Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-25
MIGHT MAKE
RACING IDEAL
TURF NECESSARY TO DETER
NINE QUALITY
No Other Method Of Testing Courage
and Endurance Of Thorough
breds Other Than Actual
Track Combat
Special to The Herald.

special 10 l ne liCIdlu
LEXINGTON, Ky, Feb. 24.-Maj,
Foxhan A. Daingerheld. who has for
years been the manager of Castleton
stock farm, owned by James X. keene
of New York. thoroughly approves OF
the purposes of the breeding bureaus
that are being established in various
states of America. In regard to TINS
work Mai. Daingerfield says:
"The work undertaken by the breed
ing bureaus I'm the various states, If in
telligently carried out must result IN
adding untold millions to the value of
the equine product of America.
"All utility horses are largely in
debted to the English thoroughbred (or
his progenitors, the Arab. Barb and
Turk for their quality and most de-
sirabe properties of courage and en-
durance. or stamina and when our
hunter trotter, saddle horse, coach
horse or even our heavy draught horse
becomes deficient in these essentials we
must revert to their source and restore
it by an additional infusion of pure
blood, lust as we reCur to the bulldog to
restore courage and tenacity when our
pointer, hound, greyhound or terrier
becomes deficient in these needed quail
tiles.
Every citizen of every country where
the horse is bred for pleasure or profit
is benefited by the breeding of the
thoroughbred in his highest develop
ment in their midst. The test of the
excellence of the thoroughbreds prod
uct is the race course.
"The racing of horses necessarily in
wolves betting.
Betting on races under proper re-
strictions is not open to more unfaVor-
able comment than any other specuia-
tion. The element of chance as to re-
suits is inseparable from everything in
the range of human enterprise or en-
deavor: it has been wholly eliminated
from nothing-except the result of
proper elections in Kentucky
zone of the most learned and compe-
tent English writers on the subject of
breeding and racing. a lifelong student
of the subject and a man of conserva-
tive views. recently wrote of two breed
ers and turf men-the one in England,
the other in America. They have Won
more on the turf than any other breed
ers or turfmen in either country, yet
the earnings of their stables have not
paid expenses by thousands and tens of
thousands of pounds
This being true, it must appear that
| the enthusiast who breeds, trains and
races the best thoroughbreds supports
NCSt
for the pecuniary benefit of the many.
The owner gets his sport, but he pays
| for it.
THE purchase of the best breeding
stock and the army of retainers for the
conduct of the breeding and racing es-
| tablishments, with salaries and COM
missions to trainers, jockeys, etc, costs
a kings ransom annually; and this is
certain, while the winnings are prob
! lematiCal.
Destroy racing by inimical legisla-
tion and with the passage of this
cleanest and most healthful of outdoor
sports, the most essential equine goes
down and out; or is sparngly produced
| by those made real gamblers by being
! forced privately to wager against each
other thus evading laws for the passage
of which there is no justification.
eliminate the public money to be rur
for in stakes, which are chiefly made VI
of entrance fees and moneys added by
the association, and who could afford
to keep up his stud and racing estab-
lishment-When as we have seen tht
largest winning stables here or in Eng
land, where the conditions are more
favorable. do not pay expenses"
The Improvement Of our thorough
breds or their deterioration can only b'
determined by the test of the race
course. The improvement of all utilit,
breeds of horses rests largely upon th
keeping of the thoroughbred up to tn
highest standard in purity of blood anC
individual excellence.
Make the breeding, rearing and train
ing of the Thoroughbred impossible b,
means of imimical legislation and will
him passes the occupation of the ten
of thousands who find employment il
his production, the hoalthful half hOli
day in the open air of the laborer ant
his family the harmless outing for til
gentleman and lady of elegant leisure,
the last pleasure remaining to the octo
genarian with the sleek hat and per
chance coat sleeves who wants his Op
portunlty to tell the boys how easil
Lexington could have beaten Syonby a
, four-mie heats, and last, but not leas
with the thoroughbred would pass dow
and out the only hope Of improving o
) even keeping to their present standar
, Of excellence the general utility horse
of our COuntrs
Are our Legislators ready to sacrifc
the coUntrys interest i'm the most beau
tiful and useful animal of Gods crca
3 tion to the unconsidered clamor Of tn
few "unco guide