 An acquaintance with the manner in -which these "trials of speed" are got up leads to the conclusion that they are chiefly designed as means for making money for hotel-keepers, horse-dealers, and gamblers; and the contests are, in principle, nothing more...  Report - Page 230by New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - 1873Full view - About this book
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1869 - 724 pages
...are chiefly designed as means for making money for hotel-keepers, horse-dealers, and gamblers; and the contests are, in principle, nothing more than...associations, where horses compete for purses. In new of these facts, are such displays calculated to improve either the breed of horses or the morals... | |
 | Michigan. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1867 - 534 pages
...the worst aspect of the case has not been noticed. Disguise it as you will by any soft words, these contests are in principle, nothing more than those...associations, where horses compete for purses, in sporting phrase. Indeed, as the public mind becomes accustomed to the spectacle, it approximates nearer... | |
 | Commissioner of Agriculture - 1869 - 728 pages
...are chiefly designed as means for making money for hotel-keepers, horse-dealers, and gamblers; and the contests are, in principle, nothing more than...associations, where horses compete for purses. In view of these facts, are such displays calculated to improve either the breed of horses or the morals... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1869 - 724 pages
...are chiefly designed as means for making money for hotel-keepers, horse-dealers, and gamblers ; and the contests are, in principle, nothing more than...associations, where horses compete for purses. In view of these facts, are such displays calculated to im prove either the breed of horses or the morals... | |
 | Washington Government Pritning Office - 1869 - 722 pages
...are chiefly designed as means for making money for hotel-keepers, horse-dealers, and gamblers; and the contests are, in principle, nothing more than...associations, where horses compete for purses. In view of these facts, are such displays calculated to improve either the breed of horses or the morals... | |
 | New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1873 - 712 pages
...production of horses in which the less showy but more useful properties are found only in an inferior degree. An acquaintance with the manner in which those...in England deteriorated the stock in such important respecta that the light cavalry and dragoon service suffered severely, until dependence on turf stables... | |
 | Michigan. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1876 - 556 pages
...it is worth. But the worst aspect of the case has not been noticed. Disguise it as you will, these contests are in principle nothing more than those...gambling associations where horses compete for purses. As the public mind becomes accustomed to the spectacle it approximates nearer and nearer to the gambler's... | |
 | Maine. Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1868 - 510 pages
...the worst aspect of the case has not been noticed. Disguise it as you will by any soft words, these contests are in principle, nothing more than those...associations, where horses compete for purses, in sporting phrase. Indeed, as the public mind becomes accustomed to the spectacle, it approximates nearer... | |
 | Michigan. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1867 - 534 pages
...the worst aspect of the case has not been noticed. Disguise it as you will by any soft words, these contests are in principle, nothing more than those...associations, where horses compete for purses, in sporting phrase. Indeed, as the public mind becomes accustomed to the spectacle, it approximates nearer... | |
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