The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-03
Tho Effects of Horse -Rsulng Upon
Women.

women,
A reporter OF the Union was at the
Brighton Beach track recently, aud ms
hesat noar tbs on rance, no noticed al
least two-thiTds OF thoss Wbo came In
wcro women, uuaccom panied by GEN.
tlomal, rnav we've ot all ages,
from the booming maiden OF
u To tbo g'sy-halr0d woman OF
unmenLionaOle 32o. There was n
| DlaSG Rppearau about tho most OF
them, that Induced rel eclion and led
- observation. Many OF them, bs.ore
Out0Ilng the stand, sr3nt some time
IN the Ieirosnmont room, whore they
drank beer aud Ia led with Jockeys,
getting Tins. Many OF tnem Were
handsomely d. Ssed, while others
were poorly alfred. All were fever
ish and excited, and TALKED horse n q
way that wCulu nave AROUSED the ad-
miration OF a stable boy.
All OF that reserve aud modesty that
l. becoming in women WAS swept
away, aud IL was really Distressing 10
ono OF fine sensib'ities TO zee tie de-
teriorating effect tho racing had on
them.
one woman of small stature, and
evidently possessed of limited means,
ilit.od MOI vously about, now and talk
ing 10 one jockey and now 10 another,
aud then I , some regular attendant o.
The track, gottIug roiuis and
discussing the merits OF
tho horses. 'Oh," she said to
woman who was sitting near her, "if
| could only get one winner TODAY
that paid large, would be happy. All
/ want is one" On another corner two
well-dressed women were talking to u
no nelly negro, whose particular forto
is lurdlo racing. "You arc sure, "she
VIZ saying, "Ghat this horse will win
in this race, aud this one IN the next"
"Sure az gospel" was the reply.
Another group consisted of we'll
dressed womsn and colored woman.
The latter had been TO Monmouth
Park and had lost, and she.was saying,
"I'se come heah to win. One OF the
white women suggested making up n
purse for luck. she consented, and
they made up a purse, a striking il
lustration OF the fact that horse-racing
as we'll as poll les me kes strange bed
fellows.
In one corner of the grand stand sat
woman who was betting heavily.
She was IA nervous MS person with
st. Vitus' dance. When she lost her
face was painful sight ID witness,
and when sue won she WIS like a
school girl in her Ples.
"rhere is no use talking" said an
old aud wel' known attendant at the
race. tracks, / have watched it for q
long time, and 1 vell you the race track
is thousand times worse for wome /
than for mon. L have known respect
able married women - come here
when their husbands knew nothing
about il, and in p short time become
moral wre cks. 1t is tearfully de-
grading sport for women. They can
not stand it. 1t is ell right for q man
TO take his wife once in Il while to q
respectable track, but whom he lets
her bot on tho race he is leading her
into a path that will end in his dis
grace"
ayes, said another, cit is easily
brought about. A woman comes here
alone. She bets her money on horse
and loses. She does not know what to
do. Some fellow gives her money and
helps her out. He meets her the next
time she comes and gives her points.
After that he becomes a hero in her
eyes, and then begins what ends in the
old story of disgrace. A track is not
y place for woman to attend alone,
end when she begins to bet, she hangs
tho first stone about her neck that
browns her. am not noralist and
bet as much On the races as the aver
ago man, but L would rather see my
wife dead than to have her here mix
ing with the crowd and betting money
when carried away by excitement"
- Brooklyn Union.