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UNSELFISH SENTIMENT IN RACING. When the anti-race track crusade was waged here last year, enemies of the turf asserted that the sport was conducted wholly for commercial gain and that the breeding of thoroughbreds was a side issue. Before tile present season opened, a combination of leading owners and breeders raised a fund of 10,000 to make up the losses that would be sustained by the different racing associations as a result of hanging up liberal stake events. To perpetuate valuable stakes at Saratoga James It. Keene has taken the initiative in raising another fund of 00,000. and will have the support of all the leading turfmen. In view of this sportsmanlike action, therefore, persons who believe In racing say that a continuance of the sport cannot be ascribed to a desire to pocket large dividends, and that the sincerity of the breeding interests Is clearly shown. New York Suu.
