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MORE OF CANADIAN REPORT Dr Rutherford Favors Mutuels as Compared With Bookmaking Properly Conducted Short Meet ¬ ings Called an Enjoyable and Manly Form of Sport The detailed report on Canadian horse racing by Dr J S Rutherford the commissioner appointed to investigate the subject and who recently sub ¬ mitted the results of his analysis to parliament shows many interesting deductions deductionsThe The commissioner puts his approval on pari mutiiel betting as compared with bookmaking He points out that much evidence will be found in the records of the proceedings to the effect that the parimiitnol system for various reasons is much less likely to prove harmful than bookmaking It is declared that the adoption of the parinintuol ma ¬ chines has improved the conduct of race meetings generally generallyIt It will be of interest to racing men and horse lovers everywhere to learn that the general trend of the evidence given before the commissioner on the connection between horse racing and horse breed ¬ ing was that racing is necessary to the continuance of breeding certain types of horses and that a ecr tnii freedom in betting is necessary to support racing racingThe The report finds that bad effects fairly attribut ¬ able to racing as carried on locally are seldom and then in only slight degree observable from meetings if rcasonble length especially when these are con ¬ ducted under the auspices and direct control of reputable citizens not actuated by mercenary mo ¬ tives but genuinely interested in racing as an en ¬ joyable and manly form of outdoor sport or in the maintenance of the thoroughbred horse as an im ¬ portant factor from a national and patriotic point of view viewLONG LONG CONTINUED MEETINGS NOT DESIRABLE DESIRABLEOn On the other hand Dr Rutherford finds that long continued race meetings with betting as a public adjunct are likely in the communities in which they are held to exert a bad influence on young and inexperienced men and others lacking in self control and moral stamina staminaThis This testimony he says is especially evident in those cases in which the length of the mooting is excessively out of proportion to the size of the com ¬ munity in piiint of population The management of such meetings would other tilings being eiiial have an important bearing upon this phase of tin question questionIltder Iltder tlio heading of Traffic in Charters Dr Rutherford points out that the control exercised by the various federal and provincial governments over instruments of this nature is altogether inade ¬ quate There are however a number of jockey clubs and racing associations to which this criticism does not apply applyIn In some cases there has been deliberate traffick ¬ ing in charters This is still being practiced and unless effective preventive measures are taken it may continue indefinitely A number of charters have been adapted to cover undertakings widely dif ¬ ferent from those on account of which they were first obtained
