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« SPORTS AND THE DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW Every Horseman and Turf Follower in Favor of Complying with Spirit of the Order. Xew York. March 31. — Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the National War Garden Commission, is greatly incensed- over the rumored action of baseball magnates and managers of other sports, to confiscate the extra hour of daylight for other than patriotic uses. "Anyone who sieaes that extra hvur of daylight for his own selfish purinises. is a slacker of the worst sort." is his opinion. "It may mean a dozen extra dollars at the box office." said Mr. Pack, "but it is certainly violating the spirit of the law. A move like the one suggested, which might be followed by racing associations and other promoters of sports, would take thousands of hours from the garden daylight saving law. which was intended to increase the daylight usefulness in war work and was not intended to give extra hours for recreation or picayunish profits." Emil Hera left for Louisville last night. He i-: much troubled over his inability to ship his stable frrm Hot Springs to Kentucky. "I have been trying to get away for two weeks, but have not succeeded yet." said the owner of High Cost. In speaking of future sjKM-ulation on the Kentucky l erby. Mr. Here said there hud been little so far as he knew, though the odds offered against the good horses in the race were encouraging, the quotations being 7 io 2 against Sun Briar. 4 to 1 against Escoba. 8 t-i 1 against War Cloud and various prices from 10 to ."t» to 1 against the remainder. Mr. Garrison, the owner of the Calnmet Stable, will spend a few days at Bowie, as will many other New York patrons of the sport. Every horseman and patron of racing interviewed on the daylight saving question, is emphatic in his reply that the first race should be called at 2:30 p. 111.. as usual, but according to the daylight schedule.
