Show KENTUCKY COURT i PROTECTS SPORT Law Against Conflicting Dates on Race Tracks Is Held to toBe toBe toBe Be Constitutional Cincinnati Cincinnat Oct 2 The The Kentucky rl racing rae rac ing commission slon law was declared constitutional const const- and ant the information against the racing commission was waa dissolved and the case remanded to the lower tower court for further further fur tur- ther proceedings b by the United States State cir circuit cr- cr cult court of oC appeals In this city today The rhe decision was announced by II Judge Cochran Tho The last legislature passed what Is 19 known as the racing commission law the purpose being to avoid conflicting dates on tracks at at the sune place and to limit racing In general so 80 as DS to avoid too Ions Ionic meetings at nt an any one point The Douglas Park track at Louisville Luls Jc brou brought ht suit against the members of ot the racing commIssion commission com corn mission individually to restrain them from Crom preventing the holding holing of a l race meeting during the time set fet for tor a rival track The Iw lower r court curt granted the Injunction and the case caso was at once appealed This In Injunction injunction In- In junction was today dissolved and the law tn declared to be constitutional Judge Cochran said raid that the whole ca cas turned on th the question queston of the public wel wel- fare Where here a a business may be lawful the enforcement of oC limitations may be le harmful to Home some one engaged ed In that business but hut the point of ot the thc public welfare welfare wel wel- fare fae would have hove to govern go Ho discussed d dat at some length the evils Js e arising from betting bet het- ting on races and md the maintenance of or poolrooms pool poolrooms pol rooms In connection with wih the business s. s holding that some limitation was proper and necessary and that this particular law was S entirely fair to all ni concerned Even Eye a law prohibiting the holding of some rac races s would be valid on account of the evils is e of ot poo pool 1001 rom rooms moms an and certainly a law limiting the meetings would be bc b. b according ac RC- ne- ne cording coring to public policy |