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NEW ORLEANS WANTS RACING. New oilcan-. La.. February 27. -At BO time since the pa-sage of the Locke law has there seen a in. r. pronounced feeling thai racing should be restored t. N.w Orleans, it was tic Locke law that drove the thoroughbred- out oi the city and the loss that h i-resalted each winter since has awakened the com munity to the benefit-, that were derived from ,i sport. Following the lead of the legislative candidates of t In- Seventh Ward, who declared for the s|n.rt. the Good Government League af the fifth Ward has eases Sai with I pledge to have it- representative work for the repeal of the I.ocke law. The lift li Ward leaguer- Ulieve that the Whole matter is one ..f local Option and that it sh uh! tie put to a vote ,f the | pie of New Orleans. This tin- friends of racing have all BMSBB want -.1 aid should such a solution be decided upon the sp,,rt. aeeordins lo th.-ir idea-, will quickly be 1 c e-,1 ahlislicd. Wh.-n raring was abolished lb. -r.- were two tin. ! era tracks that annually conducted tang whiter asset in:;-. If the -p.it i- r. -limed it will be at the lai, Grounds track, which Is thoroughly modern iii all of its appointuicuts aud has kaaaj kept iu good repair.
