Sporting Service. I LEXINGTON. Oct. 10. Tho fall race meeting here, which, under favorable conditions and the old form of bookmak-ing, bookmak-ing, would have been ono of the best held for a number oi years, was a complete com-plete failure, the association bavins lost heavily each day of thu meeting. Tlio horsemen found that In order to lessen tho loss of the association they would, havo to stand part of the lofts and run for purses of 5200 Instead of tho original amount offered, 5300. Somo owners who had been racing more or less success-fullv success-fullv on the eastern and Canadian tracks during the summer refused to start their hor.s at all. The small attendance which the racing officials attribute to the scarcity of money In this section, due lo tho tobacco situation, Is by others believed be-lieved to bo caused by the dislike to the new form of betting. If the state racing commlbsion persists In prohibiting book-makliig. book-makliig. this will probably be the last meeting held at the historic old Kentucky association track, and many also believe that it will be the death knell of racing !r. the slate.