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ILL-ADVISED OAKLAWN POLICIES N" •" "olleitoas for the welfare of racing ran •lea toe Oaklawn meeting aa ii la now being con ducted with aaj sent] lenti other than dtsaatiafae-Uon and condemnation. The goeeraaatoi of this country Is dm oi tea abb; and the laws should he ":""1 h «n citUens. Daily Racing Form holds ,: :l ;l~ ■■ ! tea the imi tinea of ihis country are * I and I , It fan us. as much so as any •""■| chwa paraalag aaj other raeatMh. Their r noraea and the et nioga af their boreee arc their capital and their Incouae and their calling is as s ] -itiiuac as the calling af the man who aeHi a merchandise. Bat the legislature af the state af Arkansas has deemed It in to paaa aa act, which 1 is now the law ol that state forbidding belting on i racea la rerj clearly defined teraaa. As a aaaree ol revenue betting seems neceaaary to the aarrcaa ot racing at Hot Springs. Bat thai eeeeeaity deea not serre as ■ valid excuee for carrying on a meet tog nndec conditions that are evidently law defying. u i- sai,i thai the owaera af Oaklawa have been t ndriaed by expert1 lawyers that the Amis law is 1 ■•eonstitutionaL [bat advice i~ good ground for proaecating suite throogfa the courts of Arkansas ; *o eatabllab the unconstrtutionaHry f the law. Certainly enoogfa baa been done in vioiaiion at its juovisions to fnralab ■ baahi for bringing every phase to the aeratla of the courts. This should be . dead as apeedUy and diligently aa possible. Ouu lawa repreaeata a beary investment of money and ]i one could properly blame its owners for doing all I i: their power h-alh to save their property. But ■there is a right way and ■ wrong way of aaaaac ■ h thiaga ami the wrong way is now being travelled. The spectacle Of daily raids by officers t the law gives the track ■ bad name and is baneful to the interests of a high class apart elsewhere. If racing cannot now be carried on peacefully at Ohklawa, ii ahoald be al baaed until the courts . . on all the ["•ini- I i « i.nlfovel sy. This i arould be beat for the borae owners aad best for the track owners. Furthermore, it would tend to gain 1 the respect of the people ot Arkansas, as even the oootroUera of the track Boat peeeehre that it would I be highly advantageous to hare the ayaapathj af the citizens of that state Instead af their hostility. Flouting and defying its lau- mast inevitable and I justly evoke the latter.
