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MORE FOOLISH LEGISLATION. This is the open season fol the introduction of i foolish bills in the legislative bodies now in session in the different state, one of the uatesi come- from Albany, where a bill has been presented to the Son. ue. the purpose of which is to restrict associations conducting a running, trotting or steeple- chase meeting so that a greater fee than ¥2 cannot be charged for admission to its grounds and to j the main or grandstand thereon. As the racetracks are private enterprises capitalized and maintained by private means we fail to see where tlie fee charged for admission is a matter lor legislative action. It would be just as reasonable to rule that a theatrical manager who had expended a half million dollars in a [flaybouse and an additional large sum to put on a show should nor charge more than seventy live cents to .-ee the play or to pin a limit on the sum dropped in tlie Sunday morning contribution box. —New York Morning Tide graph.
