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Show HOT PLEASED WITH BE8IILTS OF ELEGTIOHS English Sportsmen Fear Liberals Liber-als Will Bo Severe as lo All Forms of Sport. Tribune Special Sporting Service. LONDON, Feb. 10. Lovers of sport have not been greatly encouraged by the general elections. As a general thing, It is well known that the "non-conformist conscience" is both anti-conservative and nntl-sport. The recent triumph of the Liberals It is feared will therefore mean the enactment enact-ment of more severe laws in regard to all forms of sport. This is evident from many things which occurred during the elections. Attacked Fox-Hunting-. Several followers of tho Leicestershire Leicester-shire packs who have votes ln London sacrificed a day's hunting In order to 50 to town and support the Unionist candidates, but without avail. One Radical candidate attacked fox-hunting in order to serve political onds, and has Inferred that it does no good for the working man. Said a leading authority au-thority upon sporting matters in reference refer-ence to this: "Evidently the knowledge of the gentleman referred to Is very limited with regard to hunting; otherwise other-wise he would be aware that It provides pro-vides employment, directly and Indirectly, Indi-rectly, for thousands of working men. Possibly he does not know that over $25,000,000 are spent annually ln foxhunting, fox-hunting, and that much of this vast sum finds Its way into the pockets of the -working classes. But this Is only a sample of the misleading statements one has grown nccustomed to expect from a section of the Liberal party." Denounced John Burns. Another denounced John Burns as an "arch fanatic," adding. "Mr. Burns is not by any means the only faddist that la to be feared, for in his gamble for power, and to secure the vote of the non-conformist conscience, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman has said: 'I long ago conformed the opinion that betting and gambling came next to drink (and doubt even If they come below It) In the measure of the cur3e they bring upon Boclety.' " Against Betting. At a meeting of the Richmond (Surrey) (Sur-rey) Town Council Alderman Sir James Szlumper proposed resolutions, which were carried unanimously, that the Council should petition the Government Govern-ment to bring ln and press forward a betting bill empowering magistrates to commit to prison without the option of a fine any person convicted a second time of street betting, the Council to also urge upon all municipal authorities authori-ties within the metropolitan police area the taking of a similar step. No distinction dis-tinction is made between layer and blacker ln which the sage Alderman termed "this dreadful crime," and he explained that his avowed preference for a short measure was "because he believed a bill dealing especially with this subject would pass very quickly but if It were mixed up with the ques tion of Tattersall's and oljfl would provoke great nH would prefer to get thlsij instalment." There Is DH the most powerful pniH put upon the new LlbertrH of Sir Henry Campbell-BiB the most drastic of .nti-H Barry Forsakes CwH Trlbuno Special Sporting SlH SAN FIlANCISCO. Fckfl holder of tho Canadha'iH championship, hns forsatat taken up prize-lighting ipH era) years Barry was a. ciiH class, but he gradually oclrH camo first a mlddle-wclgM'H light heavy-weight. Barry UB tako a course In football Hfl western university. . , Last fall ho played fall-tMI western for more than a H a brilliant record, JustcntB big games it was dlscDTtrtH the fullback, was pave He was disqualified as His means of earning a UtjH Barry left college and tta his former occupation. .H |