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RELIEF FOR QUEBEC TRACKS v Provincial Government Approves ApprovesSubstantial Substantial Tax Reductions Surprise Expressed In Toronto Over Uncer ¬ tainty of Blue Bonnets Racing This Tear TORONTO Ont January 2 The report from Montreal this week to the effect that Blue Bonnets may not operate this year owing to the heavy taxation imposed by the Quebec government was received with sur ¬ prise in local circles as the Ontario tracks are faced with a much heavier burden than tho Quebec tracks To start with the mile tracks have to pay a license fee of 7500 and in addition the government collects 5 per cent on the money invested in the mutuels Then there is the war tax How ¬ ever Ontario tracks realized last fall that they must obtain some relief before they can operate another year yearWith With reference to the Quebec tracks sub ¬ stantial reductions in provincial race track licenses were approved recently by the leg ¬ islative assembly at the instance of the Hon Jacob Nicol provincial treasurer of the Prov ¬ ince of Quebec By this resolution the fol ¬ lowing reductions were made Onemile tracks tax reduced from 1000 to 500 per day halfmile tracks tax re ¬ duced from 500 to 300 per day other tracks outside of Montreal and Quebec tax reduced from 300 to 100 per day dayPersons Persons attending raca meetings must pay 10 per cent of the admission price This is also a reduction as formerly the gate tax was thirty cents for mile and twenty cents for halfmile tracks tracksIf If no betting is conducted on the track persons entering will pay a tax of only five cents centsThe The bill goes on to say that those operat ¬ ing the tracks may be required to act as agents of the province to collevt the taxes and turn them over to the provincial treas ¬ urer urerThe The Montreal Star of Wednesday December 1 27 quotes the opinions expressed by local racing men on the reduction of taxation by the provincial government of Quebec QuebecFred Fred Richard of the Dorval Jockey Club comes boldly out and while looking for fur ¬ ther relief says Dorval will hold its meet ¬ ing ingMajor Major McDougall on behalf of the Mon ¬ treal Jockey Club states that his club may not give a race meeting meetingLeo Leo Dandurand secretary of the Quebec Breeders and Racing Association and repre ¬ senting the halfmile tracks says that they will go on onThe The taxes imposed seem Infinitesimal as compared with those prevailing in the Prov ¬ ince of Ontario where race courses are taxed 7500 per day
