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MISSOURI TURF LEGISLATION PROGRESS. Taylor Bill Reported Favorably in the House — New-Measure Introduced in the Senate. Two bills seeking the restoration of racing have been presented to the Missouri legislature. Both are from Kansas City interests. The first of these. the Taylor bill, was published in Daily Racing Form recently, li was introduced in the house of representatives and has been reported back la tin house by the Committee on Municipal Corporations, with a recommendation for it- passage. The second bill was offered in the Senate by Senator Casey of Kansas City. It is a p.-iri-mutuel measure and provide- for twenty-day spring and fall meeting-, a racing commission of three members, working alone the lines of the Kentucky Com-saiaaJaa and a ,000 license fee for each meeting. The commi-siene!- are to be appelated by the peeeraer. Iader the conditions, each sssociatioa will be permitted to eara eight per cent of the sum invested and a part of the gross receipts must anaually be paid into the good roads fund. This bill is being supported strongly by the Missouri Horse Breeders A—ociation, as well as by the purely r.ti nig element. Since the abandonment of racing iu St. Louis, all the track- within the city limits have been wiped out. The Fair Grenada track is a park site and Dehaar baa been subdivided. I be oal remaining track js that at Maxwellton. Which would have io be remodeled to lie of servile a- it i- almo-t cir« ular. ha- practically no stretch and i- Barron It i- reported that a spring racing meeting bad been planned for Maxwellton track without any betting adjunct. Kialoch Iark. another country repeal . has liecome an aviation field.
