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RACING LEADS ALL OTHER SPORTS SPORTSFar Far Ahead in Doing Its Bit in Supporting the Fourth Liberty Loan When tlie great worlds war is over and a retro ¬ spect is made of what sports have done towards beating the Hun that of the turf will stand out prominently in fact horsemen will not be ashamed of themselves The men of the turf have been ex ¬ tremely liberal in their support of the Fourth Lib ¬ erty Loan During the meeting at the Jamaica track which closed last Saturday over 1000000 was subscribed and when the meeting at the Em ¬ pire City track closes a week from Saturday it is believed the turfmen will have contributed close to 2000010 This does not include the various other running tracks Grand Circuit and smaller harness meetings which have all done their bit nobly noblyThese These figures and the general enthusiasm at ¬ tended by the turfmen in advancing the sale of the bonds and other means of support of the govern ¬ ment are pleasing to horsemen more so than to any other class of civilians for more than one rea ¬ son One outstanding reason is that racing has been subjected to severe criticism and adverse leg ¬ islation by tlie uninitiated True enough there are undesirables connected with the sport which is also true of all athletic sports sportsThe The truth is some of the biggest men in the couutrv are closely allied with racing as stewards owners or even bettors And incidentally we want to remark that every person who makes a bet on a race is not a tinhorn Those who control the destinies of the sport aim always to safeguard it and just now the big running tracks do not cater to that class which can not well afford to spend an afternoon at the course for they have the gen ¬ eral admission 380 Add to that the railroad fare to and from the track and other incidentals help to run the total up to i good sum And the betting at the tracks is done principally by the credit system the gentry of the small bet is not welcome Pittsburgh Gazettelimes
