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MAY PASS BILL INCREASING RACING TAX. New York, March 23. The Cassidy-Lansiug anti-racetrack bill, along with the opening of the Bennings meeting at Washington Monday next, continues to be the chief topic among turfmen at various gathering places along Broadway. The fact that the hill increasing the state racing tax to eight per ccut. of the gross receipts at all tracks might become a law was regarded as a good reason why the Cassidy-Lansing bill would be defeated. "The agricultural societies will get about 00,000 a year with an eight per cent, cutup," said a well posted turfman, "and the money will not be tainted either, for the reason that the racetracks no longer collect a dollar in revenue from the bookmakers. It was a wise move to divorce the betting ring from the track management, as the opponents of racing are unable to link the Jockey Club and the racing associations directly with the gambling element. Serious trouble would have resulted If the old arrangement had been allowed to remain in force. andusfciywrns.ijudPtc should be allowed to deprive thousands of people of a sport that is immensely popular is not clear to me. This is a free country and every man should be permitted to spend his own money as he may see fit. If the reformers do not believe in betting nobody will compel them to go to the racetrack. They do not have to mingle with the people who. love racehorses and enjoy healthful outings. It Is a case of live and let live, and a fair minded man does not want to see 20,000 persons thrown out of employment of various kinds If this anti-racetrack, bill should pass. "
