Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 7, 2025
It is possible, however, that this somewhat primitive condition of things may be gradually bettered by time, and that when American institutions and customs shall have come to be the mode in France trotting-races, and perhaps walking-matches and base-ball, will be developed with the rest; but up to the present time, it must be confessed, these various amusements have been regarded by the French public with profound indifference.
But it seems that no considerations of utility or convenience can prevail against popular prejudices and, above all, the mode; and we find even the baron d'Étreilles, official handicapper and starter to the Jockey Club and therefore an authority writing this singular paragraph in Le Sport: "Trotting-races deserve but little encouragement.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking