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ENGLISH RACING AND WAR FUNDS FUNDSAustralian Australian racing clubs have done much in the way of contributing to various war funds and in the United States big sums are being given out of the coffers of numerous racing associations What have the English racecourses done Individual iwners bookmakers and backers arc not referred to the great majority of them have subscribed in liberal fashion to one fund or another Everyone knows that most of the English racecourse com ¬ panies have been more or less badly hit by the stoppage of racing stopped through no fault of their own but large sums could have been realized by means of Red Cross meetings and so on and rtonld have been had not the government intervened I am impelled to these remarks when I reflect that the Hongkong Jockey Club in the course of the last three years has given 19400 to St Dun stans Hostel for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors 18000 to Hongkong war charities fund 4076 to the British Red Cross fund and 1000 to the Blue Cross fund Had it not been for the disastrous fire during the races at Hongkong this year in which 000 lives mostly Chinese were lost with the result that tlie races were abandoned tin War Charities subscription would have been considerably increased Another eastern club the Shanghai Race Club during 191517 donated five airplanes four scouts and one battle plane to the Royal Plying Corps at a cost of 41250 All this came from racing and it is regrettable indeed that owing to the curtailment of racing in this country by the Kovornment England has lagged behind Vigilant in London Sportsman
