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ENGLANDS WINTER BACING ] AGREEMENT MADE FOR RESUMPTION OF STEEPLECKASING AND HURDLE RACING. 4. Solves Problems of Many Who Depend Upon the ; Sport for Their Livelihood — Terms of the I Governments Permission, I Over in England on November 19 there was much j rejoicing in turf circles. On that day it became i public Uiat the government bail pronounced in favor of permitting a measure of the customary winter j iiiMiins. devoted to stceplechasing and hurdle rac- j iug. Outside of tlie s|»ortiiig side of the mutter, j it will provide employment and a living for many ] ■Mate who. otherwise, would l e in a dire struggle ] for the mere means of existence. Many restrictions. « unheard if in normal times, accompany this tardily- j granted permission, but on the principal that a half- j loaf is lietter tlian no loaf, owners are glad to j lake what is vouchsafed them without griiinbliiig. j Proposals were submitted to Walter Kunciman. j President of the Board of Trade, in October by the j Ass-w iation of Kacehorse Owners. Breeders and j Trainers, but these were rejected for the reason j that they included race tracks in military occu- j pancy. which tin- government was unwilling to re- j lease. New proposals were invited. These were | submitted Novemlior 12 and. after consideration, ac- j oepled with restrictions. Of the whole matter Lon- !on Sporting Life f Novemlior lit said: "This welcome news is announced by Mr. T. A. j Edge, the honorable secretary of the Association of j Kacehorse Owners. Breeders and Trainers, who state-: that the President of the Board of Trade lias intimated that the government would raise no objection to the holding of a limited number of nice lings at certain s|«-citied race courses in ac- cordaiK-e with the Associations revised scheme sub- milted on November 12. The scheme is as fol- lows: i "1. Permission is sought to hold race meetings t on courses to lie agreed upon under the control of 1 lie Jockey Club and National Hunt Committee. subject to the following conditions: , "2. N. railway facilities will be asked for. the , conveyances of the public to the race courses being , arranged for by road. "3. Nine but inclusive tickets covering entrance , and conveyance by road will be issued, and no person will be admitted without such a voucher. These special vouchers will he sold in the big towns nearest to the ra -e courses on which racing is to , take place, and the necessary road transit arranged f r m such towns. "4. All gates and direct approaches from railway stations connected with the race courses concerned will lie closed. "5. Five shillings shall be the minimum charge for admission instead of one shilling, as heretofore, and n money will be taken at the gates ex- -ept that local tickets will be issued to inhabitants of the district only en production of their Registration Cards, which will identify them and prevent other than genuine residents from obtaining such tickets. "6. The lower rates of admission are susiiended with the object of confining the attendance to owners, breeders and trainers, and persons seriously interested in the horse industry. •"7. The widest publicity will be given to the scheme in tlie press and otherwise, it lieing made clear to the public that it will be useless to attempt to obtain admission excepting in the manner and under the conditions here detailed. ••The communication published by Mr. Edge continues: "Statements have been made in the press as to a certain amount of delay which is supposed to have occurred in reaching a decision. The Association can. however, hear testimony to the expeditious manner in which Mr. Kunciman has dealth with a compliiiited situation. The first concrete proposal put before him by tlie Association stated that the executives for the four named race courses ha l agreed to hold meetings with no railway facilities, and this was the scheme which he took into consideration. It appeared on investigation that meetings at three of the four places named were impossible, inasmuch as Sandown. Hurst Park and Keinpton courses were under military occupation. The Association had consequently to be asked for further proposals, and when these projiosals were received no time was lost in consulting the departments interested, and on receipt of tlieir replies there was no delay in coming to a decision. "It is probable that racing will lie held at Gat-wick. Lingfield. Plumptou. Colwall Park near Mal-vernl. Newmarket. Hawthorn Hill, Windsor and possibly other places."
