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RAGING IN MARYLAND SAFE Burke Commission Bil Passes the Senate by a Vote of 17 to 10 Governor Ritchie Is Expected to toSign Sign that Measure and Prince PrinceGeorge George County Bill Today PVLTIMOUK Md March 31 Pacing in Mary ¬ land is safe After one of the bitterest and most perplexing legislative battles in the history of this state the Maryland senate by a vote of 17 to 10 this afternoon at Annapolis passed the ISnrke racing bill providing for statewide commission form of con ¬ trol and heavy taxation of race tracks in this state The bill has already passed the house and now goes to Governor liitchie for his signature It is expected that the governor will sign both the liurke and Howie bills tomorrow tomorrowThe The Uurke bill with amendments limits the number of racing days in the state to 100 in any one year prevents the starting of any more tracks other than those now operating and provides that all fees and taxes paid except 000 which under the charter of Pimlico goes to Baltimore County be paid into the state treasury The bill taxes each track of the four in Maryland 15000 for each day of racing racingWith With the safety of the sport now assured eastern turfmen are looking forward to a season of racing of unsurpassinu brilliancy Entries to the MM added Preakness and other valuable Pimlico stakes close tomorrow and a recordbreaking list of entries is predicted for these events All of the star racers of the country will be seen under colors ft omv time or another either at Havre de Grace or Pimlico There will be close to lnOO horses quar ¬ tered at tin four big tracks here and at lienning and certainly there will be no lack of racing ma ¬ terial All the overnight purses at Bowie Havre anil Pimlico have been considerably increased in value assuring big fields for all the races racesII II G Bedwell is making a special effort at Laurel to prepare Commander J K L Itoss six Kentucky Derby candidates for the big race Of course I know its not possible to have all our representatives ready by May S said Mr Bed well but if any one shows more advancement than tlu others in their trials I shall ship that one to Kentucky to try and duplicate Sir Bartons victory last year yearThe The I Iiss iss threeyearolds are a handsomelooking band being led by the filly Constancy King Thrush Faisan Dore Irish Dancer a brother to The Porter Koyal Jester and Trench Mortar MortarBlazes Blazes the nominee of Kal Parr for the Ken ¬ tucky Derby is doing extremely well having been cured of the foot soreness from which he was an acute sufferer last year and is being sent along rapidly for that event his most recent work at Benning was a mile in l l attracting much attention from the work watchers watchersA A Schtittinger has reported to trainer Kimball Patterson of the J W McClelland stable at Havre de Grace and is engaged in daily galloping the horses of his contract employer employerThe The Xuttle antiracing bill comes up tomorrow at Annapolis but that it will be killed is conceded on all sides
