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• 1 • - WILL AGAIN ATTEMPT TO RACE. The following nci — dispatch wi- seal onl from 1 I.a Parte, lad.. Thursday: "II can be stand with 1 almost positive eertaiaty thai racing will he 1 • sumed on the coarse at Mineral Spriags not l.r -r than May 1. tin- legislature being depended mum 1 f.,i 1 racing bill which will remove the possibility ..I coiiit act I r armed Interference l the state • I militia. Ii is understood that all obligations agaiaal i III.- course will he settled ami that Mltliclcht capita I 1 1 1 • i I will be enlisted to laaare the saccess of the tracl: ami tin erection of the buildings planned when th association was incorporated. Including a thorough!.! in. .de in hotel." The lower hoase of the Indiana Legbjbttnre lia already passed a bill providing far the appointment h tbe governor of it state commission lo regulal ■ ami control all racing in Indiana and Unit hill Is ■on before the Senate. The lull was introduced hj Representative Miller of Indianapolis and provide* for lie- appointment hy tbe governor of a state racing commission of ihre* members in license the tracks ami race meetings. This comtnlssioii would have the exclusive power la prescribe rales, regulations and conditions ami r which race tracks, stal fairs and coaaty fairs might e. .iidii. I r 11 ■ The bill would ::iio the commission the right to grant to licensees the power to collect entraace f.-.-s. lines and forfeitures and to grre the licensees such other rights and prlveleges as the commission might deem to be In ihe interest of breeding and orderly racing. The commission would also have the riy;Iit lo h the dates iad duration ..1 race ateethags, tbe dates between which races might he held being from April 1 to November 15, The hill makes -efferent* to betting.
