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Show Better Sportsmanship on Turf Today Than Before There Is better sportsmanship on the turf today than there was in the supposedly "good old days," writes Pcier Burtiaugh, racing expert. In the first issue of the Sportsman, a publication pub-lication which dedicates itself to "sport as something done for the fun of doing It, not as a business." The .turf Is growing more sportsmanlike, sports-manlike, Mr. Burnaugh contends, because be-cause "It Is rapidly being taken over by men who can thoroughly afford to be sportsmen. It sn't easy to be a sportsman on a shoe string. Finances will, of necessity, be a powerful factor fac-tor In the very spirit of conduct of a racing stable." During the past year, Mr. Burnaugh testifies that he found the turfmen quite willing to speak with the greatest great-est frankness of the quality of their horses. "Back of that frankness lay the fact, of course, that while some 3f them are heavy bettors, none of them depend on the fruits of betting to support the stable," writes Mr. Bursa Bur-sa ugh in the Sportsman. "Such owners are interested more In establishing the quality of their horses, where the competition is keen, and in the glory of winning historic fixtures than ln winning large wagers. "All sportsmanship did not bloom and die with the old boys." Mr. Burnaugh Bur-naugh concludes. |