New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
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END OF THOROUGHBRED.
Would Come uith Percy-Gray La0c
Repeal, Says Il. Il. Wilson.

Albany Feb 1.-THE following letter mas oeen
sent to Assembyman c. F. Murphy. chairman o. OF
the Assembly Codes Committee. by R'chafo l.
Wilson, of New York City:
Az citizen and breeder of horses of this state,
against the repeal of the Percy-Gray bill the re- re,
State Of New York; also that the breeding Of the
thoroughbred horse will cease .,, ,ov,,
y attached to the and the n srt Sa e
hibited but the difference of racing for Big STAKES
try as compared with racing for stakes which wi.
to a VIM IN the hs e1 the thor
oughbred horse be stamped out
much my 5ime s' in oss ecliectns stations and Of
mares with blood lines and breeding merit. whith i.
euis the repeai e's Of the PereyGay BIZ either
send r s to ber s9d for IN w
dred dollars apiece So it must be with other
represent pre the 40 investment Of millions Of dollars
%eh 2t M woua S bs III nor eo
sell the produce of their farms The inevitable
bs Gf o 1sDis h 9s
racing, If continued at ALL VII; be used merely as
/ DO not know whether You are aware or not that
limiting poor3om gambling has been the constant
1t realized that betting. it had been carried
the irst, second and third class, had become into
cradle, and, beginning with the year before last
rooms. have taken the pains to make special in
q%giry % "a as TO to- the method employed by the Jockey
the poorooms received information from the tracks
impossible for them to make it attractive to their
patrons and when the various racing associations
the tracks. 1t resulted in the, closing Of most Of
poooos had all the .hn on daSs b as at
the track. and were even given description Of the
l have before recapitulation OF the work
done done in this connection There were run during
vicinity of New York OF 9es of these the pool
ya w oee in s M not bn f
above speaks for itself.
effective the work of the Jockey Club has been. is
tn that s now that there is no racing in this part
OF sSss this thss the 70
Of Of the PercyoGEag bill will in no way do away
with all that is good In horseracing in that will
dTse zs e pt Gs all III h Ps a
upon moral grounds but do not befieTe sor ' sn
it in ans be peai detsntai aw way gong 10
AS to the practical harm that will be done to
os OF renfy In
weh will be Cerany
thousands that will have to seek other vocations:
through its breeding bureau was destined to make
a. lasting Impression upon the horse in this state.
oushbrsd stations in various Counties Of the state
from reports the farmers are patronizng g them n
most generously. No one will deny that the true
bred. a fact which has been recognized In almost
s 5rt and for s1 5 abc
oughbred to reinforce the cold Of every
day horse. / assume that. with the wane of rae
ing, the Jockey Club Will be unable TO extend, IL
It continue the good work It has undertaken
in this connection. OF course with the repeal goes
the dispersion OF all the studs in this state and in
Kentucky and in the country at large, go that in
few years we will have end of the thorough
bred
/ have taken the liberty of spreading before you
views this subject. important to the well
fare of the horse and important to myself, hop
ing that I may influence you to vote against the
repeal Of the Percy-Ciray bill
The repeal OF this law will lead to the building
of other tracks outside of this state under con
troll OF the worst element, who viii simply play
INTO the hands of the people in the large
cities OF this state and elsewhere.