| Show RACE MEN TRUE SPORTS I HOI llor-e llor c O H s No 1 III of mit tr NI hums hum's r- r i I I Ic LI hl i. i DY BY W V. V P. P n. n GILPIN New York March 2 21 Thc 21 time Tho pest ige of tho lie turf ui-f Is' Is increasing ta b by da day I and anil no better proof that thai sue such is the thc I C case could be lie adduced than the llie Oxnard I anti ard Dinner I stake which Is a u feature alt i event e of ur the lie forthcoming I o at t Defining ng The T stake from froni a financial point of I view I Ls is a very vry trilling hung affair with wih only I Si SI 1000 added by hy the lie J Jockey y ci cub club i Bui Ru lut t n a lu-i lu halo to hits has boon been heel thrown around It fL and amid all an atm additional Interest created ci by hy the lie conditions It ItIs Itis I I Is limited to fifteen subset ibery who each have hn th the lc privilege pi c of nominating lag ing two year oll 2 with one nl to go goto goto I to the lie post it 1 ha has ha been beel crL advertised ell along with i wih the lie other oth strike s. s But Bitt nut ILa IL a as asa a n mat matter I of or fact the thc fifteen Heen subscriptions u ions onN had catty aim been taken up imp be before he- he fore the Uw conditions wet were made known IWo 1 t to tho lie public So that It really I IM 1 moro mono of a I private M sweepstakes than a aI I public stake The same may Oi ho bo saul said saulor of or the lie Astoria stake slake run un at mt Graves ayes end ond Only certain selected o nI owners owner I are arc privileged pm to take tako pail pall Lw tim so e I II subscribers s being comrades who meet together at ut the time attendant dinner without with wih out there them being al any risk of undesirable able ale guests to ruin the harmony It I is a it notable fact that In II th the tl l st li-st listor l lo o of or subset ibers to the time Oxnard Dinner I stake fully half one are arc men who e names itt are little lite known in connection with the he turf lr But Dut all nh are c m mon men n o of if I good standing and anti tom for the time part are members of or the tho Metropolitan club at nt Washington This their first in introduction ut- 11 to 10 the t ut-f ut a n s n-s owners will wi probably be the maas of or inducing them to become patrons of the lie sport In iii future and anI the Oxnard stake wi surely lurel serve ser Se C i its purpose vo as asa asa asa a kindergarten for budding owners Th The 1 turf ulf of A America hn has u undergone a n complete change chane within the past pat decade de de- de- de I cade Vh Whereas Ien the o ner owners who stood hl high h In the esteem o of their lieu fellow fallow fellowmen men could well nl nh-h nh h be enumerated Ion on tho thc fingers of two hands h some twenty ty years back baci t thin the owners of or today today to- to to 1 day are ale tom for the time most part men of j good social stan standing ln men ICI who arc are highly esteemed in the world worl of statesmanship amid Glancing over an any ammy of nr loda today and amI comparing It with a of I wih I even ten temi yeam-s yeam yeas yea's o ago n It will be hp seen that thai the lie undeniable clement ha has largely cly dl disappeared Time was is-as when a large of horse were min who although h they CIp sportsmen sportsmen sports sports- men nt at It heart 1 vere nevertheless ne not nt nO such Juch a as would haveS have been hecim bel companions In iii ate pi life On 01 time the I turf turC they icy met mt raced with wih otheron others other on oil common gm and alil tot for the time line being on an atm equal footing But this his ie directly the thc racetrack I race track was Wa left ler behind |
