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| COMPROMISE IS SUGGESTED COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ANTI-RACING LAWS PROPOSED AT ALBANY. Proposition Includes Plan for a Conference with Friends and Enemies of the Sport for the Presentation of Suggestions. Albany, N. Y.. February 24.— The Legislature is likely to put through a re-nlutioii providing for tne appointment nf a committee tn investigate the ami race irack laws with a view tn framing a cm ,i mi-e for which the racing interests and the opp -itioii will stand. Assemblyman James s. Darker, one of the Beptrh lican leaders of the lower house, who owns a siring nf trotting borsea, said yesterday that several legia lators were discussing tin- proposition, it had I ii brought to their attention, in- remarked, by mom who were not connected with the -ace tracks, but who believed that the present laws were unfair. The committee, if named, will call before it stewards of the Jockey Club, officers of agricultural societies, directors of county fair associations an I the representatives of the reform orgaiiiz.Hions which bave been active in tin- anti race track movement iu order to secure suggestions that will liable them tn draft a bill under which racing may be revived. This committee will be a-ked to devise a plan i permitting horse racing ••in a manner satisfactory to both the racetrack owners and those who fear the letting down of the bars agiin-t hotting." Governor Dix. it is said, will aot - any met ure that is approved by a majority of those v. h i represent all interests. Ithaca. N. Y., February 24. — A New York Ktai Horse Breeders Association may In- formed to encourage tin- breeding of horses. Persona attending Farmers Week at Cornell met Thursday and name. I a committee to make plans for a permanent organ izatimi. The committee includes eX-CSov. Horace White. State Commissioner of Agriculture llusmi. S. W. TaytOT "r New York. F. A. Powell of Hvrn-ciise. Dr. W. I.. Williams of the State Veterinary College at Cornell. Prof. II. H. Harper or Die Stale College of Agriculture. II. II. Fisher of Spencer, and David Cray of Geneseo.
