The Penn's Grove record., 1895-10-25
NUMBER IA

J grandeur and his majesty and his strength.
BIT what shall ] say Of the effort being
made in this day on Il large scale to make
this splendid creature Of God, this d~ivinely
ii1nored being. an instrument Of atrocious
eviiP ] make no indis 'riminatV assault
against the turf, believe in the turf if it
/ can he conducted on right principles and
with no betting. There is No mora harm in
Offering a prize for the swiftest racer than
there is harm at an agricultural fair in offer
ing a prize to the farmer VINO has the best
wheat, or TO the fruit grower who has the
! Ian gest pear, or 10 the machinist who pre-
sents the best corn thrasher, or in a school
! Offering q prize OF n copy Of Shakespeare to
the best reader, or in a household giving a
lump OF sugar othe best behaved Youngster.
Prizes by ali means. rewards by all means.
That is the way God develops the race. Re-
wards for all kinds Of well doing. Heaven
itself is called a prize, 1.-THE prize of
the high calling Of God in Christ Je-
sus." 50 what is right in one direction is
right in another direction. And withOutthe
prizes the horses ]tipntuess and beauty and
/ strength will never be fully developed. fit
cost $1,000 or 5000 or Sl0. 900 and the result
be achieved, it is cheap. But the sin begins
! where the betting begins. for that is gam
, bling. or the effort to get that Tor which you
give no equivalent, and gambling, whether
on n large scale or n small scale, ought to be
denounced of men As il will be accused of
God. If you have Won ifty cents or $4,000
as a wager, you had better get rid Of 1t. Get
rid of it right away. Give it 10 some one
Who lost in a bet. or give It to some great
reformatory institution. or if You do not like
that, go low to the river and pitch it of
the docks, You aunot affori 10 keep it. 1t
will burn n hole in your urse. it will burn a
hole in your estate, ana you Will lose all that,
perhaps 1000 times mOre-'erhhps You Will
lose all. GamhlnS hla-tsa nan "rIt basis
his children. generally i"ltn and all.
What - Et,4pf9nlts v~Itpp Mt SurltArp rr n+
Long Branch, or at brighton fnacil. or at
Sheepsheld Bay, TIE horses start. hhi IN a
lash S5D,VUU or SI1l.uID chAnSe hands!
Multitudes ruined ny Io-lng the bet. others
worse ruined by gHIhthSthe pet; Ior IL Il man
lose u Del Mt a h"te'' fA''' II" may bs di5E
couraSed ami quit. hut ii he win the bet he
Is very apt to % StraLEht on 10 hell!
An intimate tr'eld, a JOURNALIST, who in
the line OF ms profession investigated this
Evil, tells me tldl turF' ar" Ilfee ulHeteht
kinds OF betting at morse races, and they are
ABOUT equaIy iotrVIs-"E 'd4'tlpn pools,
by French nliliiIt's. ny What IS called
'boOkmakihS IAN Hdia2ih-' All DAD, all
rotten with immunity IherH Is one word
that needs 10 h' written on thr ir9W OF every
pooiseiser as ne sis driueIlhS ms three or
I'VE per cent, ana sIytv ringing up more
tickets than W re- SOFA on IN" winning morse
"A word 10 be written also on the brow
OF every b0okkhehGr WHO ut eXtra In
H
and on tie brow u every Jockey VINO slack
ems par" that. aeepf1'n- - agreement, an
vInrr may WIN, anu writing over every
Judges stand, ana writing On every board or
the surrounding fences. mat word is
"swindItr!' Yet thousands bet. Lawyers
bet. Judges oi courts bet. Memher OF tho
Legislature pet. Members OF congress pet
Professors Of religion bet Teachers and SUI
perintendents OF SUnday-seh0ois. am told
bet. Ladies bFt' not difectiy' put througe
agents. Yesterday and every day they bet,
they Gain, they lose; and this summer, while
the parasois swing, and the hands clap, and
the huzzas deaten, there VIII he a multitude
OF people caloied ana deceived and cheated,
who Will at tn races go neckand neck, neck
and neck to Periltloh.
Cultivate the morse by All means, drlve
MIN as last rs you DESIRE provided you DO
not fnjure MIN or enaanger yourself or
others, bat be careful and do not harness the
horse to the chariot OF sin. DO not throw
your jewels OF morality under the Tying hoof.
Do not under the prcteXt oil improving the
horse destroy a man 10 not nave your name
put Gown IN Inc ever increasing catalogue
VI those VINO are ruined Tor both worlds
by the dis@lPations OF the American race
course. They say that an honest race course
tsa straight traeS, and that a dishonest
ra'e course Is Il ,,eFooHgi trick-tnat IL
the parlnnce abroaa-butlte tel you that every
race track surrounded by betting men and
betting women aud betting customs Is a
straight track mean straight down.! Ohrlst
asked in one OF HIS gospels, rs not a man
better than n Sheep !say, yes, and he is
better than all the steei5 that with lathered
Hanks ever shot around the ring at a race
course. That Is II very poor Job by which a
man IN orier 70 get a morse 70 come outa
full length ahead OF some other racer so
lanes his W morals that ne comes out a
whole length behind IN the race set before
him.