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INDORSE RACING COMMISSION BILL Prominent Business Men of Seattle, Farmers and Others Favor Racing in Far Western State. SEATTLE, Wash.. February 19. Interest in the Washington .State Racing Commission act, now in the House of Representatives at Olympia, continues to grow and many farmers and breeders of the state are taking an active interest and giving their support to the measure. Besides the State of Washington asking for the comeback of horse racing and breeding under the Kentucky form of racing, which regulates and controls all race tracks and promotes and encourages the breeding of thoroughbred and standard-bred horses, Tennessee, West Virginia. Oregon and Montana are seeking to re-establish racing under new laws. The expressions of some of the prominent business men of Seattle and breeders and farmers of western Washington follow: "The proposed Washington State Racing Commission act would, in my estimation, greatly benefit both the state and the city of Seattle. The Washington Derby would attract widespread attention; the breeding of thoroughbred horses would in due time be u source of revenue and advertising to the state. A short summer racing season would bring i great number of visitors to our city and every line of industry would be benefited, to say nothing jf the pleasure and recreation to be derived from in afternoon of clean, high-class horse racing." Harry Whitney Treat. NOTHING PROVES BETTER. i "For the professional and business man nothing proves lwtter than a days outing watching horse races. It is the king of sports. Let it be conducted by our substantial business men and it will always he a success in Washington." Dr. George M. Horton. "I speak not only for the amusement interest of Seattle, but from personal observation. Seattle and the State of Washington are right now ready for a summer season of well-conducted horse racing and public sentiment runs that way. The Washington State Racing Commission bill means a new deal in horse racing. It has no relation whatever to the old methods. The theater interests will welcome it. Its great sport." Carl Reiter, manager .Moore Theater. "Should the Washington State Racing Commix-, sion bill become a law. I have forty acres between Seattle and Everett that will make an admirable breeding establishment. Both the harness and running horse now bring wonderful prices at the eastern sales and witli racing on a substantial basis in this state I believe it will be profitable to breed horses in this great climate. I shall turn my attention to breeding high-grade horses." Alliert M. Robinson, Echo Lake, Wash. LET US HAVE CLEAN SPORT. "I should say so Im for the Washington State Racing Commission. Let us have some clean sport and recreation." Henry Broderick. "Under a state racing commission, such as they have in Kentucky. I favor a limited season of horse racing for this state." Joshua Green. "Both the Spokane Interstate Fair Association and the Intermount Fair and Racing Associations strongly indorse the Washington State Racing Commission measure." W. L. Tenr.ant, secretary. "Being the largest individual breeder of" race horses in this State, most of which are standard-bred, I take great interest in the Washington State Racing Commission act and indorse it. My place in Skagi County called for ,S00 in taxes this year. Wc breed, raise and race our horses purely for the sport of seeing them win races. The legislature and governor should have no hesitancy in enacting the proposed law." R. II. Ball, Jackson Apartments, 1521 Eighth Avenue, Seattle. "Personally I am an enthusiastic admirer of a good thoroughbred horse race there is no finer sport. From a business standpoint a season of twenty-five days racing annually would be wonderful for Seattle. It would bring tremendous crowds of the best class of people to our city. Seattle needs it." J. C. Marmaduke, manager New Washington Hotel. "The undesirables, such as the tout, gambler, bookmoker, the parasites that once infested the turf, have lieen driven away from resjiectable racing. They are not allowed on any of the tracks of Kentucky, Maryland, New Orleans or New YorK Hence the popularity of the turf today." Robert A. Hlller.
