The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-04
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#HtWH - ~ ? - &FEa%EgM y.
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: u the Drawbacks % the Popularity
Of 1rottina.
lns Of ths greatest drawbacks to the
oulasity Of trottinR ID starting horaea ~
- With w pfsdstssminatioa not " vln
w whom sueh Winning would entail =
~ time he.pg recorded than hsd BEEN
,lked bsfors. says a writer IN ths Breeder
Hportsman. 'Tin-onp records" ars
j enough, but the injury inflicted ~
ming records In q manner WHOM
! bsen atiematized by that enitaet y
ell. indeed, when compared with los nps
coup may give a false standard Of value.
may lead to reprehensibls methods, ~
YER the real test OF merit, but u soon
Ies il Significance, misleads only n small
oportion Of purchasers. The foundation
Ill sport 10 fairness, an honest desire 70
,st this requirements and leaving ont ehs
roteotion" Of those who speculate on kas
nesty OF competitors, the only course snss
II secure attendance 10 that which lead.
rectly to an honest trial OF tho o. eed and
durance OF the horses engaged. fnbllc
pport can alone be obtained By honest
deavor, and without that there 70 no hope
making trotting tracks or ttottinR noises
,. Public support msan1 taa. en9ogu
OpIe VIII WlltluRsy SuVSsS s0~
tired for admission 70 the grounds and
ands "a w,tnsss what gives them pleasure
zee, and that IL the only basis on which
reMunerativs business can be erected.
Nothing in Il" for track p~ropristors.
eeders. owners and trainers Of Stostars
lthout that support; corner stones. VANS.
lch and keystones. tho whole fabric
a,sd on a quicksnnd. which y sate !
dc from beneath and leave a wreck where
poptrarv course would have insured sta
lity. When a horse 10 started IN a race
becomes, in a measure, public property,
10 owner has entered into an engage
ant with the spectators that he
ust win il he can. lhero 10 no
ause. provided the record ID not lowered.
lth honesty, that but honor To- bids . viola
On of the compact should always be kept
mind. There must be a misconoeption
the part Of some owners and some
rivers OF trotters, regarding the principle
lat should govern every man who makes
~ pretanaions to hpnQr OF honesty. whsn
lev justify wronR-doing on the fimsy plea
cord at that tine. They do not look at
in the right light, but are guided by q
Use mentor, mis!ed by rays which are
listed, torn and broken by passing through
lens which distorts when it should give 4
ne image.
That they do not ~renlize. either the direct
olation Of the fundamental p%r'nciples Of
bnesty or the disastrous effects on trottinR
bort is evident, as there are men who
ould scorn to infringe the strictest tenets
fair dealing in business affairs that do
ot hesitate to uphold tho practice and
no do not see the bearing it has on the
,ture welfare OF t~rottinR. Not very long
10 there was q race-if race il could be
Ermsd--whioh Is an sxemplar of what may
rise when the ~"laying up" to avoid a
,cord' could be justified, were it possible
, Justify it under any conditions. There
as q general misconception all around.
he drivers claimed that they were prom
ed it would be nothing more than a work
lnt.n and furthermore thero was nothing
win. The new proprietor was OF the
kost emerald shade In regard to his
uties, the judges we're OH par
ith he msa aass 80 20 i ias h az xn1r!s %sS
ordinary business affairs. but out of
lace whent wearing the ermine in q ttot-
n2 court. 1t being on a holiday there was
Iuite an assemblage to witness the races az
lev were advertised. One of the horses
nd q record which left him eligible for a
:27 class, tho others had none. The first
eat was won BY the list member ~ 40;
nat he was beating q 2:20 gait when he
lanced al tho match Al the thres-quarter
ole and did all in his power TO avoid win
ing the heat, He was not nearly 90 strong
b the arm as his opponents and whom IL
hme to a ct life not to win he was mot in
t.n A head in front of the second half, q
cad betweena second and third, tha most
|krsnuous exertion of strength Of arm within
be Last fifty yards Of the finish.
here was no betting, the whole
hotive being to escape tho bar, and the
lime two seconds slower than the first heat.
| unanimous expression Of disgust, a gen
raj exodus followed the exhibition, and
he reporters we're not chary in their denup-
iatiops Of ''the job" Even a. insignificant
case as that wrought an injury to ~trottina
port; people attended with the fullest
light to anticipate a genuine contest. and
,hen disappointed will bear It in memory
nd refuse to attend when there are NJ
ears of repetition.
There is only one guide permissible whom
|tartinR in races, that being to win every
keat that it 10 possible to gain. regardless
i other considerations, and whom that Ia
followed the way Ia clear to popularize
|rotting races; all the other drawbacks are
easy to overcome,