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NEW ILLINOIS RACING MEASURE •- ■ Brown Bill Does Not Provide for Pari- Mutuels— Mitchell Bill Chances Good ♦ ■ . SPRINGFIELD. Ill, May 26 —A new racing bill was introduced in the House of Representatives today by Representative Brown. It covers all of the ground of the Mitehell measure with the exception of providing for pari-mutuel betting. It differs also in that it provides for a commission of only three to supervise horse r.ic ing Histoid of five as provided for in the Mitchell bill. The Brown bill provides s]n • -itic ally that one meml i-r of the cuaimis-ioti shall ! . a sporting writer on some n etropaiitaa newspaper of the itata. All three cmmil— lo— w would be appointed by the governor as would the five called for in Mitchells bill. The Mitchell bill, it is oadaratood, Maaea pretty blah la the estimation of Gov- • rn w Sin. ill. It is • stimaleil that it would br.ng aa ■ an lie I revenue to the state of at least .750, 000. The Mitch. 11 I ill is now on second reading in the House and if • EBtvaalona of members mean an thing the treasure has more than a good chance of . aire. The Brown bill would come nowhere near producing the revenue of the Mitchell measure, but in case of defeat of the latter would be a substitute. According to the Brown bill the state would eolleet 5 per cent of the gate receipts at all race iiiiotmas with the oo, jition of state or county fairs or society horse riding meetings.
