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RACING HEALTH IS ABUNDANT Judjo Nelsons Opinion of the Future Here and in Canada New York November 27 Judge Francis Nelson of Toronto spent a few days in this city recently He and his family were out on a sort of vacation taking in the sights and theaters and as he said incidentally paying big money to sleep and more Jo eat His synopsis of the racing situation and its future can be summed up in a few words The turf is in better favor today than it ever has been l otli in this country and Canada said he and I look for decided progress and stability Alluding to the Canadian outlook Judge Nelson said that nothing had really been floae for the revival Of the sport up to the present but when the right time came along it would no doubt be fully con ¬ sidered and plans arranged for its welfare as well as providing a revenue to Province or Dominion or both bothSo So far as racing support is concerned from a fi ¬ nancial and sportsmans view said Mr Nelson one cannot help but see the unusually large per ¬ centage of wealthy men now connected with the turf in the old days there were great men and influential sponsors such as D D Withers August Hclmoiit father of Major Belmont the two Loril lards G W 1C Lawrence and one or two others lint such men could be counted on ones fingers Today there are practically dozens of exceedingly rich mci in close touch with the turf as well as men of influence At random look who we have There is 11 P Whitney Major August Pelmont A K Macomber J H Kosseter H K Knapp J E Widener G D Widencr John Sanford C K G Billings Major Edward B Cassatl Lieu ¬ tenant G A Ccchrane Kobert L Jerry Clarence Mackay Price McKinney K T Wilson J P Davis Thomas Fortune Kyaii in fact one could g on up and down the line for mi hour counting wealthy and influential sportsmen who are now much concerned in turf affairs affairsAll All these men are representative Americans and sportsmen and their connections with racing cannot help but impress one with the idea that the sport is on a foundation much more soliil than it lias been If racing could only be governed and its profits in some way restricted so as o free it from the accustomed attacks of reformers and those who take a kick at it for selfish reasons it would attain the distinction it not only deserves but the recognition it enjoys in almost every other coimtrv in the worliU But I suppose that will come as we grow older As I mentioned before Canada is sleeping quietly until national conditions are more straightened o t and the right moment arrives for discussion We in the Dominion are hoping for a resumption of racing in this near future based on principles that will strengthen its foundation ami make it a universally desired sport
