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FAIR TREATMENT OF WESTERN HORSES. "It might be said," remarks the New York Telegraph in commenting on the running of western horses at. Empire City, "despite some criticism of stables not belonging strictly to this territory, that these horsemen have done as much, if not more, for racing than big stables around New York. They have come on here to win, naturally, and they are in the majority: their horses are fit and well trained, and certainly the Empire City Racing Association is glad to have them and does not believe that these horsemen should be regarded as Interlopers or In any other way except as friends of the turf racing men, pure and simple. "Naturally many big stables desire to rest up their horses at this time, but it is a fact that the Empire City track has not had the horses from around the New York tracks that it should have had. Saratoga appeals, and already many horses have gone there to recuperate at Horse Haven and prepare for the extensive session of racing in August. Rut not all these will race at Saratoga, and a lot of them are as fit to race now as they will ever be, and are as good as the horses that furnish entertainment to the New York racing public at Empire City day after day. "Mr. James Butler has shown himself to be one of the best friends of racing, and the big stables about New York might very well have done better by him. Nothing that could have been asked of Mr. Butler in support of racing but that he has done, and the popularity of the Empire City course is unquestioned."
