. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, December 26, Just when the idea of giving a great race meeting in connection with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition had its inception is a matter that is im- possible to decide. Certain it is that it antedates conisderably the official announcement that the expo- sition would come to the Golden State, for long before it had been decided whether our own beloved city or New Orleans would be the scene of the cele- bration of the nations of the world in commemoration of the opening of the Panama Canal, Californi
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, December 26, Just when the idea of giving a great race meeting in connection with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition had its inception is a matter that is im- possible to decide. Certain it is that it antedates conisderably the official announcement that the expo- sition would come to the Golden State, for long before it had been decided whether our own beloved city or New Orleans would be the scene of the cele- bration of the nations of the world in commemoration of the opening of the Panama Canal, California men of affairs were talking of the race meeting that would be a part and parcel of the big event, if things "broke right" and the exposition came our way. While it has never been the practice of great expo- sitions to accord much, if any, recognition to the speed and racing end of the industry of breeding the light harness horse—though recognition is ac- corded his merits in show classes—and the proposal to hold a great race meeting in connection with this one came as a surprise to eastern horsemen and general public, it was a most natural course for Cali- fornians to take. In the west we are accustomed to establishing precedents of our own—and then estab- lishing others to supersede them whenever the neces- sity arises or the occasion demands it. At the Panama-Pacific exposition there will be found many, many departures from the beaten paths followed by its predecessors among great fairs of world wide scope, among which "the trots" tower pre-eminent. First and foremost, there are few cities of the size of San Francisco where so many men of large affairs entertain a deep and abiding love for the horse in general, and for the trotter in particular. The great men of our state have in many instances been great breeders, and the roster of those who have owned and raced smaller numbers for pleasure or profit, or who before the advent of the auto invaded t
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