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STRONG MEN AND CONTROL H D Browns Notion of Racing and Its Present Needs March of Intolerance Likely to toBe Be Checked Sentiment in Racings Favor Xowhere in racing circles is the end of the war jiore welcome than in Cuba where the removal of wartime restrictions is expected to give racing a decided impetus Until last winter tourist patronage was iu important factor in the upbuilding of the rat sport of thoroughbred racing at Oriental Park the beautiful home of the CubaAmerican Jockey Club at Marianao a suburb of Havana Last win passport restrictions there therewas was practically no tourist travel to Cuba and the rriig was carried on during the stretch of 105 days comprising the most successful wason since II I Itrown and his associates oyened Oriental Isrk in 1915 principally with the patronage be snwfd by the si ortloving people of Havana who jiive taken to racing witli an avidity and an eu timsiasm that promises great things for the future of the sport in Cuba CubaWith With the lifting of the wartime restrictions on tmvel to Culm it may be exiiected that wealthy pliasiinr seekers from this country will not lie slow o avail th inselyes of the opportunity of once more enjoying the delights of a sojourn in the jnost won dcrlnl winter climate to l e found on the face of thi globe for it Is conceded that the Cuban winter climate is matchless Racing is one of the diver ¬ sions of tourist life in Cuba and the presence of a large number of tourists from this country will add materially to the prosperity of the Oriental Park meetings and enable the management to still further increase the attractiveness of the stake and purse offerings in the following out of its policy of eventually making Oriental Park the most im ¬ portant winter racing center in America AmericaH H D BROWN ON KACINGS FUTURE FUTUREH H I Brown to whose executive capacity the rroviiig prominence of Havana as a racing point is One has decided ideas as to the benefits which will accrue to racing in general and Cuban racing in particular from the cessation of the war Iu an interview with a representative of Daily Racing Form he said saidThe The war has exercised a l eneficial effect upon racing and has shown the necessity for continuing the breeding of the thoroughbred horse to encourage which is the real reason for racing We never can tell when we shall have another war We may think ourselves safe now hut nobody can really tell vhat the future holds in store While the automo ¬ bile has played a great part in the war it has been demonstrated that the horse is a necessity as well lie is needed for cavalry purposes and will be for cavalry can go where automobiles cant operate operateThe The government is awakening to the necessity of doing what is possible to encourage and foster the breeding of good horses and it is safe to say that the government from the President down will take a keen interest in racing in the future It is generally realized now that the reformers have gone loo far in trying to suppress all forms of amusements and that they have simply become tyrannical It is time for the pendulum to swing luck The war has oiiencd the eyes of the people to many things thingsSTRONG STRONG MEN AND CONTROL NEEDED NEEDEDThe The need now is for a few strong meu in the States where racing has Ixsen suppressed to come to the front in a movement to restore the sport under a commission form of control so that when restored it shall not be overdone and run into the ground I firmly believe that tho time is ripe for i movement under which racing can be as firmly stablishcd in the United States as is it in England and France Hut it will really need centralized government control controlSuch Such men as W O McAdoo could if in the Presidents chair put such a thing through He is a lover of the horse and has the necessary courage of his convictions convictionsCuban Cuban racing of the future bids fair to assume a constantly growing importance The Cubajis are good sportsmen and will patronize racing liberally if convinced that it is conducted cleanly and hon ¬ estly which is our foremost aim They are natural lovers of the horse and the fact that the President t the Ihlaiid Republic has taken up the breeding of thoroughbreds ou a larger scale with the in trfTtion of not only breeding them but of engaging in the racing when the produce of his stud is old enough taken with the further fact that President Dolz of the Cuban Senate has taken to breeding also and has had passed a bill through the Senate creating a 15000 purse for governmental encour ¬ agement of breeding and racing shows that the iw st element of Cuba is for racing and out to make iiilw the great winter resort of America All of these things augur well for the future of Cuban
