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MARYLAND RACING IS SAFE House of Delegates Refuses Norris Substitute . for Kail Measure — Burke Law Holds Good. ANNAPALIS, Md.. April 1.— The house of dele-pates late yesterday refused to concur in the senate action — the substituting of the Norris racing hill for the nail anti-track racing bill— and the Maryland racing situation will remain at its pres. eat status for two more years. Under the existing Burke law there may not be more than 100 days of racing in the state in a year. The mile tracks will be subject to a tax of , 00 l a day and 15 per cent of the net receipts and the powers of the state racing commission will not be changed. The house of delegates several weeks ago passed the Hall measure, which prohibited betting on races in the state. When the measure went to the senate, the uvper house, after a hard fight, substituted for the Hall bill the measure introduced and sponsored by William Norris, president of the senate.
