The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-03-19
OET-LIH RACE TRICKS

the Circuit Court of our county, an
article of Incorporation for the East
Hartford Agricultural Association.
The organization was formed for the
purpose of organizing and maintain
ing a society or association for the eX-
hibition OF agricultural and horticul-
tural productions, live stock, articles
of household economy and adornment,
and such mechanical articles and dis
coveries and science as tend TO the
more enlightened and successful till
age of the SOIL"
The charter also certifies that it is to
be in existance for forty years, that
the princiI al office shall be in Havre
de Grace and that the capital stock
shall be $l5 900, said stock to be divided
into 600 shares at the par value of $25
each.
On the face of this, nothing could be
more innocent. Apparently it is an
effort to form another fair in the coun-
ty. This we would welcome with
open hands. As many such organiza
tions as we can have in the county
would benefit us all.
But we are reliably Informed that
this organization means nothing of
the kind. For a year past Cecil
county has been cursed by perpetual
race track gambling and its demoraliz
ing influences have been severely felt
by the good citizens of that county.
Under the law of Mary land it is law
full for any track to allow pool selling
for thirty days in the year. This law
was passed for the purpose of allowing
all the agricultural associations, if
they saw fit, to allow legitimate bet
ting on the races and also to let the
Pilnlico races continue for thirty
days, and have pools sold, such as
our own people have been allowed to
enjoy ever since the days of Lord
Baltimore.
But by the trick of multiplying race
tracks and associations of gamblers
owning them, there may be separate
track in the same neighborhood for
every month in the year, and all that
the professional blacklegs in the com
bine have to do is to fit from one
track to another, regulating their
chances simply by the calendar of the
months, from January to December.
This is what has been going on in
TO l.,,f
tenburg and Gloucester were at one
time blot on civilization, but never
in their best days were such demoraliz-
ing scenes enacted as what our neigh
Dor county sees every day.
1t is an outrage on civilization and
if Havre de Grace is to be the next
victim and of course when that track
is exhausted we may expect Others to
be formed on the lines of our lower
roads. it certainly is time for the good
people to rise up in their might and
overthrow this set of gamblers if they
contemplate coming in our midst.
OF course some people may argue
that these outlaw tracks will bring
money in the county, but we say that
every dollar SO obtained, is purchased
lat the price of Blood
At a meeting of "a representative
body of the best citizens of Cecil held
recently. resolutions were adopted de-
clarng that the baneful effects of the
race tracks have been demonstrated
not only in brutality practiced upon
horses, but in the decentralization of
the people, and the corruption of the
youth Of the community.
To prove that these resolutions were
true it was only necessary to hear the
testimony in a case tried recently in
the Hartford county court. There the
most outrageous transactions were
testified to with candor which was
most surprising. The witnesses seem
ell almost to gloat in their infamy and
each seemed to try to Guido the other
in explaining their shameless trans
actions.
We hope that our good people will
unite in trying to drive out this
octupus which is endeavoring to en-
graft us into his treacherous clutches.
THAT Pr OSFERIIT W4VE
The people of the United States
have been waiting very patiently for
several months past for that wave of
prosperity which was to come as soon
us the people were satisfied that Nc
kinley would be elected" The peo-
pie at the election signilied that he
was their choice rs the ruling magis-
TRAITS for the next four years. no doubt,
being hoo iooed into believing he
would bring us better times.
Now have these good times put in
their appearance ? \ sufficient an
swer to that would be found il looking
over the county papers and see the
number of trustees sales of the good
farm lands of Hartford county. Many
of the farmers whose property is now
forced OH the market believed in the
gold heresy and were humbugged into
NotliS ioi " lldil, "liose pTlucllDle
they now see is Radically wrong.
The last straw left is that there will
be some international agreement Oh
bIuetali,ru, but we fear if the relief
does not soon come the farmers of the
United States will be in an insolvent
condition.
-prizefghting is brutal, and it is
tn he regretted that one of the States
If the Union passed an act legalizing
the CDrbett--FitzSimmons fight. Its
simply another form of the bull fight
and the al cient gladiatOrial contests.
so thoroughly and forcibly expressed