The semi-weekly miner., 1882-07-29
Religion on the Race Course.

Tal,,.agv, in a recent sermon. made
the fOllOwin good points in favor "t
fast horses and against iast men: IL
do not Iwlievc In the RECONSIDERATION
Of souls, hut when ] stc men heat ant!
strike these servants Of the human
r.ce horses 1T seems only fair doc
,rimc that they should pass over int"
..on,c ,nOr brute and become the cv-
rrlastin. stage horse or the eternal
towl,ath plod'ier, and suffer e crnal
epiz.m,i.s. Those farms in Kentucky.
where horses ars trained . perfts:-
tion, arr we'll So: apart for that l'nr-
ln,se. I believe in developing his
speed aud doing everything To enn"-
Lle and elevate the lrast. There h
no more virtue in slow driving than
in fast--nO more than there is in the
freight tr,,im over the swift exrr~s.
But what shall We say of making this
not le and magnificent animal nm in
.tru,aent "f evil: I make no in'lis-
crin.imate attack upon tic turf. ] l'c-
!ieve In il il carried on in the right
way, withOut thcl,etting. The j. u"
more harm in Offering prizes for fleet
horses than in giving them to the stu
dents who work out the most ns"tIie-
,natic,l ,,rublcMis, or the lump "f su-
gar to the best behaved hoy. J!ut the
evil l,cgins with the hitting. for that
/. gambling. It is getting whit you
can give no equivalent for. rherr l.
= great betting craze ut this time, AMI
there is great danger that C"ney Is
land, that beautiful strip of k..ch,
the lenc,licti0n Of (:Ml upon Brtn'k-
lyn an,l New York, will l,ptW:ne the
home. Of gamblers and pi..kp"ckt!--
Yc: thousands lnt. Mem.
hers of the Legislature bet, lawyers
Let, professors "f religion bet, SUM
day school teachers l'et and ladies'
lnt, not directly, bit through agents.
Cultivate the horse. Drive him as
fas: d. possible without injury. bat
Il" not hari,c, ; him to the ci'ari": "t
sin. Do not un Ter the ;'retext Of help
in: to elevate him cause IT," ruin at {.
man. They say an bcncst race cN'r.c
is u straight one. ! say every rae"
ira"n wLcre hc,tin:: an.l gan.h Ing
.-n..., ~, j. i straight t,a"; ;-strai"!,'
down. The h.:,n strivin" ~ "t his
hor>.. in one length :il.'a.l is coming
in Il length lr'him'i IN hi., "wn race.
The curse "f New York a::'! l.rooklya
is the effort to get money without
earning. say nothing against elc-
vat,ns and cnnohl;nS the horse ,,y
developing his speed. say nothing
against the turf. b',t I say every
thing against their prostitution.
When I see young men g"in: down
the l-,.,l"vartl I" the r.rc.. with IT,"
run,.l.lM.l.esl crew, although, ! never
,n.t, I an, wiliim. to make one. iif'y
millions ,!c nothing. that they vii!
l,p f,.hau-|,"-l and damned. tmi j.
va,c The the horse. hut !" c.:":m'
which WY W." drive: y man nr'::
l,v" u horse. and drive SO a> not to
take t::r.':i., Of Il l,v'c.r!ins v-:'i,'lr.
and yt; IL. = lis. full church n,cn,im..
TM. ">we,t "'ri graduate" j. all v.-
ry Mi., ava! l".1ty. hut is No. the
>w'rr' h,v :''lnate worthy q: sOr,c
...n .i.l,."nt ~: h;r-u't !:- step u,".,,
, ii.. y, .i'nr.i and ,ll,vc. his Grafton.
viii, his ~!ikp tail H'a: :.'Csning il
! the ~unlich 1T: j. not the r'-e''l,l -n,-
hlcm o: l,"Ia.. !a>i"d in his lu't"m-
hoe, aud 1lsMxiI't he il;,>h ns rr.iti!:
~ I've comes lH'Orc the Mudi"n," -
any girl ever dared t.: Aud don't
the girls admire him n"rr-yts, IN.
ON times n.ore-,l,an they d" the
sweet girl cr,stllait' Well. We rather
rscl;s,,. Tic sweet hoy graduate.
VIII" PLAYS u daisy gu .,eOf i.,ll nn:l
uli- gO.Ml nar, is the ~ for our IL.
iy friends and We know It.