Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-01-08
WOMEN AT HORSE RACES.
Tire Degrading kfsct of Their visits
Some Scenes st Iir giItou Beach.
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Some Scenes at Iir giItou Beach.
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Two .hrls those who me in to the
Brighton Beach tr 'ck the other day were
WON unacc lmpluiel by gentlemen.
They w,re OF all aseS, fr 1m the blooming
maiden of sx,een to tn, grny-haired
woman OF uum sntionable re. There was
has' appearance nbous thu most Of
them tn in iucel ren 'cti II and led e.
observation. Many them hefors enter
i'm Tn. sian ! spSIt some time in The re-
freshment room, whers they drank bear
and ak d with jockeys, getting tips.
Many o; ia m wers hand Iomely dcelsed,
while Others were roorly attired. All rJ
feverisl and excited, aud Ia ksd hors, in
q way that woul hav, aroused the ad-
mira;ion o. n stable boy.
One woman OF small stature AMI evi :
IDENTIFY p)s3es5,I OF Limited means, flitt ed
nervous'y about, now talking to one
jockey and now 10 ain lther, aud then to
some regular atse1lllt at tho track set-
ting points an1 Il scuSsing thu merits of
the horses. "Oi." she said to a woman
who was sitting near her, ".f / colld only
get one winne- t. day that paid large.
w ,uld he napDy. All 1 want is one" On
another corner two wei dressed women
were talk NJ to n homsly nogro, whose
par tic liar forte is hurdle racing. "You
are sure" cne was saying, ''that this
horse will win in this racs and this one
in the nexs?"
"Sure as gospel" was thu reply.
Another group pnsist I'd Of well dresse
woiuen aud a colorcd woman. Tn latter
had he n TO Monmouth Park aud had lost t,
and shs was saving: 'Pse como here to
win.' Ono OF the white WON en- suggested
making up n nurse with her for luck. She
consented and they made up n purse, a
striking Illustration of ths fact that horse
racing as well as politics max % strange
bsd-felow3
In one corner Of tn, grand sta1l sat- a
woman wac was tetting helvily. She
was as nervous as a pers N with St VII
tus' dance. When she lost her face was q
painful isht to witness and when ste
won she was like a sch Dol girl.
There IS no uss talking" said on oil
ard well-known attendant at the race
tracks. 4 have watched IL for n long
time, AMI tell you tue race track is a
thousand times worse for women than for
men. l have knDwl respectable married
women to com here when tn cir husbands
I knew nothing about Il aud In a sh irt ii me
become moral wrecks. IL is n fearfully
degrading sport for women. They cnn
not stand IT. 1t IL all right for a man tc
| take his wife once in a while to a respect.
able track, but when he lets her bs. on the
race he is leading her into a path which
will eud in his ssrace."
Yes" said another. sit Is easily
brought about A woman comes here
alone She bets her money on a horse and
loSeL 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 tha,
he becoues n hero in her eyes. ami then
begins what ends in the old s ory of dis
grace. A track is not a fit pllcs for q
woman 10 attend alone. aud when she be-
& ms to bet she hangs the Il st stone about
her neck that browns her. / nm a
moralist. and bet a. much on rae as the
average man. but would rather see my
vi = dead than 70 have her here mixiu :
with the crowd and betting m Jney wIeG
carried away by excitement"