. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. EX1NGTON, Ky., Nov. 3.—The legiti- mate racing season has concluded in the East, and with the wind-up of the meeting at Nashville it closes in the West. In the matter of 1 meetings long-drawn-out, of money hung up in stakes and purses, and in the number of TaceB run, 1891 has no. parallel in the history of the . American turf, but in the oharacter of sport and the honeBty of purpose amoDg many owners and jockeys the racing season, on the whole, laoked the tone that has mirked it in other years. The most deficient point on the race tracks, especially of the West
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. EX1NGTON, Ky., Nov. 3.—The legiti- mate racing season has concluded in the East, and with the wind-up of the meeting at Nashville it closes in the West. In the matter of 1 meetings long-drawn-out, of money hung up in stakes and purses, and in the number of TaceB run, 1891 has no. parallel in the history of the . American turf, but in the oharacter of sport and the honeBty of purpose amoDg many owners and jockeys the racing season, on the whole, laoked the tone that has mirked it in other years. The most deficient point on the race tracks, especially of the West, to-day, is in the judges'stand. Men who affiliate with owners, breeders who raise stock to sell, interfere with tbeir own interest if their rnlings grate harshly on the ears of a tricky but influential horseman. In some cases this season men have been permitted to judge races who are absolutely incompetent through phyaioal disabilities or a lack of knowl- edge of the turf, while others that fill like positions are so prejudiced in their views as to make them still more incom- petent, when it comes to judging between man and man. Be- cause a person has bred a great raoe horse, or is a Captain or a Colonel by title, this fame makes him worthy of distinc- tion, it is well to admit; but, as a judge in the stand on a race track, he is a failure, unless his knowledge of racing rules is perfected by years of experience on the turf. The leading race tracks of to-day have spacious club-houses, gor- geous with tapestry and finished bb if under the eye of a prince, with the purse of a millionaire; it is here that the Colonels and Captains Bhould be entertained, not in the judges' stand. A bottle of Extra Dry or a quart of old Bour- bon has on several occasions in the history of the turf proven expensive to the plungers, and more than one man nag parted with his all on a shaky decision promulgated from the judges' stand. No man can now comprehend the amount of money bet on a single rac
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