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SPORT OF RACING MAKES GOOD The socalled reformers who for years have made horse racing their pet object of attack have been knocked out They have boen floored for the full count The si ort has vindicated itself in a most effective manner It has proven it is a leal wartime sport that it can answer the call ti the Colors with the best of em and that it can do its bit to chase the kaiser into his cage in Berlin in a most masterful fashion Three weeks ago when Uncle Sam called upon his millions of nephews in this country to unlimber their purses and begin shelling the Huns with Liberty Bonds racing broke from the barrier with a rush that soon carried it past its first objective 1000000 and eventually succeeded in carrying it beyond the 2000000 goal goalNo No sport in the whole curriculum has made a bttter showing in helping to win the war than racing Its response in the Fourth Liberty Loan drive exceeded the most elastic expectations of the most optimistic enthusiasts By subscribirig 2377200 the followers of racing have raised the sport to a plane of popularity and esteem which it never before enjoyed Not once in the many drives that have been held either for Liberty Bonds or for war charities has racing been found want ¬ ing No greater commentary on its patriotism as a sport could be made New York Evening Tele
