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CANADIAN RACING REGULATION Dr Tolmios Appointment Hay Be Significant legislation That Is Suspected SuspectedNEW NEW YORK N Y August 11 Appointment of Dr S F Tolmle of Victoria B C as niinister of agriculture in Canada may have a far reaching effect on horse racing in the Dominion according to the opinion of American horsemen who know the new official and are familiar with existing condi ¬ tions on the Canadian turf Dr Tolmie is a farmer and a horseman and is president of the National Live Stock Council of Canada which has been doing some big things for stock breeding interests across the border borderIt It would be in keeping with the spirit of the times if racing were to be pUuc i iunder under the control of a minister when Parliament meets in Septem ¬ ber with the Prince of Wales present to open it these horsemen say They believe legislation is needed there to put racing on a higher plane and a healthier basis and to deliver it from the profiteers most of whom are carpet baggers from the States StatesW W E Raney kings counsel in Toronto act ¬ ing for the reformers who seek to wreck Canadian racing employed a firm of public accountants to investigate the financial aspect of affairs concern ¬ ing the seven tracks in the Province of Ontario Their report placed the amount of money wagered in the parimutuel mnclrines for the half season of 1917 before an ordertncouncil closed the tracks for the period of the wfcr at 12500000 with a rakeoff for the tracks of 1162543 The net profits of five tracks were as follows Hamilton Jockey Club 125563 125563Fort Fort Erie Jockey Club 122081 122081Windsor Windsor Jockey Club 119235 119235Devonshire Devonshire Jockey Club 105303 105303Woodbine Woodbine Jockey Club 44129 44129Raney Raney is now reported to be working for legisla ¬ tion which will apply the estimated annual revenue of from 2000000 to 5000000 derived from mu ruel betting in part to the expense of conducting the races and in part to the development ot live stock breeding in Canada while leaving a liberal legitimate profit for legitimate racing associations Others of the kind that are now trying to revive racing on halfmile tracks against the wishes of the government may find themselves outside the breastworks Jf bit program goer through
