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COMMISSION DEFERS ACTION RACING GOVERNORS OF BALTIMORE COUNTY STILL CONSIDERING MUTUEL RULING Commissioners Decide to Hold Another Conference with Owners cf HalfMile Tracks and Will An nounce Final Decision Before New Year Baltimore M l December 17 The expected deci ¬ sion f the Baltimore County Racing Commission which is composed of Redmond C Stewart Freder ¬ ick L You Kapff and Spalding Lowe Jenkins auent the installation of the itarimutuel hutting system it the local halfmil tracks of which there are Tour todayThe did not materialize today The commissioners stated that they wanted an ¬ other meeting with the halfmile track owners after which it would make known its verdict before the first of the new year yearSentiment Sentiment among the small track promoters is strong against the machines and they allege that they will have to close their gates in 11I1JJ if the commission insists tition using the machine Some of them state It would mean a monopoly for Pim lieo The opposition also toints out that the inu tnels xvill be au experiment at Pimlico and the Iialfinile owners do not want the machines to toe tried out at their expense expenseTwo Two mile tracks Havre de Grace and Laurel and the other halfmile tracks in the state will not lie affected by the local commissions ruling and inasmuch as it is expected the continuation of racing will be op osed at the nest meting of the legislature a year hence the Baltimore County half uiile track owners think that the commission should not compel them to use the machines while book making will lie permitted elsewhere in the state stateThe The four tracks in Baltimore County are tho Gentlemens Driving Park Timonium Electric Park and Prospect Park ParkAs As a solution one prominent race official suggests that it would do well to let the mutucls Ite tried out iit Pimlico tliat the halfmile courses should be emu lulled ip place in their betting ring at least one liarlHUnthel machine sis an educational factor By observing and recording the results of the mittnines tints in use Curing the year the members of tiie commission would be Itettcr informed and could rule accordingly in 1914
