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WILL CONTRIBUTE TO TOBACCO FUND. New York, July C. Racing men have signified i their intention of aiding the fund to keep the . American boys in the trenches supplied with pipes, tobacco and cigarettes. James Shevlin, the newly elected president of the Queens County Jockey Club, which is holding its meeting at the Aqueduct track, said he was glad of the opportunity to contribute I to such a fund. He promised a personal contribution : of 0 and will take the matter up with the . directors of his association in an effort to further ; increase the fund. All the racing associations are helping the Red Cross fund and it is expected that t they will also help keep "our boys" in smokes. The Brighton Stable also will contribute to the fund. George Smith, owner of the stable, said lie " : would send in his check for 5; John E. Madden, master of Hamburg Place, the great breeding farm I in Kentucky, declared that every one interested 1 in the turf should help the fund, as he intends to i do. Besides a score of prominent owners and trainers s who said they would help, a fund lias been started 1 among racegoers, who neither own nor train horses.
