The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-31
RACE WEEK MAY
 FOLLOW THE FAIR
EARNEST EFFORTS BEING MADE TO TRY PARlMUTUEL RAGING
 IN HOT SPRINGS.
Racing Men All Over the Country Have Been Invited to Attend Meet ing in This City.

If untirng and sincere effort to es-
 tablish racing in Hot Springs under l the pari-mutuel system will bring return of this entertainment to this resort, those who have been longing for this feature-and the number IS now almost the entire citizenship--a big race meet is almost a certainty following the week of the state fair.
 Letters have been sent to some oi the noted racing men in the country by officials of the Business Mems League, inviting them to be present at the next monthly meeting of this organization, which will be held Tues day evening. August II and explain to the people of Hot Springs Just what is meant by the parl-mntuel sys- tenn. The citizens of this resort have heard of the pari-mutuels ere this, but they have never had an oppor' tunity to become familiar with the details of this system, and in order
 that all classes may understand and that it may be explained in detail, the Business Mems League has decided to make this subject the chief topic for discussion at it's next meeting, and from this session it is determined to
 start movement looking to the re establishing of racing in Hot Springs. Turing the present summer season
 the league has received requests from
 large number of merchants to take
 up The question of racing and to be-
 come active in introducing the pari-
 mutual system nthe local tracks,
 and the next meeting will be an ac-
 quiescence of this request, for it will
 be undertaken with the full knowl-
 edge tl at the re-establishing of this
 sport will mea ma revival of business
 in this city and be one of the great
 est factors in promoting prosperity
 the city has had il years. It is doubt
 ful if there has been any subject of
 local interest that has attracted the
 attention as has this one, and it is
 safe to assume that nothing in years
 will receive such hearty support as
 the effort to be made by the Business
 Mems League to introduce the pari.
 mutuel system and again conduct race
 meets in Hot Springs.
 We anticipate there will be some
 of the fastest race horses in the
 country here when the pari-mutuels
 are tried out.' said Secretary Bedding. and it is also more than likely that
 a majority of them will winter here In all probability the first meet will be held the week following the state fair, but in order that all the people
 may know every detail of the pari-
 mutuel system, we have decided to in, vite and will endeavor to bring some
 of the leading authorities on racing to the next meeting of the league, when
 every feature of the pari-mutuel sys-
 tenn will be explained in detail There is an almost united sentiment for rae ing under the pari-mutuel system and l feel that when this is thoroughly un. ! derstood it viii meet wit hthe appro-
 bation of citizens here
 President Martin Eisele is also an
 enthusiast for racing. Speaking of
 the subject yesterday. he said:
 There is no denying the fact tha
 racing will be well received in this city The pari-mutuel system is used with muc1 success and entire satis- 1 faction in Kentucky and New York,
 and those resorts that practically died after the sport was killed in that state are now alive and prosperous. It has been the means of putting them upon prosperous footing and what has
 been accomplished in that state can
 also be brought about here"
 The sentiment for racing is best ex pressed by those in charge of a well
 known restaurant ca Central avenue,
 the proprietor of which. said
 q hope that it will be possible to
 re-establish racing in Hot Springs un. der the pari-mutuel system. Our busi ness showed a profit of s100 a day when racing was held in Hot Springs. It certainly doesn't show that now. 1 don't know the details of the pari- mutuel system. but I sure am wiling and anxious to learn, and I'll be at the meeting of the Business Mems League that night not only to learn but to do everything that one can do to bring racing back to Hot Springs under the pari-mutuel system.'
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