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Show wen I GiWHMES I Legislature Will Act On Sub- I ject at Next Big Meeting. H I Gambling, as it relates to horse' rac ing. is going to be curbed to a great oxtont in Canada by legislation, ac (cording to an announcement made by. ' Hugh Guthrie, solicitor general of the Dominion. The Ontario government has already planned a step in this di rection by arranging to place a tax of $5,000 per day on half mile tracks and a daily tax of SI 0.000 per day on the , mile tracks. Hon. Arthur Meighen, minister of ; the interior, recently stated in par- liamontary circles that the attitude of I Canada toward racing was not to In (jure the game for those who followed, jit from a stock breeding standpoint, j or. those who followed it because they 1 loved It, but to curb evils of gambling j which have been the means of starting many on the downward path. jH The process of taxation, it is be- llovod, will enable officials to keep In closer touch with racing activities and obtain information anent Irregu? lanlies against some of the smaller iH associations where there has been sus- piclon of jobbery and crookedness. The plan of taxation will also yield $750,000 to the Dominion. The Rutherford report, made after H an exhaustive examination of the sport iu Canada, discloses many jabuses. This report has caused a mild sensation in parliamentary circles, but I friends of the sport have prevented action boing taken during this session. Minister Meighen says the legislation iH will ho arranged by friends of the sport and will not be adopted hastily or without full and complete consider- atlon. -mm Tho Ontario legislation is said to mm havo come about hs a result of some flagrant irregularities in that province. H Authorities claim to havo in thoir pos- H session, facts that prove there is much . H collusion between officials of the as- !, H soclation and horse owners. Tho Ruth- H I erfor- report was sought by members m 1 of parliament who had been requested m to direct energies toward complete VMm I banishment of the game, ftl j If racing is placed under more strict surveillance in the Dominion many mm of the leading Amorican patrons will MM be attracted to Canadian meetings and IMM more and larger mcotings will spring IMM up in tho larger centers of the Domln- MM ion. Tho solicitor general says he Is interested only In ridding the game of its most objectionable features. IH .... mm |