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RESTORATION OF CAPTAIN RICE POPULAR. Hot Springs. Ark., November 19. The restoration of Captain R. It. Rice, of Varner, Ark., to good standing in Western Jockey Club circles was received as important news here today. Captain Rice and Senator Amis, author of the anti-racing bill in the last senate, were close friends and the bill was introduced as a retaliatory measure by the now dead senator, who believed his personal friend was beiug wronged in being denied the privilege of racing on Western Jockey Club tracks. Captain Rice was a constituent of Senator Amis and had many friends in the legislature that passed the bill. He is a close friend of United States Senator Jeff Davis and his influence in bringing about a repeal or modification of the anti-pool selling bill iu his home state is regarded as a veluable aid in the next legislative tight on the question.
