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LOUISVILLE RACING OPINION Kiwanis Club Members Favor Sport, but Fail to Rescind Obnoxious Action. LOUISV1LLB, Ky.. February 14. With tw.nty-nine munbers of the Kiwanis Club faroriag re. 011-sider.-ition of .-ictioii taken il .1 previoaa ail llllag agaiast pari-matael bettiag oa race tracks aad a like auaaber opposed to brlagiag the autter before the elui. agala, efforts of Jeeepfa Bteurie t. obtain a reversal of I he action failed at yesterdays meeting of the 1 lab at Kleins. Mr. Stearic read ■ paper which protested agaiaet the previous actiea of the .-lub on the groannds that it had deviated from its annoum e.l poliei,-. The dab was orgaabjed for eceaesaic poraeees, be aakf. It reeriiits membership upon the bash- hfea that it was foraaed seiey to roster first, the business in- tere-ts of ii- inoinb.r-; secondly, the bii-im-s of I.ouisviiio. it was organised to boost, not destroy, it was lot organised to regelate the morals of th" community. Us function is not political or sectarian, be said, la voting to abolish a great local buateeaa hstereal the club violates the fmidam-iita 1- Of it- UrgUUlaa-11, ,11 The Kentucky Jockey Club i- widely owned in the City of Louisville. This stink is property. Eliminate racing and you eliminate this valuable property. Mr. Steurle s-iid. "Baciag has done Loehvrille a world of goad," Mr. Steurle continued. "I.oui-ville seeds advertising and needs it badly, and what ha- advertised OUT city more than the great Kentucky Derby.- A committee of reformers has gone before the legis lithe body to try to sec are a law sgatasl the local race track. One of the reasons advanced by one- of our member- is that the S.-.-lb.i.-h lobby is so crowded that be can barely get Into the lobby duriag ike race nteetiag. of course tiii- i- a strong aigument Sgaiasl the race track, as well as conventions of all character-, which crowd 1 he bee] bach lobby. This same geatlesaan states that during the races the streets an so crowd, -.1 by sellers of tips that be can hardly walk. Would that lie- streets of LonhrviBe were always so crowded. It mitfht pha-e sease people who would like to see flowers crow in the crevice- of the sidewalks, but the crowds mean a greater I.oui-ville. better busi-ne-s and prosperity. "The Kentucky Derby is the sporting event uf the country. RACINGS HELP TO LOUISVILLE. "Crowds of the best and most representative Beanie of every state fleck to this city for a few days of simple sport, and brine with them the spirit of liberality and expenditure. The Kentucky Derby is the greatest adn illm sn 11 1 that LeuhfviBe ever had. The few days of raciag bring much pleasure and profit to -. many of ear citizen-. Take away from life its sports and recreations .uid you will leave the empty shell, a dry and brittle SUbStauca that will break and rumble away. "Winn we w.-nr to war President WBeoa said that the morale of the army lie Beaded upon its recreations, and boxiag, tabooed by the reformers. was the principal -port of the army, and helped to make the hijih caliber of soldier We sent serosa the sea . "Kaglaad has always been a nation of sport. King Filwaril led his horse- before IIMI.OOO peopb in the Derby crowd. The love of innocent sport. the raining of apart, has made the KngBsknman great. In the days ,,f the deepest de-pair when the Germans were about to break through the sporting blood the Knslish engendered at Epsom Downs saved the nation and tie- world. Ke.-ii ation should not be forbidden. The word verbot, 11 is German and not American. "In closing I make a motion that the action taken by the dab last Wednesday in taktag sides oil the race track bill, which has brought our club notoriety 1l1.1t i- distasteful to many of us, be reconsidered and referred back to the board of directors for further consideration. " Mr. Stearics motion to reconsider was overruled by Ire-ident Pearson, as under the by-laws it was necessary for the motion to be made by someone who had voted for the resolution last week. The motion then was offered by J. S. Miller, with a second by Bona Gordon, and the resulting vote was twenty-nine members favoring recoasdder- alh.ii and as many against it. The inoiionlost because a two-third- majority was necessary to put it through. The Itev. Dr. C. W. Welch. Kiwaliian. who introduced the Blatter las week, llien rose to a point of personal privilege, and pointed out that the action was not directed against racing, as was stated by Mr. steurle. but agaiast legalised gambUng. He said that Mr. Bteurie had failed to mention the real intent of the action and declared be ataa not against racing, but loved it.
