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FINDS THE RACES WELL WORTH WHILE. The Detroit Free Press -jives space to an inter- iew with L. A. Collins-, a commercial traveler from Pittsburg, who chanced to he in Detroit a day or two ago. Mr. Collins presents the great sport of racing in its proper light and in a manner that dashes with the misrepresentation of the fanatical reformer in dealing with the subject. He is quoted as follows: "1 make all the principal cities of the east, middle and fat west, and have been traveling for a number ■ ! years, but I think that the men of Baltimore have more class to them, if that term is permissible, than any with whom I hare i W in contact. There is something abort them thai is different from men lu other cities. The] are nice in everything they do. gentlemen in action and appearance. Doubtless this i- transmitted from the grand families of colonial Ealtimore and the days f the old Dominion. I iik. to go io bone races now and then, merely as a matter of recreation, for 1 do not .any a form chart in my pocket. There is life at tin- rices, with people thai are different .and entertaining t-in At the Piinlico race track at Baltimore 1 find the finest-looking crowds on the continent, with the possible exception of Toronto. The women are sty iisbly dressed, and they enjoy the sport, for it is right and proper to be there, and the men are will ■-- nil and good to look u pen for one who knot ka .bout the country."
