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Herald June 19

An up-country newspaper, in discussing
the subject of the Chadron cowboy race, says:

The 300-mile race last summer between Berlin
and Vienna, in which animals more intelligent than
their brutish riders were ridden to death, created
enough disgust among civilized nations to last for
a time. It is not necessary this soon for this country
to inaugurate a still more idiotic and cruel
spectacle by getting up a 700-mile cowboy race
from Nebraska to Chicago.

Here is an evident misunderstanding. The
Berlin and Vienna race was performed on relays
of horses--one played out or dead, the rider had
a fresh horse at the next station. By the terms
of the cowboy race each horse comes all the way
through, and must be in good condition at the
outcome. The sum of $800 is offered for the
winning horse at the end of the race. The terms
insure good treatment of the horses, and the
men will be as well off, at least, as the bicyclers
who are making races from Springfield to the
capitals of the various surrounding states.