The New York herald., 1921-03-26
SPORTS CONTROL
NEXT ON MILLER'S
WORKPROGRAMME
Forms Plan to Coordinate
All Under Supervision of
One State Commission;
Message Expected.
no CALL CONFERENCE
State Racing Commission in
RepoIt.tO Assembly Shows
Growth of Turf Events
in Public Favor.
FARM BREEDS IMPROVED
Opposition to Bill to Stop Oral
BETTING Strong, as Horse
Men Yield to Plan of 12
Per Cent. Tax.
FARM BREEDS IMPROVED

Men Yield to Plan OF IL
Per Cent. Tax.
Specioi Despatch to The New YosK HERALD.
Now York Herald Bureau,
Albany, March 25.
Sports may constitute Gov. Miller's
last message to the Legislature. With
the growing criticism of the present
State Boxing Commission, the con-
tinually increasing popularity of horse
racing and the policy of the State ad-
minis tration to centralize under one
control all correlated activities, the in
dicaklons are that the Governor will
give this subject serious consideration
after his return from Atlantic City.
EsTly in the session the Governor
promised TO call into conference all Of
the sport writer's OF the State. He
has i'll mind a plan 70 bring under the
supervision Of one commission all
sports, including boxing, wrestling,
horse racing and professional baseball,
and it has been his intention TO thresh
ONT the question with men prominent
in sporting circles.
Would Abolish salaries.
The talk OF a general sports commits
sion has been revived by the several
bills affecting horse racing and boxing
acted on or introduced this week, as
well as by the annual report OF the
state Racing Commission. which was
submitted to the Legislature to-day
Asscmblyman Brundage is preparing
bill abolishing the salaries OF the Box
Ing Commissioners. He holds that q
higher class Of men could be obtained
II they served without pay. as the Rae
ing Commissioners do. Mr.. Brundage
who 10 an ex-service man, is an enthusi-
astic advocate OF clean boxing.
Tho Belts bill, imposing IL per cent
tax on running horse races. which has
been reported favorably TO the Assem-
bly,, Is scheduled for passage, while
strong opposition Is sure 10 develop to
The Petite bill. which would prevent oral
oettiYg
Horse racing men, IL is believed. have
no obt etion to the added tax. In fact
NHeV stNt Sdlu " NtlCOtnt IL as OllICtGl
fecoguiton of horse racing as it is now
being conducted. They point to rhe Rae
ing Commissions report 10 show the
growing popularity OF horse racing and
he inadvisability of interference by any
such legislation as the Petite bill. The
report. which was signed by James W.
Wadsvorth, Sr., Henry II. Sinclair and
George W. Loft, shows that the purses
and prizes given for horse racing events
during the year Of 1920 aggregated
sf,710,75O. an increase of s3S0,507 over
1919 and probably the largest in the
history Of racing. There were 14S rae
ing days, as compared with 145 the year
before. These figures are significant
when il is known that in 1918. shortly
after the slump in racing caused by the
Hughes antibetting laws, there were
sixty-seven racing days and s3s5.oO0
given in purses and prizes. The racing
days in 1920 were divided as follows !:
Metropolitan. %: westchester. 80 !:
Queens County Jockey Club. so Empire
city. 30, and Saratoga. 20.
Army Men Praise work.
In reviewing the benefits OF racing in
Improving horses the report tells OF the
fine mounts furnished TO the New York
state Constabulary and the United
states Cavalry from the racing stations
or tho Jockey Clubs breeding bureau,
which was started in 1906. The excel
lent results attained by the Genesee
Valley breeders Association and other
organizations OF stock farmers from
using thoroughbred stations also are re-
connted. The Jockey Club now has
seventeen stations In this State. which
in 1920 were mated to 314 mares II
also has nine stations in Maryland, six
ir Pennsylvania and one in Virginia.
They include such horses az Fashion
Plate, Otis. Marse Henry. Oyanna and
Pharaoh.
Only horses OF proven quality in the
sctuai test OF racing. said the report
are deemed worthy OF being employed
In the great work OF general horse inn
provement. and from the excellent re-
suits attained in carrying out that pol
Icy the continuance Of racing would
seem to be recognized as an economic
essential.
Tho Jockey Club is deserving OF the
greatest praise for donating stations
without which the work would have been
impossible,
The report quotes Col. Armstrong OF
the United States Army Quarternasters'
Department as saying:
III farmers OF the United States get
good mares and send them TO selected
stations the United states Army win
have no fear or shortage of good cav
airy horses"
He pointed out that II the farmers
became educated TO understand he value
OF the thoroughbred stallion they would
reap big financial benefits. lie said that
the Genesee Valley farmers in this State
now understand this.
rhe Racing Commission made no rec
concentrations to the Legislature.
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