288 TAI,ES OF THE TURF. 



gate receipts, I think there are other kinds of races that 

 would prove sufficiently novel to attract the crowds. I 

 believe a saddle race would prove popular, wagon races 

 driven by owners, and other things of like character in 

 connection with the big stake and purse races would prove 

 drawing factors. The further we can keep away from 

 the speculating feature, the better for the trotter. 



The most worthless fraud on earth is a stud horse bred 

 to trot that cannot trot. 



Don't cite the popularity of the running turf to prove 

 the benefits and purity of the dash system. 



Without the revenue of the pooling privilege, no asso- 

 ciation can make an adequate profit on the amount in- 

 vested in a track and its appurtenances. 



When a man says his horse has speed, ask him what is 

 his record. If he has not a record, ask why, and how he 

 knows his horse is fast. If he hems and haws around, 

 making this excuse and that one, that he was never 

 trained, that he intended to have him some time, that he 

 can trot, and he could "prove it if old Bill Jones was 

 alive," that he was injured when a colt, etc., look out for 

 that man, "he's foolin' ye." Pass him, his horse and his 

 excuses by, and find one that has been trained and has a 

 record to show his speed. 



