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ENGLISH RACING AFTER THE WAR ENDS Lack of Money May Bring Radical Changes ic Conditions of Stake Racing Over in England consideration is being given tr turf probabilities after the war is over one sugges ion being stake conditions may have to lie radieallj changed to enable owners to carry on Concerning this W Allison said in a recent edition of London Sportsman The correspondence of Mr Lionel Robinson aiif Mr Hwfa Williams on the above subject lioes not willy toncli the point of substance for on the OIK land the Race Course Company guarantees a hip stake and if on the other the entries and forfeit ire such that the guarantors are either absolve if lability or have little to pay those who sub cribe the stakes have no more reason to complait ihsin if they had engaged their animals in a mate r private sweepstakes It is an old custom foi iwners to run against owners in matches or sweep ¬ stakes and the Two Thousand Guineas nd On Thousand Guineas remain to this day as examples f this So long as owners are able and content o enjoy their sport on these terms it is difficult o see ivliy anyone else should complain but it i veil to contemplate the future when owners wil certainly not have so much money to spend am ig stakes will neither be subscribed for nor guar intccd In fairness it should be remembered by Mr Lionel Robinson and those who think with him hat the guarantee of a big stake constitutes a Ion stride in advancj of the earlier practice Until inly a few years ago the St Leger was in the sami category with the Two Thousand Guineas and Om Chonsand Guineas no money being added or guar mteod Even the Derby used to stand on its own f know that proprietary courses are not liked it Vustralia and as the Australian Jockey Club an Victoria Racing Club conduct their meetings as il mr Jockey Club at Newmarket for the racing itself iiul not to pay any dividend the big meetings can ffer attractive terms to owners of race horses but ve have to remember that in Australia or New Zea and practically everybody goes racing and pays it the gate while bookmakers cheerfully ilisburs lig fees for licenses and in some parts the totali ator is recognized as a producer of income In this vay the Victoria Racing Club and the Australian Jockey Clubs grow rich richPERILS PERILS THAT THREATEN NOW It is all well to complain of Sandown Part laving disbursed a reasonable profit to its share lolders but surely it is only fair to remember that acing in the Vicinity of London would have been viped out altogether had it not been lor the institu Jon of Sandown Park That could not be don vithout ample capital and now comes the questiot Why should that capital not lx made reprodnc ive in a moderate degree to those who subscriber t A time is no doubt coining when owners will lave to race for much smaller stakes unless thej ibtain some outside sources of supply but it does lot follow that th6 snort will be injured by stakes King reduced Nevertheless the country trainei ees liis doom as menaced by the chancellor of the xcheqner and his unwelcome satellites and a lajor Remvick saysin liis letter to The Sportsmai if today the position is one of ruin Yet Majoi ttenwick has White Wall with all its John Scott tories and traditions It is horrible to think oi ilalton being ruined as a training center May b t will jipt happon We must still hope that wisei ouneils will prevail but one thing is certain that my attempt at recriminations on past management if racing is out of place at present for owners have ecn well eontent to race their horses under existing ondifions A scheme will have to be devised how ¬ ever for changing all this when the afterwar fi lances leave us all with no surplus money to speal if Racing programs will have to be reorganized ii uthless fashion and perhaps a larger proportion ol the profits of enclosed courses will have to go af idded money but the good management of the on loscd suburban courses has conferred an immcnst won on London and those who have been instru nental in bringing about this happy result shouli e gratefully remembered by all whom it may con
