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Betting on thoroughbred horses was a popular pastime in Colonial Virginia, much to the delight of one of the colony s most industrious and powerful clergymen. But then is now, some Virginians thought horseracing could only bring about dishonesty and laziness, particularly among the youth of the colony.
This fall, Virginians are deciding whether to vote for or against parimutuel betting in the statewide election scheduled November 7. The two opposing camps have very different views about what gambling at the racetrack could do for Virginia.
Back in the late seventeenth century, the Right Reverend James Blair, who is best remembered for founding the College of William and Mary, was busy planting the seeds for horseracing in Virginia. Blair was a perfect example of the “sporting parson,” an individual who never allowed the fact that he was “a man of the cloth” to stand in the way of his political and social adventures.
“Racing in America," a history of horseracing prepared by the American
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