Satiirday. Jain. 5. 1957 Back Stretch
Continued from pace 5
rIllPI'I ratio to the declineloi the Tint-oiighbred sport. even In Ger- rIIill)'.
MIT IN U.K. "On ilie other hand. troitersi ii.-no mode but little progress inl thv British Isles. where the trad- itioiial equine spans medium is. r course. the Thoroughbred. There are a few enthusiasts. and men fewer in Ireland where the- one track. outside Dublin. attractsl a low. hundred at most. This track; Is at poor quality. I hasten to add. Thc spectacle of rider. horse and aulky lying in the ditch provides some locals with a quota of laughs. on occasion! On balance. how- nor. can we view with e uanlm- ity that In several countr es the totter has virtually replaced the runner? From my viewpoint. there is no connecting economic link i between the two equine sports. Thereiore. any lain by "of- ting is a uuiesponding loss to the other. This is not so with other forms. as with quarter-racing. for example. and I am aware that
several present Thorousllbred wnera graduated from the she ame.
ECONOMIC FACTORS "It seems clear that several. l-ECONOMIC - perhaps social-lacy tors are at work towards the; trrnd I write of. The trotter Isl .:-lit-aper to buy. condition. and RIIEIIIIIIII than the Thoroughbred. lie is about one-third cheape . in tact from some figures before me. The trotter is usually of a quiet aoiind disposition. not nearly as highly strung (or unmanageable) as so many race horses. He is iniind suitable for many outside duties. farm work and the like. and stands up to hard work- They Are graduated to race from 500 yards to 2 miles and up. "Again. the big prices expected inr Thoroughbred stock has torc- -rl out many former cntliusiastsv among the smaller groups. who have turned to the competitor sport. The prices of trotting stock. even of the highest quality, is now comparatively low and within reach of the common man. With more owners and breeders. coming into the sport. and with a good public reaction. it is not hard to figure why the game is pro- gressing. Purses are rising and? the chances of any individual own- er making money is good. Can the same h- said of the average Thor-I ouglibred owner or breeder?"
As evidence of what the above writer states we give some par-l ticulars from a recent release byl .lim Harrison. Publicity Director or the U.S. Trotting Association .
Harness racing -iendance andy pari-mutuel handle reached new. record highs In I056 and the IT- atatcs which permit wagering on 3 e trotters and pacers shared in, he bonanza accordinlly. the U.S.l Trotting Association reported re-E i-cntly. The USTA said attendance rose 2.8 per cent and handle lumped 12.2 per cent while rev- enue to the states was up 10.0 per cent. Att i 242.ii1li to I0.538.l33: handle was up from 876.628.0091 in .s.'i.'l4,857.s47 and state revenue rm irnm 834.342.5.'i5 to 536.0'I4.639. All figured were new national r-curds.
ATTENDANCE UP
The attendance figure was lur- "ler bolstered by the inclusion of an estimated 0.000.000 fans who watched harneu racing at more . than 300 county fair tracks. Total harness racing atttendance. thus. Kn: lust short of the 20 million ark. Attendance was up in eight oi the 12 states. handla increased In nllIt' and the state revenue was alimlin I0- Numerical highs were esihhlllhed in New York State but hniicr percentage increases were mitt-ii in other states. Top percent. '1' Jumps wera in New Jersey huh registered a 23.4 per cent am in attendance and I 31.1 per mil increase in both wagering gnd state revenue.
The only states which did not Ilinw an increase in at least one n! the three categories were Louis- lniia iimi Kentucky. In each of ll-vw miles the number of racing MI was less than a year ago.
"case was '”2Isiel'0d a 18.8 per cent gala. Illinois was second in the percent- -se increase coIuma' for
'llnr.v. Increases in attendance handle and state revenue were re- l""'IPfI in Calilornia. Delaware. llmms. Maine. Michigan. New
-"Key. New York and Ohio. At-1'
"nrlaoce and handle were off less
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rt the 2:22 pace and there were
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were discovered in that way. LI fact that was the way I got my first winner. Iona Girl. I had whatl I thought was a good prospsctl stepping along nicely on the icel when a tall. slim looking marel went by me Just as i' I was tled.I I followed the sleigh across to the owner's home and bought the 4- year-old Iona Girl from Duncan Robinson. She had a lot oi speed and it was with her I made my first venture as a reinsman. '
The late Hammond Kelly and I went to New Glasgow for the 24th of May. 1911 rnccs. I (II' it” a back tier and didn't get any- where but perhaps it was just as well because I didn't know any- thing about driving. My next start was in Summerside where
the spokes were torn out oi my”?
wheel and I landed on the track and the mare ran away. Parker Hooper was then in his prime as a Maritime quarter mile runner and it was Parker who caught Iona Girl and brought her back to the stables. My next venturel was in Hali"ax at the mid-sum- mcr races held in August. The only class I could get into was
three horses with records of around z:l9','4 to 2:20'fi in it and
2:23.
I drew trailing position and in- stead of trailing the pole horse I trailed the center horse and it was just as well as three horses went down on the first turn and I scooted around and won the dash and also the next two and gave her a record of 2:20'lt. also won at Moncton and had other wins. That gave me con-
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