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; ; ; GOVERNMENT RACING COMMISSION Movement On Foot in Car.?da to Have Racing Placed Under Control of Authorities. Ixxingiou. Ky.. April Ul. — Norman Macfarlane. chairman of tiie Canadian committee of the Thoroughbred Horse Association, arrived here fr:m Montreal to see his banes, but cannot remain for the ran Meetteg, though he expects to l e at Louisville for the Derby. He brings the news that there is a movement on Beat in Canada to secure a government mated racing commission, with the expectation that when the tracks are re -opened they will be under proper ccntrol for the lienefit of the public and witii earatega to stockholders limittd to S per real per M— an. •" Yhe!! the war is over we will need something in Canada to lieln out on the national debt, and why not racing?" said Mr. Macfarlane. "Why should the Circ— In orofits from racing go to any individuals or any groui of individuals? Baring is for the pub-be b nefit and the oiihli • should have the profits. Tiie state should control the tracks absolutely. "1 think Kentucky could make a great stride for tie advancement of the horse interests of the nations if your legislature would authorise state ownership of thl race tracks iu Lexington. Louisville and I.a.onia and nut another track iu western Kentucky and have about 100 days racing, all counted, each rear. Your racing commission, which now has control of the tracks, could operate them for the benefit of the slate. . "If the track owners have, as they claim to have. the interests of the sport at heart, they would be glad to take a fair sum Tor their plants and see then owned BBtd npnated by the state. Tiie Stale Fair is owned by the state and operated under the heard of Agriculture, so why not have the race tracks so owned and so operated by the racing com-mi-sion «If Kentucky would take this progressive step Siarylaud and other states would take it. I am sun- It "would mean the salvation of racing and would nut the aotttieal pirates out of position to m ike tiie tracks the football of legislation."
