The St. Louis Republic., 1902-12-07
/ Is as sunlight unto moonlight,

New York. It Is as sunlight unto moonlight,
as wire unto water
This IS not saying that 1t IS perfect We'll
handled or without stain But compared
with the awful condition OF form In the
other big racing cities. il is in Il class by
Facing. the writer believes. should act on
town Just as Il circus does-be certain to
take a certain sam away from It for pleas
ure given its Inhabitants Take racing az
it exists in tEe British Isl-S-.n Its great
est glory and power. The races come TO
days are general holidays. Bankers and
other handlers Of finance close up shop.
Every one who can set q certain sum nf
money together expects I" spe nd or bet It
Il is Sac!. sum as they cannot well afford.
They spend or lose this sum. or. perhaps,
win some money Til. races 90 The own
men TAX from sI50p to Sl5',"1 each day
with them. according to the size of the
town. ihe town does not miss IL 1t Tor
gets about the races until the following
year.
The writer has seen an English town of
1o.UtD people lose. sa0.Ct9 to the races in two
days and not feel It's loss. This is more
money than. an American city of 100000
like Chicago will cpntrihute In four days.
The beauty of English racing is that the
professionals can depend upon getting
town like that every day or so, new
tracks at unknown distances make racing
easy and talk of fraud unhsard of. The
ONLY drawback for the professional IS tray
cling expenses and lack of hotel and stable
nccommodations
Such holiday method Of conducting ra-
cling seems to be impossible in America.
sporty Is as they 'ia are .s1 in the BTitsh Isles
Their Inhabitants take slight interest IN
racing. The average town of 1000 people
in America would scarce contribute 800 4
day to race meeting. even with the best
class of horses to be had running. Hence, If
there is to be racing in America it must be
in big cities. on specially built tracks.
Purses must be made by the tracks. All
this demands somewhat nrotracted season
of racing for >suCn plants must be properly
maintained and the investors expect divi-
dend on their investment.
Thus It is that looking at it from every
aL@ls It seems best that the racing laws
of Missouri are very we'll as they are Es-
peciaiiy as it does not seem at 2Il likely that
change existing affairs.
For if a thrty-day law vas passed in
Missouri the chances are that the Western
new track. or If they did 1t would probably
be to tracks built by the men who now en-
joy Western JOCKEY Club faye favor % and coun,e-
outlawry for a thirty-day meeting on
track running in opposition to the Western
Racing fights are nasty and unwholesome
affairs. and it is to he hoped that rather
than have a racing fight every year, the
entire turf fabric he at cnce and entirely
destroyed. Peace at any price is TO be de-
sired than racing.
1t would seem that the Western Jockey
Club should not bite off more than it can
chew or make II public that it will do GER
tain things which it is either unable un-
willing to do It's action in this case caused
very serious embarrassment to turf writers.
racing associations hookmakers, owners and
men who follow the turf for living. Many
clerks. trainers. etc, expecting that certain
bookmakers and owners would be barred.
refused positions with them. resigned po-
sltons already held. and in many ways
suffered. Many turf writers prophesied dire
things for certain bookmakerS and owners
at the December meeting and found their
prophecies came to naught- The Western
Jockey Club should a least do what 1t con-
tracts to do or else not allow reports which
seriously affect all conditions of people con-
cerned in racing to he sent abroad.
Apprentice Jockeys continue to monopoize
the riding honors here. Fuller piloted two
mounts to victory Tuesday. Hack and
Prince. who rode one winner apiece. are also
apprentice riders. Helgerson, who seems to
be the best boy here, rode the other two
winners. Heleerson is now the fashiona ble
Jockey. and there is general public play
on all his mounts