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NEW ORLEANS RACING IS SAFE Some New Ideas About Publicity nml Reform Measures Gaining Ground XEW OULEAXS La March 31 Tint idea of curtailing racing publicity about future Xew Orleans racing is naturally petering out in the light of the certainty that if there is betting on races the only check on the odds and truth of racing detail is furnished by the form charts Without them dishonesty of speculation and racing w nld be cov ¬ ered up and the general sport hampert 1 1The The antiracing crusade in Xew Orle ns is purely one against the political ring now i control of the Fair Grounds and inimical to Gc vernorElect Parker who is now the strong man f Louisiana politics politicsThose Those without the Parker camp now turn toward a shorter season of track operation outside the Lenten season the adoption of the mtituel system of betting with a maximum commission of I per cent anil track operation under a state racing commission legislation on these lines seems to bi certain at this time
