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FAVORS RACING IN STATE OF ILLINOIS Senator Richard J Barr of Joliet who is the Republican leader in the state senate is said to favor horse racing and hopes to see the sport revived in Illinois In the war it took months Ior men to train horses for cavalry and artillery regiments with the result tht hardly one regiment ivas formed If racing was legalized there would he plenty of horses ready on instant call should the nation be called to fight