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HORSE RACING IN STATE OF MONTANA Imputation That Sport Is Menace to Morals Not Borne Out by History of States Noted Men Horse racing in Montana is to be put on the blink under the assumption that it and the asso ¬ ciations connected are a menace to the morals of the rising generation If the rising generation maintains the standard of morality erected by their fathers and mothers they will change their ways shortly To assert that any line of endeavor is not in line with morality is to imply that those engaged in it are not a desirable class of citizens Let ns analyze such 11 statement There stands In Dcor Lodge a church erected to the memory of the mother of the man who provided for tho building of it This man was one of the best citizens of the state and the history of the state will not be written In detail with any omissions of his name He raised a model family and he was a banker who was highly respected He did much to develop the industries of the state He was a gentleman and an honest man For many years this man bred raised and raced trotters and runners His horses won large stakes in the eastern center of racing He raised the best cup horses seen in America for twentyfive years He won the Brooklyn and the Suburban both in the same year with a colt of his own raising Much more could be said of him but I pass to his brother There stands in Butte a large and magnificent public library It has been there many years and it is the best educational in ¬ stitution in the northwest It was made possible only by the philanthropy and munificence of a brother of the first man whom I have cited This inah bred nice horses for many years and develr oped one of the iiuimmotli copper mines of the richest hill on earth His name was synonymous with integrity and probity all his life lifeThere There is at the head of Main street in Butte the statue of a man of more than national reputation who owned one of the most elaborate breeding es ¬ tablishments ever in Amprica He was a captain of industry without a peer eithcribpfdrQ his death or since then in his line He raised and raced or owned the mighty Hamburg the irreproachable Tammany the magnificent Montana the superb Scottish Chieftain the meteoric Ogden the Beati Brummel Senator Grady the lordly Child of the Mist the incomparable Djircbin on d scores of others His charities were large arid numerous and he sood for the best in all things thingsThere There stands ill Helena an imposing and elegant Y M C A building The erection of this building was throjigh the generosity of a man who lived in Deer Lodge opposite the place of the firstmen ¬ tioned man in this article There is not a man whose name is more generally coupled with the de ¬ velopment of tho state than this one He is alwiit eighty years young now For many years he raised gallopers and sold them to others at large figures in New York and Chicago The general develop ¬ ment of Montana is an everlasting monument to the life of industry of this man As one travels by railroad over Montana lie rattles over bridges and wide canyons and through long dark tunnels through the ribs of the Rocky Mountains MountainsThesew Thesew and many more evidences of laborious toil and scientific efficiency are the token as to whether the owner of that great nice mare Nevada and Red Boy and Montana and that grand old warrior X was a desirable citizen or not and as to whether he with those whom have named were or were not engaged in contaminating the youth of the country I could go much farther with the list of similar men but enough has been said it seems to me meIf If fairs can be made to succeed without the ele ¬ ment of wholesome entertainment provided by horse racing I hope to live to see it done but I question if the enthusiasm developed by ping pong parlor croqiiet popgun and spit ball contests drop the handkerchief button button whos got the button 2 lemonade popcorn and ho smoking allowed on the grounds will ever take the place of the most popular of outdoor entertainment I submit that the piety of no community is in proportion to the moss on the backs of its members the length of their hair their Puritanical action or their saiictimonius expression of face Nemo in Horse Review
