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Bill Approved in Bay State To Foster New Race Tracks BOSTON, Mass., May 27. A bill that would permit exceptions to the law prohibiting establishment of running horse race tracks within 50 miles of each other was approved by the State Senate on a voice vote without debate. The measure would amend the present law by limiting the 50-mile rule to tracks one mile in circumference. Senator Edward M. Rowe R., Cambridge, chairman of the legal affahs committee, which favored the bill, said it was intended to permit construction of smaller tracks which would encourage the owning and breeding of horses in Massachusetts. Sponsor of the bill is Charles F. Martin, of North Attleboro, newspaper publisher and owner of the C. F. Marlin Stable. He is a brother of Joseph W. Martin, Jr., speaker of the House in Congress. At present, Suffolk Downs is the only running horse track in the state and is allotted 60 of the 90 days authorized by law. The Senate also approved a bill to permit new tracks to operate without totalizators, provided they can not be obtained.
