Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-12
BLUE BULL CLEMENT.
He is Continually Rawhiding
About Next Years TrOtting
Meeting.

Rural World, has this to say OF
next years meeting of the Mis-
souri, Horse Breeders Association
1t seems to me that the secretary
of the Missouri Trotting and Pac-
ing Association rather goes out of
his way in his advocacy of the
Kansas City Exposition Park as
the place for the annual trotting
meeting of the association for 1ext
summer. A fellow feeling makes
us wondrous kind. Any man
writing from Mexico might be sup
posed prejudiced in favor of this
point, but when an officer of the
association goes out Of his way in
season and out of season to advo-
cate a point hundreds of miles
away from his own home he GER
tainly cannot be charged with a
preference for the place on account
of near residence. Mr.. Clement
appears particularly DESTROYS of
forcing Kansas City upon us any
how. So far as anything has been
said by him I am unable to under
stand why, and the same is true OF
many with whom / have talked.
His purpose apparently Is the good
of the association; perhaps that is
the only one, but if it is why not
name St. Louis once in a while?
Why hasn't the secretary called
upon that association to see wheth-
er they wouldn't do az we'll as that
at Kansas City? The one is as
near to some of the best trotters in
the State as the other, has a much
better track, a larger population to
draw upon, and to us country PEG.
pie affords many attractions not
found in the little windy city on
the hills. Some people appear to
have no use for Mexico, some have
much less for Kansas City, but be
it where it may l am decidedly in
favor of an interior point where
the attraction will be the assocla.
ton races and not the gambling
bells, pool rooms, theatres and
other similar Ubiquitous abomina'
tions, usually the accompaniment
of races in cities of the frst-ciass
Our opinion is, that a better
place than Mexico could not be
found to hold the annual meeting
of the Missouri Trotting and Pac.
ing Horse Breeders Association
It has already been demonstrated
that Mexico Is the place to hold it.
1t is centrally located and every
body can come here. Kansas City
is not the place for the meeting
next year, nor any other year. No
half the interest would be manifest
ed, nor would there be half as many
entries and starters. Kansas City
might suit the convenience of L
E. Clement, but his interests il
the matter are not to be consulted
Rarely an issue of the Rural WGrtt
comes out but this man Clement
who is secretary of the Association
has something to say detrimental
to the interests of Mexico in thit
matter. He claims this and tina
against the track here, says Their
is no convenient way to get to ant
from it, and even speaks dispar
aglngly of Mexlco's hotel service
Now, all visitors-and there ar
thousands of them here during
fair week-widely differ with Gle
ment. There is nothing but prais'
for Mexico, her fair and ample hote
accommodations during fair weel
from the vast crowds which as
semble here to attend the best ex
hibition in Missouri, outside of st
Louis. The fair at Kansas Cit,
last fall could in no way be com
pared to the Mexico meeting; tn,
stock was not there, neither wa
the attendance. The breeders ar
all pleased with Mexico; VIII,
should Clement kick2 If Their
were two or three Blue Bull horse
in this vicinity Clement couldn'tb
kept away from here.