Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-07-12
THE RULED-OUT RACERS.

We are very glad to know that MIR. Allan
Bragg has been enabled to make so clear a
| showing of his own disconnection with the
| Norcross job of Sunday last as to obtain the
| favorable action of the Trustees elsewhere
! indicated concerning his case.
| Let justice be done tho the heavens fall.
! But the Trustees of our Agricultural Society
have done much to advance the interests Of
that organization by the promptness of their
course They have shown that they will
neither tolerate fraud nor yet be guilty Of
| injustice to any man. Commenting Oh this
business the Gold Hill Ne1cs reflects very
general opinion of the press in the following,
which appears at the conclusion of an editor
ial upon the subject in hand; BY this
| action the managers of the Carson track an
nounce to their patrons that all races run on
their grounds shall be run fair, so far as it Is
in their power to control them. This an
nounoement will inspire confidence in their
patrons and give to the new track an envisble
reputation all over the coast. People will
visit the races with the assurance that any
trickery on the part of jockeys which can be
detected and avoided will be prevented, and
they will invest their money i'll the pools
with the pleasing consciousness that there Is
some chance for them to realize in the win
nings, and that if they lose, it will be because
of their own bad Judgment, and not on &C
count of the bad faith of jockeys or judges.
The Trustees have gained many friends by
their prompt action OH Sunday, and if they
continue in the course thus marked out, they
will make OF the Carson track one Of the
most popular on the Pacific coast.
If anything caused the final abandonment
of the old Carson course (Which in its day
WAS the best in the State), it was the want of
a firm, consistent, invariable management,
whose chief corner stone should be tho prin-
ciple of fair dealing. The good or bad
character of an act or thing is not always
inherent Horse-rscing Is only bad when
it is an inducement and means of deception
and fraud. The Turf in the States of the
Atlantic seaboard has been greatly rescued
from its indifferent character by the high
minded purpose and administration mani
tested in the management of Jerome Park.
The gentlemen who patronze that finest of
American courses are not willing either 10 be
brought in contact with swindlers and job
makers or to take part in any trickery upon
their own part. All that is needed to make
the Carson Park the equal in high character
with the best OF Eastern courses is for its
Trustees to say so an, stick to it, Racing
men who are worth pleasing desire nothing
and will participate in no ming but fair games
The question of the comparative speed of
finely bred horses ought to have standing |
scarcely inferior to that OF the sciences In
deed, the theory Of horse racing, especially |
in connection With agricultural fairs, rests
upon the desir ability of testing and proving |
the better qualities of horse flesh. The ele-
ment of fraud vitiates this theory and degrades
the race course to the level Of the thimble- |
rigger.
The Carson Agricultural Society has made |
a splendid start. The races under its
auspices gave much satisfaction; and the eyi-
dent determination of the management to
declare and maintain high standard Of in
tegrity for the whole institution presages en-
couragement and substantial success.