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THE ANTIGUARANTEED ANTIQUARIAN STAKE IDEA IDEAThe IDEATe The general sentiment among horsemen East and West is in favor of added money to stakes no matter what guise the financial addition takes The added money angle has been shaped into one of the cardinal principles of the east ¬ ern Bern Horsemens Horsemen Protective Association As a matter of fact it is not an item of vitality to that organization It is more general than a part of the plea of any of the owners or horse ¬ mens means associations Such organizations have usually been inoperative and less than virile But the idea of added money and division of contributions about stake races as against guaranteed payments seems to be universally obnoxious to the men who make stake entries and payments and furnish the contestants to such events eventsThere events There are arguments for and against the guar ¬ anteed anted stake system In the West of late the guaranteed stake system has been most fair to horsemen on account of low entrance fees and general debility In 1897 the system has on ac ¬ count of an increase in the turfs health been in favor of the tracks In Eastern fields the guaranteed system has always favored the tracks outside 1895 1895The The strength of the movement against guar ¬ anteed anted stakes comes from the East Many owners are pledged not to enter them from De ¬ cember ember 1897 This pledge has no connection with the Horsemens Horsemen Protective Association Eacing Acing organizations can reasonably shape their future plans to the general idea of the men who furnish their racing material The horsemen are temperate enough to declare that they have no right to dictate what the added money to stakes should be They merely want to have the old system renewed and use their judgment about the acceptance of offerings Their demand is reasonable and can well be dovetailed into the future plans of all racing or ¬ ganizations animations
