The Washington times., 1917-11-19


TWENTY POUNDS OF HAY DAILY?
We don't know the number Of race horses eating and
wasting oats and hay at the Bowie roersck now in order
that refined gentlemen may enjoy the sensation Of gambling
But have statistics in regard to the PmlieO race
meeting just closed.
At the Pimico track-thsss figures are ofAcal-there
were twelve hundred race horses.
Each horse ate on the average twelve quarts Of oas
day That fourteen thousand four hundred quarts Of oats
daily.
Each horse ate about twenty pounds Of hay day
that is twsatyfour thousand pounds Of hay daily.
At the Laurel race meet, there ware thousand raes
horses eating twelve thousand quarts Of oats and hun
dred thousands pounds Of hay each day.
The race horse is refined animAl His prosperous
cannot get full excitement unless the horse IL h par
feet condition to race and show highest speed
All the race horses in the United States put together
haven't the value Of Ford touring that can be used
Nsvsr6siess these race horses must have Ii. best No
clipped white oats The little end clipped Oh q not to
And they must have the finest No timothy hay prefer
ably from Monmouth country beautiful hay free Of dust It
would not do to interfere With race horse lungs.
We would not needsssly interfere with the pleasures Of
Their stocks have gone down. while the income tax has
gone up and that is very distressing.
reduced saw from million dollars ystr 70 six hundrsd
thousand dollars year must have SOME little recreation to
thousand dollars in year Paris charity 10 which the
newspapers have given i've million dollars worth OF free
advertising.
In view of this noble philanthropy It seems hard to sug
gest that Mr. Vanderbilt should give racing stable that
cost half million dollars ysaTyst the French made him
do iEHE CAN'T RACE THERE.
really necessary that the highly prosperous while
the war should waste millions Of bushels OF oats yearly
to feed race horses?
And must BEAUTIFULLY EQUIPPED, NICELY PAD
DED, WELL NAMED PULLMAN CARS FOR HORSES
BE EMPLOYED TO TAKE FOUR LEGGED GAMBLING
MACHINES FROM ONE RACE TRACK TO THE
oTHER-while business told to restrict their
put because Of car shortage.
Presently comes the racing season in JuarsS In Mex.
ico Wellequipped trains Of cars locomotives many rail
road wormen win be required to transport the foutesgd
gambling machines the country through Texas and
the border into Mexico, where government permits
the gambling that many States In this country forbid
Is national control Of railroads strict economy, etc.
etc. include transportation for this living gambling
cnery the servants that travel with the horses the gam
bers pickpockets touts, and general rrah that follow
after?
And the Havana racing-wiu shipping be found to
take the gamblers and their horses there7
We convinced that this matter has not been called
70 the attention of Mr. Hoover who is earnestly and Justly
telling the people to eat carefully and little
Is it wise to say to the poor man: Eat less wheat
eat less beef eat less sugar buy Liberty bonds be patriotic
and at the same time permit the finest quality % oats and
hay to be fed to gambling machines maintained TO please
the tired nerves Of too rich and to stimulate dishonesty
among fools7
You could do much for Belgian children with the
fourteen thousand four hundred quarts Of No clipped white
oats that twelve hundred horses ate every day at
Pimlico.
You could do great deal for children here In America
with the thousands Of quarts of oats that hesce horses
eating today at the Bowie, Nd, race track
You could feed many farmers work horse with the
Thousands Of tons Of No timothy hay that race horses eat
Usefuy also you might for milk and butter production
the nseed oil the meal and other little uxures fed without
stint to utterly useless animals that purpose excet
20 crafty the vanity and vicious instincts Of few rich men
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