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SOLDIERS IN UNIFORM WELCOMED. Lead of United Hunts Racing- Association Will Most Likely Be Followed by Other Clubs. i New York. April 20.-Th.it all military folk in uniform, both army and navy, will be admitted heel to the local race courses this year is almost a foregon." conclusion. Already has the Inited Hunts Racing Association declared such intention, and | while other associations have not yet acted upon I the question, its adoption is ousidereil certain. I P. J. Bryan, in speaking for the Piping Kock I organization, believed that uniformed military would! be privilege, 1 :it the Locust Valley meetings, but the officials of the club had not yet discussed the proposition. At nearly all the tracks in Canada uniformed officers and men have been admitted to the race courses since the war started. The Canadian precedent will no doubt be followed in this country when the associations start proceedings. As each association is a unit in such matters, it is a question of Individual concern more than collective. Despite the recent burning of the Terminal grandstand, the Inited Hunts Association decided to hold the regular race series which had been sanctioned by the Jockey Club and the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association before the country became engaged in war. In lieu of the stand, tents and marquees will be used on the lawn and a military aspect given to the grounds, which are always picturesque. Among the most prominent of the new members elected at a ree-qit meeting of the board of numbers were Joseph YV. Harrimaii. Henry YY". Sage. J. Stuart Wing and YV. G. Jacquette These help make a membership of 270 of the most prominent sportsmen in America.
