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GIVES STABILITY TO CANADIAN TURF. New Law Will Prevent Duplication of Meetings Under Different Auspices on One Track. IV mate. Oat., March St.— The lull Introduced in i lie Hi. use of Commons at Ottawa yesterday by the Minister of Justice does much to assure stability to i i ii _ in Canada. It provides that, in future, the righl to held meetings with betting, shall I xer ,-.-. .1 only by such clubs as are now in existence. and sn.ii new clpbs as may in- estsbllsbed by act of ; Parliament, or of the Provincial Legislatures. This - pats out of possibility the multiplication of rai .■ courses under the sjnyi,. authority of Incorporation 1 under the Joint st.xk compaalmi act. Nea iiiiisi have special legislation, and thus th,- gnat l danger from vagrant promoters is practically eliin- ■ i. Th.- charters for Mr. Boberl Davies Thora- • iille Park, mar this city, and for the London ■ Jockey Club, which had been on iil - for two years, : wen granted befon the mtalster brought in the iiiii 1 I llis Week. Another weak point in the litnarioa i~ also renv : in Hon. Mr. Dohertys hill. Which makes i, 1 Unit on.- .ut. ..in not turn its eOBTM over t" aic. tier after having had its own allotted period •! 1 fourteen days eon fear. The evasioa of tin- intent of the ..ii law iv the Dufferin Park people, a 10 I.-.. i the Toronto l rivn_- Club as a shield for a see oad meetlag, hi laid t" be the Instance in salad, and this cannot happen agaia. The i.ili has passed the contentions stage and will become a law in a few days.
