The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-04
NEW ORLEANS PROFITS
BY RACE MEETING
SHOWS HOT SPRINGS COULD BE
FILLED WITH PEOPLE UNDER
SAME CONDITIONS.
By H. w LANIGAN,

Press Representative of the Arlington
and Eastman Hotels
There should not be any opposition,
certainly none from Garland county,
meaning chiefly the good people of
Hot Springs, to the racing and fair
bill. before the state legislature in
Little Rock
Now is the time. more than ever
before, that the sport of kings should
be placed back on the Spas menu.
Matters are in such shape at the
present time that we fail to see how
there can possibly be any opposition
to the bill Without using any of the
stereotyped references why a revival
of racing Is needed to save the local
season-it goes without saying that
with Oaklawn the scene of a meeting
this spring and fall that thousands OF
live ones would be attracted to Hot
Springs-it should be appreciated by
everybody in Little Rock that 9S per
cent of the local business and pro
fessional people and fully 95 per cent
of the entire local population wants
the bill to pass.
Also, that the very strongest peo
pie in Hot Springs are willing to go
behind citizens Jockey club, and
stage the highest class meeting pos
sible.
The legislature is assured that the
Jockey club will be strongly differed
that racing man of renown will be
brought along to handle all technical
affairs and conduct the races. that
the governor will not be asked tc
name such-and-such or "Whats-his
name a racing commissioner, and that
the daily assessment will fit in most
snugly to pay the fair premiums
As we have already stated now is
the time more than ever before that
racing should come back in Arkansas
That is because with California
closed tourist business could not helI
but come this way following the com
pletion of the exposition. Then New
Orleans, tired of experiencing some
six or seven miserably bad winters
came back into its own January ] ant
racing was revived, As a result New
Orleans is doing a rushing business
this winter
The Cincinnati Enquirer speaks ed
! itorially of the race meeting at New
Orleans
"On January ! a writer IN more
than a score of newspapers through
out the country made some predic
tons. His first one was that the New
Orleans meeting would blow anC
prove to be bloomer. Some photo
graphs have been received from New
Orleans recently showing a Saturday
crowd there, and It is anything but Z
bloomer. The patronage is as gooC
as in former years and the racinl
has been first-class. The bushes,
men who are responsible for the meet
ing were perfectly willing to lose
part of their coin in re-establishinl
the game there. but instead Of losinl
anything II looks as though they will
each receive a dividend"
There also appeared this news spe
cial from New Orleans:
The triumphal re-entry of New
lOrleans on the racing map, under TIN
careful guidance of the Bushes
Mems Racing Association. compose,
of nearly 500 of the city's leading
business men, continues to be MAJ
vel of the season. Thousands of Wis
itors from all parts of the countr
have come to the Winter Capital O
America to enjoy the sport, the cal
Der of which compares fayorably wit
that of any winter race meeting eve
held here in the past, and is far 81
perior to that enjoyed at many track
during the past year
No objection has been made b
the authorities to the method of ind
vidual betting, with bonded employ
of the association holding the stake
and paying the winning better after
ward, since the amount bet is place
in an envelope and sealed, so that al
resemblance to anything Illegal in tn
transaction is eliminated Nearly 3
per cent of the races have been wol
by favorites, SO that the individual
betteTs who lay the odds are havin,
rather warm time OF IT,