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Cassidy Says Jockey Club Opposed to Night Racing BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., June 1. — The Jockey Club, while it has taken no official action on the question, is opposed to night racing-, Marshall Cassidy, executive secretary, reported here today. "The Jockey Club has not officially stated any position on the question of night racing-," said Cassidy in response to a question, "but I think its position should be well known. George D. Wide-ner, vice-chairman of The Jockey Club, made that position clear in his talk before the recent convention of the National Association of State Racing Commissioners here in New York and, . later, Alfred Hennen Morris, founder member and one of a family which has been in racing the better part of a century, thoroughly endorsed that stand." "William Woodward, chairman, is at present at his breeding farm in Maryland, but I know he shares this feeling and am confident that it represents Club. "It might be described as a stand taken in enlightened self interest. The Jockey Clubs aims and purposes are the betterment of the sport of racing and the maintenance of the highest possible standards. The feeling is most definite that night racing would be much against those aims and ideals."
