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MERCHANTS FEEL LACK OF RACING. Ni iv York. January 5. One of th. most promi nent merchants of New York, with an estsbllsbDse.it which is one of the largest of its kind in the world, is quoted in an Interview in the Evening Telegram to th.- effect that he is positlvi that the passing of the atiti racing laws in this state had severe! T crippled his business in tin- rammer. "Those win. rtalaad New fork iu the past basmnss tiny wished to I..- present at one of the burger race meetings do not com.- here now." said he. "We are losing tin- benedl of that saoaey which would bars been put into circulation in this city. 1 am satis ti, d from personal Investigation that the deprivation of racing is responsible for our losses, it se.-ms to in,- that legislation which legislates a . immunity oui of packet is not for the best iuti r.sts of all."
