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Show ARMY FAVORS HORSE RACING Mot Interested, However, in Betting Question, Ken- tuckian Is Told WASHINGTON, Jan. 87, -'Hoi e racing la Cavored by the war department depart-ment as a means of developing tho ; thoroughbred horse." Secretary ! War Weeks stated In a letter to White L Mou, chairman of the racing committee com-mittee of the Kentucky state senate. Secretary Weoks. In his letter, declines de-clines the request of Chairman Moss that two army officors be ordered t.i appear before his committee to testi-fy testi-fy In hearings on an antl-raclng bill pending before the Kentucky legislature. legisla-ture. "I understand the question Involved Is I hat of betting on races other than tho prohibition of racing Itself," lh- letter ald "While heartily in favor of continuing racing as a means of i developing tho thoroughbred horse, tho war department Is not interested in the question of betting thereon. "If racing is discontinued or abolished." abol-ished." the letter says, "tho results of breeding could hardly be less than disastrous dis-astrous to the utility and light horse Industry of the United States and it v.ould mean that the army could not In the event of war. mount Its cavalry or properly equip its Infantry divisions divi-sions and artillery with the large number num-ber of riding horses that are required in modern warfare." |