The Washington herald., 1910-01-02

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COL. GEORGE A. ARMIES,
One Of Districts most enthusiastic horsemen.
before being contested. In referring to
the matter Mr.. Carroll remarked that
at least one-half Of the horses started
in races in his province were American
owned and American driven.
With the gamesters driven Out Of Can
ada, as they have been driven out OF
most of the States on this side Of the
Canadian border the storm center must
necessarily be in the near future in Cali
fornia, Florida, and Mexico At the pres
ent moment Florida has two merry-go-
rounds in operation. where gambling is
permitted-Tamp& and Jacksonville. In
California books are being made al Oak
land, and in Mexico at Juarez. a little
hamlet of 1000 souls. just across the river
from Ell Paso. Tex.
President Diaz had hardly stamped out
one merry-go-round in Mexico. near the
California line, than another sprang into
existence at Juarez. Shameful as it may
/ be to relate. men foremost in the thor
/ oughbred world pillars Of the sport in
/ the United States. and men whom one
would suppose would be found standing
| for clean sport on the turf. have allowed
their names TO be used in connection
with the scurvy game that is running
not six. but seven days in the week at
Juarez In addition, certain high govern
4 ment officials of Mexico have become
/ financially interested in the disreputable
racing plant
! A gentleman who has Just returned
! from ii PasO informed the writer a few
/ days since that every kind of a hold
! UP game that has been invented by man
is running full blast at Juarez every
week day and Sunday included; that the
scum Of the earth is there gathering,
seeming from afar. as birds Of carrion
always do. the food that delights them
most-other mems money.
So Infamous has Juarez become in the
eyes OF the world. and so injurious 70
the town Of FL Paso. across the river.
that the citizens OF the city. through
their chamber Of commerce, has appealed
to our government lc come 70 their re-
lief. as il did a few months since to the
citizens Of Southern California. The
writer has been informed with how
much truth has not yet been ascertained)
that a United States Senate committee
will soon take the matter up and give
the charges made against the officials
of the track at Juarez a rigid investiga-
ton. To this pass. at last. has come the
famous sport Of kings" through the
baneful influence Of the gamblers who
Rave gained control of H.
They have fallen so low in the moral
/ scale that they Go not seem to know,
much less care. that they are killing
their own game. Their sordid greed has
seemed TO obscure their eyes to the fact
that their acts have so outraged public
sentiment that more severe laws than
Those on the statute books are liable 70
be enacted. and racing everywhere deal;
a death blow.
incidentally. the running horse gambler:
have dealt an almost mortal blow tC
light harness racing. which. heretofore
has. except In a few cases, been KEEP
out of the hands Of the gamblers. A
no time in the history OF the light har.
ness turf has the gambling end of th'
business dominated the sport of seelnl
high bred horses contest for prizes AND
if the sport of racing cannot be con
Quoted without the presence Of the book
maker, the tout, the outcasts, and IN,
scum Of creation. better nail up tight
with the strongest wire nails that cal
be manufactured. every trotting rac'
track in the United States. and put tn,
. trotting and pacing horses TO drawing
pillow and harrow. or 10 some other use
full pursuit.
z Referring again to Juarez, Judge Har
vey of Chicago, one of the ablest an
cIeanest turf writer's in the United States
decent lover Of the race horse, whethe
, runner or trotter. when he said:
When men supposed to represent tn
best element, men of national prominence
q men who are multi-milliOnaires and nj
/ terly without excuse for lending them
! selves to the promotion of anything s
unspeakable as Juarez. except the mos
sordid motives and the most contemptuou
\ disregard for morality, decency, @
honor, identify themselves openly an
y unblushingly with 1t, there Is nothin
. left TO be said. except that never in III
q annals OF sport in civilized or enlightene
: communities has anything fallen so lo'
. as the once glorious sport of kings
that never was anything In such need {
, being defended from its friends as III
American thoroughbred race horse"
Strong language this, but justified an
; the time has arrived when, If the rur
ming horse breed is to be preserved, il
. treal friends must come to its rescue. I
. the meantime, the friends Of the Amer
!, can trotter will conserve their Interest
IL they will show those who would max
> Of it a gambling tool the gate BY S
> doing less horses win be pulled by di:
! honest drivers, the sport will be key
c clean. and by keeping it clean it wi
> draw a larger ciientage than it ever hs
in the past. when it was given over I
f, the pool seller the right to make boo
and a chance to corrupt horse owner an
: driver. The demand made by the Amer
lean people is that the bookmaker sha
. go, and that voice must be needed. {
: worse viii follow.
Linton Still Anxious tn Race.