Show HORSE RACES All ARE BAD SAYS MINISTER I OGDEN May la 24 24 Locking the Stables in Proverbial Fashion wao waa lO lOthe I the text of an nn interesting sermon by byRe Kev Noble Strong Elderkin of the tle Congregational Congregational Con Con- Re church last enin e evening in Jr horse which he lie took tIre the position that racil as hs a pastime is not altogether ether objectionable but that the tho presence of the touts and race followers generally constitutes a menace to the public good He lie said in part Baie I Tire The I The proverb points out the folly oly of locking lockins tho the stable after the tire horse has departed I wish to suggest u est the under certain wis wisdom om of such procedure tam tain conditions Tho rho horses have ha e deserted de deserted ce- ce de- de the fair grounds rounds That is to be bo bore re regretted Perhaps however our regret re reo re- re grot gret ret should not express itself too vio Yb- violently vio for with the hor horses horse 1 have gone none gonea nonea a lent host of undesirable effects When Ve hen the promoters of the spring meet first blew in we couldn't understand why California should ti discard card so IO amiable a group of good fellows Now ow wo we un un- un n. n But we wo didn't diant then their so 80 we wo assured them a hearty welcome In Tn good time they tirey came with a fine string of horses S Soon on we wo realized that tho the horses formed a minor attraction The Tho ring established under tho the grandstand grandstand grand grand- ran stand rn was the tire central f figure ure Around that stane everything revolved re We mi might ht rejoice in in int t tire tho he brief period of our infliction in fiction were wre it not for the tho fact fact that tha they promise to inflict us a again ain in in September and for twenty days Then after that regularly until we grow row as dis disgusted as California Effects of Meet I I I have waited to hear the tho merchants mer nier- chants say that the tire town has been benefited benefited ben len in some somo particular But their expressed opinion runs runis alon along one ono mo monotonous firo- firo lo groove They Thoy seem scorn unable to say anything except that the influence I which diffused itself from the fair fairgrounds fairgrounds grounds was demoralizing The They fear that mauv mau a point of view has been changed that that many marry are arc beginning to feel thero is is a short cut to wealth and that the city shows a I superior wisdom in U graciously protecting gambling houses In enlightened communities the tho racin racing game ame is rs losin losing prestige every ever day dav It I must make new converts some some- I where Every Everyone one ma made o in Utah helps to support the bi big trust and adds one more to the list of those who protest against the u ugly ly attitude of California and New York We have hae no laws against bookmaking There is no relief in that quarter We Ve want a I healthy public opinion We want a frank discussion discussion dis dis- of the good winch which has accrued to us from this new lew venture of ours Handicaps Discussed Has IHas the tire town been helped commercially commer commer- emIly caly and industrially Perhaps we ought not to tackle the moral phase of the problem and yet T I venture to ask one question When Booger Red lied was weighted down with pounds what hapP happened led 1 Ho Tie HC lost The wise ones said sain he lie lost because berau t he ho was carrying too much weight My question is here herer herec How w much c weight i d do you you o suppose u Ogden Og- Og dd den r can carry a and d still ti run u decently f Arent Aren't we r carrying the limit now now Wei Weight ht is a handicap Everything that weakens the rit city city's a s moral f fabric bri handicaps handi Imandi- caps ins us lS Let the horses hores come back But Burt Buthe give ive the touts and cappers and tinI tin tin- I horns orns ors to understand that our police are areat areat art at pr present sent protecting as much gambling as they can comfortably handle |