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WHERE FRENCH BETTING PROFITS GO. April 2 the question of betting on the race courses came up again before the French Chamber of Deputies. M. Kuan, the minister of agriculture, proposing to modify clause 4 in the Act of 1891, which makes it a |M-nal offense to offer to bet with all comers. Nothing definite was decided, and the matter was adjourned until after May is. The sum of 1909.sh00,000 deducted from the pari unitiiel receipts has been expended in Carrying water to thirty two small towns and villages not provided with waterworks; aud the one per cent, now taken for "special" purposes will continue to be devoted to this object. Meanwhile, there is a strong feeling growing up in France favoring the foundation of a club enclosure on the race courses, where owners and their friends can bet at fixed odds among themselves: but this is opposed in official circles.
