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SOUTHERN CITIES FEEL LOSS OF RACING. Merchants ol" Jacksonville and New Orleans Complain That Legislation Has Injured Business. Cincinnati, 0., February 12. ••While I dont pretend to knou 11. in h about racing, ami the legislation nb ii iii- .hi., t.d ii in tin pa-;. 1 .an certainly see that the people of the --nth are - :-. for having permitted their legisla ires to abolish the sport in New Orleans and Jacksonvill ." said Jake Scbwinn. the representative -if n Cincinnati bouai who travels extensive] through the south. Mr. Schwlnn has ju-i returned from a months business nip to New Orleans and Jacksonville, and i- qualified to apeak ning tic-- matters. "Merchants in Jacksonville told me that thej have not done the busiuess bj on. ;..ii- tiii wlnl r thai thej did last, and they ite it all to the abollshmi nl ol racing. lii New Orleans every mi 1 1 met would bring up the subject and point out hov, hi- business had been injured Just because there was no whiter racing. It would not surprise me in tin- least to sea 1 revival of racing In both ,: tin-,- states next u-nr. I wa- told thai tie matter ill !-• present 1 to the legislatures ot each state when tin--, again convene. In Louisiana tin New Orleans people will have a bill to permit the ••-idem of each parish to decide wbethei or n..t thej -hall I ive racing. Ho -ante ss tin- liquor laws ia manj stat - an I II thi v can succeed in getting a men Mire of thai ki; I through the legislature, it is certain thai ii will carry in New Orleans, or course, from whal I heard I . in tha t , ertaiu 1 estrietk na will ■ • : 1 ■ -.i 1 sport, and that oulj one Hack a! a me will be permltteil to run, probably for thlrtj days at 1 -tret.-ii. but in my opinion it is hound to . m 1 , Flo bia 1 iv i;.i noi i* surprised to -.-,- the whole a:i!: billing bill wiped OR ihe books."
