The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-17
RACE HORSES
HIS SUBJECT
Noted HorSeman of Indiana,
Talks of Mans Best
F friend.
SAYS AMERICAN PRODUCT
Is BEST IN THE WORLD
Makes Prediction Concerning
Racing Here, If # Is
Pushed.

c. D. Lancaster OF Indianapolis ia 8
guest at the Kenyon, and being blood
ed-horseman Of national repute and ex
peHence. freely entered into a genera,
chat on horses and horse news gener
ally. He said:
i have been in close personal touch
with American racing annals for many
years, having been a race rider in q
professional way for several years, and
on the most notable courses and horses
Of tho day. My experience makes It
certain TO me that the raising and
training Of blooded horses ia upon the
highest level OF real art. 1t is a
growing art, too, and the study, means
md care used IN the work are almost
past belief by tho uninitiated
The love for a good horse so doml-
nant in the true American was born in
him, and be just cannot help 1t. and,
now, that the meaner element of racing
just for gain Is almost wholly elimi-
mated, the honor OF winning is In the
ascendant and such winning can be
done only on merit
The Eastern race courses, being the
oldest. passed through the purifying
process first, and now the national and
subordinate associations have brought
the new game westward and this In.
termountaln country is reaping the
benefit. 1t Is not long since men with
strings Of good horses used to jump
over this Middle West country, and
land In San Francisco; but all that is
changed and the cleaner game of real
q n IN
stay.
America In Lead.
TT Is frely admitted by all horse
men Of all countries that America tops
the world In race horses. Our horses
have won great stakes In all lands. and
our jockies are known to be the best
In the world.
Il repeat. that men OF means have
made breeding and racing of thorough
bred horses real high art, OF course
the art has Its home in old Kentucky,
where there are thousands of acres
that never felt plow, being given over
to stock farms. Next comes Tennes-
see, and other States scattering All
of these States have imported the fin
est foreign stock, notably the British.
but never could get results from for
eign stock equal TO those by the home
bred. 1t Is almost incredible how much
has been done to improve thoroughbred
stock in the past twenty years This
Improvement includes harness horses
as we'll as thoroughbreds.
"I have ridden on English tracks, and
know their peculiarities. The English
track is always covered with turf or
sod, while our tracks are straightaway
The English idea of racing Is mainly
for the honor of winning and the time
made is a secondary consideration to
winning This ideal Is fastened on
the National association, and Is grow
ing rapidly, excepting that time made
will always be the greatest integer in
American horse racing.
Britishers Are Sports.
The Britisher pays out thousands
more than he wins to keep up his sta
BILE, and never thinks Of making money
by racing. Their 1ockies ride at top
weight, while our men ride twelve
pounds below the scale. Then, too,
they seldom race horse before he Is
four years old, while We put colts OF
two years through their PAGES.
Five or six years ago American
horsemen went into England and met
so much jealousy they would not stay,
but the result of taking American nd
ers with them has been TO fasten the
American style Of riding on all foreign
courses. We have race horses in
America valued at 100000. and not
few at that price either.
II make a prediction touching horse
racing, in Salt Lake, II some enterpris-
ing men meet and take hold Of the mat
ter this fall 1t is that you would have
many Of the best horses in the country
here, for the reason that tracks are
closed mainly east OF you, and all the
good horses west Of you are sure to
come this way. In this way, at sin
gle bound, you could come up TO any
track in the country In interest and in
the records TO be made. II is the op~
portunity of a life time to place Salt
Lake horse racing on the highest plane,
and l believe II will be done"