RACING SUSPENDED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 26 June 1926, Page 9

RACING SUSPENDED

! LONDON. May 6 I It has been found impossible (writes , Centaur, our racing correspondent), to r-iiiiiituin rming or indeed almost any form of sport, under the inlluenee of tin national strike. During Hie War, turf enthusiasts were pennittecl some relaxation—we even had our War Dcrbys, llmugli it was not possible for Hiein to take place n't Epsom and the venue was tiansfeiml to Newmarket. 'But even the limited racing that was feasible between 1014 18 has been rendered impossible by Ihe general stoppage of | work that Labour has decreed. With very few (rains running, the problem <f 'moving horses about proved insoluble. I The best type of owner refused to risk j rheir animals and even if meetings had gone on. the attendances would have ' been negligible; Apart from the difficuliiy of transport there was the police question to be considered. Every race 'meeting attracts a certain number of troughs who have to bo closely watched' jfind the police have a good deal to do in ; ! these hectic days without- travelling j about the country from race meeting to race meeting. Nevertheless, the stem- > page of racing has its serious side. It i is as true today as when the Roman j Emperor built ' the Colosseum, that sport affords a safety-valve against civil disaffection. When men have nothing to do but stand lounging about at street corners, the work of a. professional agitator is greatly simplified; but no one anticipates that the present ' trouble, will prove of long duration. Soon (be High Street of Newmarket will be astir j once more with strings of racehorses,

;'iossi:ig (!)<-• town In Iho Bury or (he Cimbridgeshir.e side of Ihe Heath., and the typical Newmarket crowd—dapper, oiiiik moving, alert and very much alive— will again lill Ihe place with an :iir (if purposefulness.