Show I CLUB WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST I RACING FOR ANSA WAGERS ANSa D a A protest against the passing passin of house bill No which has for tor Its object the legalization of oC gambling at horse races has been sent to the house of ot representatives 8 b by tho the Utah Federation of Women's clubs It reads as follows and Is signed by bi r Mrs E. E E. E Corfman Cortman president House Bill BlU No o. o which has for forIta forUs Us Its object the tho legalization legalisation of oC gambling at horse races races- will come before your jour our honorable body bod for tor consideration The rite advocates seek he of oC this measure to influence public opinion by claiming that only onh through the s system 98 s- s t tem m of betting at nt race meets can the breeding and d development of or thoroughbred thorough thorough- bred horses be bo encouraged In this state and furthermore that this system will not encourage gambling Experience ha has shown that a public example of or ort t betting appeals to the gambling In Instinct Instinct instinct In- In inherent in human nature and encourages encouraged not only the tho evil or of gambling gam bung bling but n In many others that follow allow ollow I in its wake Therefore as an organization of or women which It la to working for the welfare welfare wel wel- fare arc and morality of our children our homes and our state and which was waR one of oC the tho strong factors In securing the pa passage aKe of oC the act ot of 1911 and tho the Mabey dabey act of 1913 we carneatly car car- J neatly protest t against the restoration orthis of or this or or- an any any- other other- system of gambling and I petition your jour o r. r honorable body to defeat de defeat de- de e- e feat the measure known as house bill hili No |