Evening star., 1928-03-30

/ Communication from some quarters
and satirical criticism from others where
moral lessons from the race track seem
/ incongruous have greeted the action OF
/ the MARYLAND Racing Commission IN
barring horses of the Rancocas Stables.
owned BY Harry F. Sinclair. because OF
/ the oil scandal
Grimes have been committed which.
/ II ever punished legally at all. says the
/ baltimore Sun will not meet with the
penalties they deserve until years after
! their discovery. But guilt has been
established and the extent TO when
/ righteous indignation can infllct pun
/ lshment by treating the perpetrators OF
such fragrant assaults upon law ana
decencv as outcaStS Is not TO be lg-
/ nored. A racing commission may not
/ be the body best adapted 10 set the
/ example. but the example, neVertheleSS'
/ is a Salutary one
/ The moral effect OF a great stable o!
/ horses owned by man who has oTioea
/ n Cabinet official Is bad on Jockeys ana
| the attendants OF race tracks" the Gin
/ cinuati Times Star observes. II man
/ NAV operate a great stable despite the
: fact that he has tried 10 rob the United
states Government OF millions OF dollars
! bv bribery and kindred arts, asks that
paper. why should not Jockey accept
a hribe2' The Savannah News IS i'm
pressed by the thought that horse rae
| ing may have been the sport OF kings
and gentlemen. but II has had some
very hard things said about 1t and It's
/ hangers-on. and when horse racing can
not even stand thoroughbred Simply
because Ii is owned by Harry F. Sinclair,
why, YOU can begin 70 see what a part
of the public thinks Of him.,
"rhe time may come, suggests the
Akron Reacon- Journal when. II hc
visits the race track. the keepers OF hot
dog stands will decline 10 serve him II
they are apprissd Of his identity. There
NAV be hySteria In these movements,
hut it serves 60 show the manner III
which the public aohorS a villain who
has not PLAYED square With his co0n-
try" The ST Louis Post-niSpatch COM
mentS We do not ordinarily look To
the race course for our standards, ana
the Maryland Racing Commission might
easily have remained inactive, pleading
the remoteneSS of horse racing from the
OIL scandal. That It did not do 81, that
4 actually went out of its way 10 rule
Sinclair of the Maryland turf. is IN
striking contrast tO the behavior Ot
other agencies and perSonakcS
Viewing the gentry whose passion is
"A good race hosS, suhr" as rushing to
the support of honesty. honor, proolty,
righteousness. justice and half hun
dred virtues OF which the anciSntS
sang" the Lexington Leader draws the
conclusion that "at any rate now that
the Sinclair horses have been barred In
MARYLAND IL Is presumed that racing IN
that state at least is strictly ON the
up~and-up" The St Paul Dispatch
suggests. Imagine the humiliation and
mental anguish that kentucky~brrd
iO.to~l faVuritc would feel II forced 10
run AGAINST oil -beSmirehed thorough
hrrdS of Nit Siuclair'S stable II other ,
racing commissions do not take similar
action. the Society for the Prevention
nt Cruelty 10 Animals should intervene
The sport ot racing, although banned
hy antl~hcttins laws IN many states, Is
too pure Ia be dealcd by touch With
horses Of the man Who started Teapot
Dome a. boiling
when TEX RiCkArd offers for sale
the ringSlde seats at the next heavy
wright championship Tight, ucCNgdmg
tu the Springfield Republican "hv
may br expected tn announce that
the tickets may be bought hy amy
one except Harry r. Sinclair The
conscience ot the American people is
registering IN places never supposed TO
be responsive to ethical isSueS
Mr Sinclair can snap his fingers, per
hapS, at the courts, the Seliate and the
newspapers. but when the turf world
begins a. ostractse him he Is reached /
where he lives
"Raeertra gamblers may play the
pari,mutuels SYSTEM dishonest employees
may stake stolen funds. ana In both /
instances the sovereign State ot Mary
land will take toll oI the money With I,
Nut lnauiring t0o closely whether at not /
II ~ tanned But tainted hor@eS. pet~
ish the Thought" declares the phlladel- /
phia Evening Bulletin, "tnat such meta /
rious animals should set their crime !
stained haols GA be sacred sall ot lhe |
MARYLAND EAee uaeks In spite el !