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NO FREE GATE "AT RIVERSIDE SAN BRUNO, Calif., April 2. Inaugurating a new policy for the Riverside Park meeting at Kansas City, Mo., general manager William P. Kyne has declared that an effort will be made to establish a "paid gate" during the thirty-one day meeting which opens May 28. This is in line with the policy of major tracks throughout the nation and will enable him to offer more attractive purses, thus attracting better horses to Kansas City. While the admission price will not be high, Kyne feels that if topnotch horses compete, the public will be more than willing to pay the admission charge. A free gate has a tendency to cheapen the sport, whereas an admission tends to keep from the track those who cannot afford to lose, or i ndesir-ables who go out to the races just for lack of something else to do.
