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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.

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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.