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WHY HORSE RACING IS POPULAR. Quickens the Heart to See" Struggle of Life Against Life Lacking in Mechanical Auto Races. Not so long ago the : man who owned a clean-limbed racer was stared at by the passersby. He is stared .at nowadays, but for a different reason; That iiarvonii, the automobile, has sped so rapidly into general favor that the droop-necked librae looks like a relic from the days of the hoop skirt. The horse is the exception on the modern city street and always looks as though he had just wandered, in from the reaches of clover field and the land of the rustic dirt road. And as for the horse on the race track! Why tlie sight of one in such an unaccustomed place would waft us back to the days of the old swimming hole. But St. Louis is tq have the opportunity to witness real horse racing again. The frightful and breathless, speed of the auto, races has detracted from it not at all. The average spectators impression of a clash between demon drivers is a streak 6f color and a man with a megaphone announcing the winner. But a horse race is not too quick for the eye; and the thrills of the red, the green or the blue taking the lead at the galloping turns gives us tlie delight of a dozen races in one Then, too, there is a certain understanding between horse and jockey that is lacking in the-more mechanical sport. It quickens the heart more to watch the struggle of life against life. The wild cheering of the stands is contagious, and we up and urge our favorites on to victory as though we ourselves were contenders. St. Louis Star.
