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CANADIAN RACING OUTLOOK BRIGHTER. Now Believed That There Will Be No Interference with Meetings Scheduled for 1917. Toronto. Out . May 2». The deputation of owners , breeders and Jockey Club representatives, who weal bi Mtawa to later tea the govirnmeiit coiu-i-i ning tie- cancellation e.f racing in Camilla during tin- war. returned |., Toronto much pleased with what they le-11 in I at tin- capital. They hare every reaaaa tee expect that the order in .-e.iiM.-il. which will be headed e|e,wn this week, will permit them to carry out their entire preigram .f racing for the s«-a on. witleuit anv curtailment whatever. When the geive rnmi-nt was shown the- financial and other obligations undertaken by the breeders and owners, as well as those by the Jockey Clubs, the • liputation was promised careful consideration of its representation.. It is confidently expelled that racing will In- continued throughout the 1917 season as orb-MiiaHy scheduled, but with no further meetings until the end of the war. The proposal of the track owners, made at Ottawa, Io continue racing entirely, with enndi tinus. for the remainder of the present season and tlu-n discontinue it entirely for the balance of the war. seems an eminently sensible solution of this much misunderstood matter. Tei curtail racing now, wle-n most of the plants have gene into heavy expenditures iu preparation for the s-asons business, would be manifestly i;n fair. The tracks have made their preparations in good faith and sudden discontinuance of racing at the present juncture would cause them heavy financial losses. That there is any necessity for discontinuing racing under existing conditions, with the subsequent almost irreparable loss to the breeding industry, is not admitted. England, much nearer the war-front, still has its racing. But if the sport in Canada must be discontinued, the end of the present seaaea is the just and proper time for announcing the plans to that end.
