Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-11-19 | Page 19 | Probably Will Galloping in 1943

ij I 1 Probably Will fe e Galloping in 1943 tACK JACK ACK ACKt MAHON bI t w YORK Nov 19 INS INS Will Will there be racing in New i k and nd other parts of the country in 1943 I l w Aether ther you like to lose a couple AV tt 1 b trying to beat the bang bang- t. t k hi or or not ROt this is a question fouw four fou l w of ot five of your neighbors would i 1 E to have answered After talk talk- i r JO 0 o g II couple of gentlemen who 1 Edd d know wed we'd say there will wil lore offe racing next season il Ite transportation U etc racing had its I st year in New York in 1942 outdistanced every other I 4 Ung some three million dolta dol dol- doll dol- dol l to ta war var relief and another 4 OOOO or so to the state ae a ae are re e believed ridiculous by rac- rac t only two years yew ago think these figures dont don't pf you yOU thing to the government s lilY anything t d d better go back to the school tit the horse players and tt gy for they most certain certain- dO u erbert bert Bayard Swope chair chair- hot of t the New York state racing If r mission Ilon and also head of the i Erf Committee of America beti bel be- be l ti racing will continue pros- pros unless the war takes a tich makes the government t jk down on t all sports pope pointed out racing has hasto I ed to all requests from the I and had done a good gooda a 11 42 Unless the govern- govern to cancel all sports dOOt dODt think racing will be cur- cur fled td to O any extent next season J iid After all racing did raise a at t fbi of t money for New York state I i and Victory week at mont lmont should net about p tats tat's at a lot of money j bout bout About three million people ome tame to th the races here this seat sea- sea I t JO ion t. t continued Swope and I Ine gine agine ne attendance was increased 1 over the country When you these people contribute t percentage of the state revere y you u get et an idea of Just the racing Industry rt tiEy n is js Swope Strops pointed out that racing New York contributes between Sand 30 per cent of the state revenue and that next year years year's take which will be increased increase from 5 to 6 per cent of the dail daily handle bandle will wll mean an Increase in inCrease increase In- In crease of from to 3 3 There have been several reports report around the circuit that the federal federa government would crack down but good on the dear old sport o of kings unless the turf operators increased their contributions t to the war effort very substantially next year Was Vas there anything t to this As far as I know and I have hav been in and out of Washington fo foa for fora a long while these rumors are th the products of wishful thinking sal said Swope I r have heard nothing from any official sources about th the idea I 1 think I would have If there ther was anything to It Swope concluded with the ob ob- ob- ob that tracks that were I not affected by bans on railroad communication or other public service transportation systems system should be able to continue nex next summer just as they did this year fate is up to the government government government gov gov- of course he summed up ip Unless they add new restrictions restrictions I think it will wll continue on ona ona ona a large scale in 1943