The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-11

Today IS getaway day among the horsemen After thirty days of rac. ing here which has augmented our season in patronage and served well to hold 1t until this date in the spring time the horsemcn and the people generally connected with the game will begin to leave tomorrow for Ken lucky, Maryland and Canada The spring meeting both as conducted by the Essex and OaklaWn m1nagements has been well handled, and kept gen. erally free from criticism The card today marking the last Of the spring engagement is we'll filled and there will no doubt he an extraordinary at tendance out Co attend this last day and remain with the visitors until Auld Lang Syne" from the band marks the end of the spring engage. ment
 Yesterdays card was m interes ting one. Little String, one of the good selling platers of the year won the feature in rather handy fashion from Gordon Russell Baby Lynch was third Beauty Shop had been well supported, hut there was too much speed in the party for this one.
 In the opening event Enfilade proved herself a smart filly by beat ing Nepe. the Newman candidate, in handy manner. Big Enough was much the best of the others.
 Joscfina Zerata was much the best of the field in the second al the dis tance and won from Corky w. which was half a length in front of Souye- mir Bars and Stars was unable to keep up
 In the fourth Douglass $, from the Gasser stable, was we'll supported and ran a good race and won by a nose in front of Rhymer and Thirst Mjl- brey and Aunt Liz were outpaced.
 In the fifth Scrutineer was the best of the field and won handily from King K, with Easter Greetings hang ing on to third place. Plaudito and Plantagenet were unable to remain up.
 Bogart was the well sustained fa- rorite in Che last race and won haudi- iy from Paymaster and Stonehenge. Petit Blue, which had run some con sistent races recently was well sup ported but apparently outclassed with this field
 Judge Fitzgerad's Statement,
 Presiding Judge Fitzgerald said relative to the meeting here.
 The meeting of the Essex Park Jockey Club, which comes to close Wednesday, like its predecessor has demonstrated that the people of this city, and those who visit Hot Springs, are favorable to the racing of thor oughbreds. when the sport is held un- der proper auspices.
 This city should occupy a perma- nent place on the racing map. II is not only d delightful resting place for thousands, who are attracted by the salubrity of its waters, but it pos sesses an ideal climate and as a win tering and training place for thor u0ghbreds it is unsurpa sgd by any section of America.
 Men of wealth, who do no count the cost. favor it beyond any ohnr region, and the benefit of having th largest stables, some of them com rrising half hundred horses. with their army of attendants, for period ot five or six months every year, hculd be 1 powerful appeal for the ,Icouragemeut of that get together spirit which has manifested itself in the organization of the Business Mcn'5 League.
 .m eooura4inI racing the people of Hot Springs have not only done a
 aryice 10 the local community but t1 the country at large There never vas time in the history of the Unit. cd States when the conservation of every vital force was 20 essential ,o the welfare of the country as whole 1nd in fostering the thoroughbreds, Arkansas has shown spirit which makes for progress
 The importance of racing to n1- ton can not be ovcrcstmlted. for in proportion to the amount ot encour. asement bestowed on he sport. will depend the quality of the general horse product Of that country. It is an economic proposition pure and simple It is one, however. which has hitherto failed to receive the atten- ton of those who make our laws. and have the power to render that assist ance. which is regarded as a duty by other nations which have not counted the cost France Germany, Austri Hungary. Russia and other continen- tai governments. have expended mil. lions for the improvement of their horse products, and it is remarkable fact that they have all gone to the race course for the thoroughbred sire
 Experiments for upward of two and a halt centuries have demonstrate ed that he is the dominant force in the horse family His blood as simi lates perfectly with that of other types. He transmits his wonderful