The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-03
CONEY ISLAND IS POPULAR RESORT For Southern Tourists in New
 York City THE HORSE IS DOOMED. Declares Trainer of LonisvilIe-Racing Is DiscOuraged-Weevil Is Get- 4 ting Worse in Western Belt.
 Political Gossip
BY ROBERT LEE CARTER

York, July Especial )-Coney Is-.
 is not only a most popular place
 New Workers these hot summer
 ts, but it seems as though every south-
 visitor who comes to New York
 lakes a bee line to Coney as soon as hey have become settled. The soft ac- cent of the south can be heard from Sea Gate to Manhattan Beach, and if wanted to meet a friend from the south and missed him at his hotel, I would make a bee line for Coney. It may be said this applys to westerners and customers as well. Coney is great place. z I met T. J. Carling, of Macon, Ga, the other day. Mr. Carling is one of the leading men of his section of the state. He is a candidate for supreme chancel- Tor of the Knights of Pythias, and has a good chance for being selected for tue place. In Georgia, Colonel Carling has the name of generally getting what he goes after,
 He is enthusiastic over the business prospects of Georgia anc the south gen. orally. The country is prosperous on d there is no reason why it should not con tinue so. He will remain north until time to get back to Georgia to vote in the rr'maries on August 2S.
 ''The American thoroughbred is win ming many of the best events on the English turf and at the horse shows on the other side. but the American lrrse Is doomed. Eactsg here IS being cis- couraged, and no incentive is given today as in years gone by for men to breed high-class horses,' said Jerome Trainor, of Louisville recently.
 "The American turf was useful for years. It develo ped in all parts of the country horses of the best type, not only for racing, driving, and show purposes. but for farm and industrial wc-K. Grad ually have our horses reached that stand ard, until today they are attracting the attention of the world. Years ago. a man did not thi 1k he owned real orse unless the animal was imported from England
 But just as we have reached that de- gree of excellence in horse 1lesh. laws are enacted tending to destroy he horse in- dustry of the whole country Gambling Is bad; but are we to sacrifice the Amer ican horse, which has taken us years to mold, because a certain class of gamblers frequent the turf and cast odium on horse racing. This Is q serious question, a question which can best be studied in a state like Kentucky, which several years ago Sds turning from CT pastures hu ldieds Of race and show horses
 Today look at the grazing country and. see how many farmers or breeders are allowing horses to eat up their grass and hay. You will find on investiga- ton that few race horses are being bred. There seems to be a gradual decrease in the demand for fast steppers What Is the result of the drastic anti-racing laws? The incentive to breed the best horses Is no longer so great. The Amer ican animal will decline gradually in class. Horses will bring a big price for work purposes for few years, but surely and slowly will they decline in quality and form until the horse of the next century will be a pygmy. Now after considering all things concerning the horse, don't you think 1t time to legislate and restrict gambling in such a way as not to injure an asset worthy of the pride of every American?"