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Letter to Editor
July 13, 1853
The Middlebury Register
Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont
What is this article about?
Letter warns Middlebury villagers that horse trotting races for money violate state law (Compiled Statutes p. 564), declaring them misdemeanors with fines up to $500, and urges law enforcement. Signed 'LAW.', dated July 5, 1853. Editorial note views it as agricultural exhibition with premiums.
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Mr Editor: Are the contrivers, aiders and abettors of the race course, and the trotting thereon for money, in this village, aware of the existence, in full force, of the following law on p. 564 of the Compiled Statutes of this State?
Let them read and understand:
"All racing, running, trotting or pacing of any horse or horse kind, for any bet or wager of money or other valuable thing, or for any purse or stake made, is hereby declared a misdemeanor, and the parties, contrivers, aiders and abettors thereof shall pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars."
Here is the Law and there is the Race Course. Let the Executors of Law, if we have any, take notice thereof, and govern themselves accordingly.
LAW.
Middlebury, July 5, 1853.
The trotting in question, we suppose, is regarded in the light of an agricultural exhibition—premiums in money being offered as at other similar shows.
Mr Editor: Are the contrivers, aiders and abettors of the race course, and the trotting thereon for money, in this village, aware of the existence, in full force, of the following law on p. 564 of the Compiled Statutes of this State?
Let them read and understand:
"All racing, running, trotting or pacing of any horse or horse kind, for any bet or wager of money or other valuable thing, or for any purse or stake made, is hereby declared a misdemeanor, and the parties, contrivers, aiders and abettors thereof shall pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars."
Here is the Law and there is the Race Course. Let the Executors of Law, if we have any, take notice thereof, and govern themselves accordingly.
LAW.
Middlebury, July 5, 1853.
The trotting in question, we suppose, is regarded in the light of an agricultural exhibition—premiums in money being offered as at other similar shows.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Informative
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Horse Racing
Trotting
Misdemeanor
State Law
Fine
Middlebury
1853
Gambling
What entities or persons were involved?
Law.
Mr Editor
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Law.
Recipient
Mr Editor
Main Argument
the contrivers, aiders, and abettors of horse trotting races for money in the village are unaware or ignoring the state law declaring such activities a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to five hundred dollars; law executors should enforce it.
Notable Details
Quotes Compiled Statutes P. 564 On Horse Racing As Misdemeanor
Mentions Race Course In The Village
Calls Out 'Executors Of Law' To Take Notice