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CONNAUGHT PARK MUST PAY FULL TAX MONTREAL Que May 18 Representing the Coiiiiaught Park Jockey Clnb of Ottawa which operate the Coiiiiaught Park track which is situated in the province of Quebec Senator Belcourt made application to Hon W G Mitchell provincial treasurer to have the daily tax reduced for that track It was denied deniedUnder Under the old provincial law mile tracks sit ¬ uated in the City of Montreal were taxed 1000 a day while mile tracks out of the city including Connaught were only taxed 500 The revised laws place the same tax on Coiinanght Park as the other mile courses in the province provinceIt It was also decided that the Maisonneuvre Driv ¬ ing Club would be taxed the same amount at the gates as other halfmile tracks
