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i | RACING AND NEW IRELAND a State Control and Legislation of Betting Thought Likely. ■ ♦ Consideration of Some Possible Changes When New Dominion Is in Its Full Swing. — o Prom the ntsi idpoint of ordinary politics a sportsman Is not concerned with the Irish agreement, bo! in 1 fat as ii i- likely to affect racing tii" question of nndoabted interest. Ii aeems more than liki j that Ireland, which covers practically the v 1 ■ f the sp : tmg ii -r-. i-, will adopt Ike ; ami continental that racing is pari af Ibe peopi life, and in pudge ting for revenue it jh quite "ii H ■ cards that betting will !»• considered by Mi. government about to 1 •■ formed for Ibe now Dominion. Manj p ple have bioked .11 in wonder at Hie apparently incomprehensible allianr* between 1 .1 : ■ 1 •• Sinn P n anil English NoBconformity 1 Presbyterian I l-t.r: 11 would be a curious ■■■ i if oih re tilt of Nonconformist support nrere 1 . I.- lb • toll in« :ti in Ireland of a 1 stem • f nffl . . mrt i and h --i- i it ion af bettin .. Many ■ ni 1. i; likely, for the Irish are an easy- • ire, the hor •• breeding industry Is recognixed ... m valuable u it ■ nal asset and its 1 bb f mi " 1 Bjoy 1 p.. iti. i iiiin a •• arhich would be denied Ihem h thl country, wl iclal legislatkni Is largely • I l.. ii .- put itani .1 minot ity, Pancy pic-Inn Ibe • it ihlishment ■ l" the pari iti ti 1 11 |, the Ii • :i ins ol 1 .." ii. i . a re I on of ibe laws relating to hefting ami | ossiMy the institution of a 1 nian Monte irbi for Ibe attraction and spollln r Hie people from the other kie of St. • 1 hanm I EFFECTS CIm EVOLISH RACING. i.i arouM be the effeel of thl 1 hang Bng Ii !. loin::- Some people sugg I that one of the I ir 1 o Is of Ihi Irish legi lature will be •• "pi ■ i..i" .1 . 1 1. i th eonatry, but whatever ma] be don in thi din 1 tion 1 do not ant l ipati mj later rilh ■■ ■ !■■■!: 1 . ■ i 1 • .1 1, -.• hreed. rs imii !l"- vain ■ ..f 11 •• i .■• . ... irki 1 lo ■.■ m and ,ti. strong enough lo safeguard Hieir latere Is. ■| . effeel • 1 Hi •• ■ ban re a ill be found f» operate in another .1; eetion of the betting world, and it will not Kiirprise one to lee Dublin become its capital if in.- Ian in Irel; od i- I .i iluu I and placed on a com in". . ;. ■ i t 1 1 ..i:i mean the transfer to the new Dominion ol Ibe tarting-pricc fraternity ■ind 1 : . : . husii vith .1 eons, un ai ben. fit lo Irish fina nc and -■••■,,. nnding I to the borne 1 ii |uei Th ■■ i nol liki ij to be anj ..:• local i a of existing means of .. mmui ication K tn en the twa ither vi1! there 1» any change ia the nn •:!. y. t !■ .••..;: before the Union th same eoin- eirenbated on both sides ..! the ChaaneL A general exodus of Glasgow betting firms Co Dublin I the cl f •■• i • met n bicb srii! do Ii.miii in Switzerland. Derbj itweeps on the lines ..i the great Cain rtaking under government license can be fore e 1. London Sporteman.
