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i ] t .1 | i 1 J i i ,] l j, n p . 1, t to r t t 1 g f w w $ a $ V a h BELIEVE NEW ORLEANS WANTS RACING j New Orleans. 1.. May 9. — "The Business Mi n- I Racing Association will take no action in regard to ■ the propose.] bill opiMiiients of racing will introduce into the Legislature to kill the s|iort in Louisiana/ ■„ John T. Pender said after his reelection to the j, presidency of the association last Monday. Others j in re -elected an-: I. it. Keniiyson. vice president ; A. t It. Craves, secretary-treasurer, and R. S. Eddy. Jr.. asvist;,iit secretarv-treasurer. The election of affirm followed naming of nine ■ director- |,v the stockholders. The new directors named the four officers from their number. Other :l a dun tors elect,., | j,,-,. Arturo del Orto. A. B. Lol.l- » lier. Cus Pii.ird. Albert P.uja and Louis N. lmg * No other action was taken by the directors. Pre*- Meat Pender and I. B. Reiinyson said after the meeting : "Our attitude toward racing is not affected by the proposed bill in the next l/ogislature and we will not conduct a hibby against it. We dont want racing h-re if the people of Now Orleans dont want it We would l,e hisl to have a Vote of the people as w he! her they want racing. "We believe the people of New Orleans do want | racing. I_-o,t winter ."iO.ooo persons came here for the races anil we estimate that at least IO.OOO of U them would not have come if we had not had racing Tiny sp.nd their money here. j "We are doing the same thing. The association gave $.,3,000 to the support of the Fair last year. We have paid 40. MM on the City Park race track I which will cost 00.0011 and o.000 interest. It will go to the citv. We paid into the city tnasurv V J.i.tMitl lor license fee and we paid .»WM» in city and state taxes. The Inited Slabs government got gP.OUO iii war taxes from the last seasons racing. I. We give to every charily and enterprise that conies along. We have given and given until we are ex It hatisled."
