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m THE TRANSPORTATION CRISIS IS PAST Director of Railroad Traffic Assures Turfmen That There Will Be Little Trouble. New York. April 2. — Reassuring information to 1 owners of horses and managers of races and fairs has Just ...Hie from W. H. Gocher. secretary of the National Trotting Association, following a visit to Washingi -ii in the interest of wartime sport. Mr. Gocher says that Mr. Chambers, the director of railroad traffic, assured him there would be no •ntcrruptii-n of tansnortation of horses west of iittsburgn and none east of there except in congested aoiies. and then only to make way for heavy movement v ,,r troops or supplies. The traffic department. h - said, will do everything ii its power to have business of every kind defending mi transportation continue as usual, and «ill not interfere in any way with the pleasure and pursuits ,,f ,|lf. people" except when war measures nirtkc t iui|»erative.
