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PROPOSED ARKANSAS RACING LAW. Memphis. Tenn.. Mav 5.— Tie Wadlev racing bill which passed the Arkansas senate bv a vote of IT to 12 Tuesday, and is to go he-fore- the lower bouse at once, was cared for hv Senator Keel, who amended to include Phillips and Jackson counties, as .veil ;is Garland County, and Senator Yonp also poinded restrictions for racing only 108 days in the year in one county, with no racing daring the month of Repteaaber. The three counties m which are located Hot Springs. Helena and Newport, are incliub d. The bill, if it bee es a law. mcana a resumption of racing for Memphis as well as Utile Rock ami Hot Springs, as Newport Gouty, in which racing is to lie permitted, is directly neroaa the river from Memphis. A delegation of merchants will visit Little Back this week to aid in the passage of the bill throng, i tie lower house. They are members of the Hot Springs BaMneaa Mens League. Dan Stuart, one of the owners and resident tnan-iigcr of the O.iklawn track, declared thai he had placed the matter fullv in the leagues bands. "We will race." he said, "if the hill is pa seed last arhen flu business men want us to begin and end] tie i tin:.-. We may have a late spring meeting at once, if the hill liecotues a law. "The matter of lac nil this spring is entirely iu Stuarts bands." said John Condon, who baa a large interest in Oaklawa Park — the Hot Springs racing plant.
