Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-07

passed IN 1911 while the New England
association built the mile track at
ReadViile. 1t was continued until To-
cal restrictions compelled it to sell the
property.
LAST AT WORLDS FAIR
The Northwestern held it's last meet
ings at Washington Park. Chicago.
where it put on a $4,000 free for ali
trot during the worlds fair in 1898. 1t
also succumbed to hostile legislation.
Al present there is a Western, Michi-
gan and National association of breed
ers which gives a few stakes each sea-
son, the Matron and National Stallion
stakes of the last named bringing to-
gother the best three-year- in
| training each season.
AS its name implies the Keutilcky
Trotting Horse Breeders association at
Lexington, Ky, was organized in 1873
py the breeders In that state w IT,
Wilson, who took George Wilkes to
Kentucky, did most of the preliminary
work In organizind it, At its early
meetings the purses were small and the
| interest local A change was made in
the SOS when Ed A. Upton was elected
secretary. He increased the purses and
succeeded in getting the northern
breeders to race there, G. j. Hamlin be-
ing the first to respond
RAGING FACES CRISIS
Race tracks depend on the gate,
grandstand and privileges to pay eS-
penses and dividends il the stockhold-
ers expect any. Fortunately there are
9 large number who do not, but on
the other hand look upon the giving
OF light harness race meetings as the
greatest outdoor entertainment ever
devised on this continent. 1t was this
sentiment which carried the trotters
successfully through the crisis which
followed the Hughes crusade against
commercialized racing in New York
state. When the driving club meetings
disappeared fairs took their places ex-
cept in Orange county, where popular
and efficient management made the
meetings more attractive than ever be-
fore.
As the years rolled by the fairs To-
creased in number until now over IS
per cent of the race meetings are given
in connection with them. At thee
fairs the breeder can exhibit or race
the products of his farm, not in the
presence OF few thousands as for
merly but before millions who annually
attend the state and county expeditions
to examine the exhibits, see the races
and discuss the breeding and racing
qualities OF the winners.
FAIRS ARE BACKBONE
AT present the fairs are the back
bone of light harness racing. These
meetings are conducted under the SUI
pervision of the states in which they
are located, few of them being owned
by the state. Almost all receive state
appropriations TO defray d portio: II
the expenditures in the agricultural it,
partments, leaving the re.enIe from
admissions and privileges 10 take care
OF the other expenses. In such an or
ganization the breeder is n welcome
guest. Places on committees are al
ways made for him as the actiy. fair
manager knows by experience that d
man who has a thorough knowledge Of
the department with which ln ~ cor
nected never fans to make it a -dcrcss.
This is the point where the breeder can
strengthen the horse int arest both IN
development and production as results
in the fair world show that a c;iva en-:
petition brings out the hes. In every
variety. wheth - it is horse, steer { +
a bushel of corn