The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-18


 A letter has haen received from Den Rennlek, the handler and eAmpaikner of the Mecurdy string of horses. |. the f istesr' s of Mir Renniek in which he feels that he has a grievance aaainst the, sporting department Of The <Adver- tlser ln regard, hrst 10 the aruete pup ms and fairs in general on tho sontns ern Circuit. next in regard 70 men- ton of hlh stallion Ward, ana iAsuy th regard 10 has driving reeorh on the Routher Circuit last season, Now, De. fore going any further we want to state that if there has been any t!sete in Alabama or any dfiVea a ora la tasn sas s snS of them it is the Lewnaeshore staple of the Mecurdya and the hanat'hk ot them by Ben RenHick, ,,.
 The first complaint made bx MT, heh- nick was that the criticism and eons parfaAn of the fairs In Montkemery aia ana HirminkhAm and. tho one in NashNiile "ss aven aaisut must remember" he. says, that tA,ere ia oui(e a diffefenee tn an Asse- etation having tss.o0o or tsN,vo9 to tne good and ene that has enywhs's tFe"' 1iA. 00o ta 8iS,000' to the bad ~
 ' Ih the comments made hy The AdNer. tlser the difference between the purses offerea by tho MontkomrS AenVelaklah ssa ssn,s !ss ese spe' Vfe RsaSieS S a Very cor
 Feet tn the argument that he makes n
 regard 10 the size of the erewds ht-
 tending ths Montse,mnefy ash 1S Sliin a" far, ss Now our point ia like this. the people in Naahviife had been assured ol hifh- ciaAs raeiRg. the advertised p1tssS eo os
 nE Dig ssss saeSse wsee W Worth While. Ssfors the fatr ia MontEemery opened the management let it he knawn, 1,,t.ss tns' ana eas
 original ,ssns gssssssaiee sf sieoO ws each saS pro. portionate reduction In the other purses ssshsa heen cut ~out, The consequence waa that after the people 'who & &satnS "nt mat tho races al lVandiver Park
 were not what they eukht to ANxS isl, neee there waaa te put it mildly dASt'het e'sSp pn inc sthsr hand when the people
 wha attended the opening or the tar in Nashville found out that tho reees
 were classy there was en anereases h th tha treeatnfh of the box oHiee whlSh
 grew every day until the close Of the fair-ana weather conditions were all analnat the Nashville people at that
 New ms SY hetter t eiass of races that a
 fair aaaoeiation can give tho people,
 inc hiager the attendance. TO nave
 anything like hrstsolass raeink, eae aS make 1t to the iAtereat Of the owners If good horses te ship te that town ana this Mir, Rennlck cannot deny,
 se@G ss, sspSSss,ys essa, as '9sS' s " Year
 sssllsed this fact, for they offered
 puraas not only equal but some gases gres;.esn n ana" ssS i9Sss wsn @Sa Sn 'WSs Ss
 priaeipie that the crowds can De ses cured if tho people are eeeufeu ek classy racing: rheir eeahdssss was was large enough ta make the payments et statien & a geed elt ahead at the wind
 up. to say nothing ef the wide adVsf- tiaement that tho venture gave the
 vt" it waa the same hlnE in the Nash vile case last year, and the reputation
 that the association up in the rennes,
 sec lawn made from. the races last fall win hFfhe even greater crowds 10 their fair in October 1908,
 Mir, Renniek iasinnates mat in the cold water on the Montgomery talr, This view of the ease ia unjust Mont. Remery can have as geea races and faIra aa any city h this aeetian Of the eeuntry, but it ia, a very simple husl- neea prapoaitlen, a great part et tho peenle that come to the fairs in Ment-
 aemery come !n the aeh"s eI sTeans . good racing, it is not only important
 but essential that the purses shall De larEe enough te attract a class et tlons at the people eemlag to the fatr,
 Tha criticism tn The Advertiser fhe ether day was done simply to try and
 S falr in Mentsemery to give purses
 large enough Co bring good horses te Vsndiver Park in Qeteher
 Now for Sss exhibit 2 vs st Mr J, Rssasek's sna ,o
 your papar of the itth inst that you
 arc inclined to speak a llttle eit slar. rRgly of my stallion Ward. which | thiRk ia very uncalled for.
 In snsaking of the Ssn,0a0 trettlhE narhV fhat Ion Monoaald won with Allen Winter at Readville last summer The Advertiser satd,
 Allen Winter was trained dowh at
 selma ln the spring of 1908 al the same time with Ward the stallion owned hy nen Rennlek that made a poor show ing at VandtVer Park last October" Continuing tho article meafianed a St.. zoo tret that Mcdonald won with Ward on that same day at ReadVille,
 That Ward dtd make poor showing at Vandivsr Park can he seen hy the l failawlnHs On Tuesday of that week l there was a 9,SO trot stake, ta0a, that ! sIe S-i. sls S-tt asit l.t l., IL Me CurdV was driving the stallion and gu 1 tho same race 'waa the MSC0sd% mare, 1 sarah smith, with Reaniek driving, This made two horses frem. the Same stahle in the name race, lt was tn VIaiattan at the rules af the National ! 'rFNttinE ASsorlatiah, but nothing was said shout n at the tune, Tho other and ward were MaF,ca, Ken Waite | heads maze, aud Lady sarah, the Ssl-
 ma mare that Gttlasher eampaigned last wear Ward dld not have Ta exert hlmsr,t much np in Readvitle he had won heat Ia s;i1 nat--~nve and three quarter AeoondS faster than the s;te S-4 al NandlVer Park,
 on Thursday there was $500 stake | In which Creighton Glri Ward. Pulsas aud EgotisI Bell started, Whitehead l wiantne iu straight heats with Crolsh ton Gtr( tn sla, sIS Id; suSNsst, Jahn ThamaA's stallion, ERotist Hell, I heat Ward out tH tue two last heats theuah Rennlek and Gallagher had a ! colts slen ep tho haek knrn in the last heat,
 ''~NN ard. for aome unp npeeonntahle reason
 dM aet trot a good race in his last