The Racing Industry

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 170, 14 April 1932, Page 9

The Racing Industry

Sir, —Mr. G. F. Moore appears anxious to learn why horse-racing may not be defined as an industry. His assertion that it may be is either due to confused thinking or anxiety to show cause for legislative effort to increase public support to racing per medium of this totalisator. The good sense of the public is clearly shown to be opposed to increased expenditure in this way at the present time. The mere recital of a list of men employed in maintaining racing does not constitute it an industry. Is Mr. Moors preparcil to contend that crime is an industry because a large number of people derive their livelihood through the Department of Justice with its sub-depart-ments of police force, criminal courts and penal establishments, which combined would produce a much more formidable list than horse-racing? Neither would Mr. Moore advocate an increase in crime to augment the number necessary to combat such an increase. He would have been on more solid ground had he been content to attempt to justify horseracing as a sport, but lie hfls elected to treat it as a gambling machine by classing it with two-up. He could not have found a less industrious occupation; —J am, etc., HORSE SENSE. April 9.