Off-course Betting

Chronicle (Levin), 17 July 1948, Page 2

Off-course Betting

Reft'rring to off-courae betting, the president, Mr. U. R- t'hahnerp, in his annual reporl to the Racing (.■onterence, yestorday aaid the Garning Cominnwion liad upheld Ihe conforenee view svhicli was iii s( rong opposition to the lieensing ot bookmakera. Mr Clialmers coutinued: " Many alternative- aelieuies i'or off- course betting were eonsidered, l>ut. tlie Coniniisaion rejected theni all in tavour oi one pu! forward on l>elialt of the Kaeing and Trotting Cont'ereneca. No'doubt#you will all rememlM?r that we ihe Raeing Conforenee- -at first i-onsidered it pre ferable to submit a scheme in bricf outline oulv, as we were of opinion that il the (,'omiuission eould be satistied tliai a scheme was workable iu principlc, and would reeommend its adoption, tlve ini plementation oi" that scheme would aecessarily be the work of experts, and would require eonsiderable researcli, and very careful eousideration of tlm many praetical difficulties involsed. However, early in the present atiou ot the conferene.e case, the Ooiumission iu dicated that this outlino was inadequate and we tlien liad to submit a sclieme in detail, and as mentioued eariier, this scheme was in princple reconunended by the Commission. if legislatiou approving of this prim-iple is introduced and made law, the onus will be put on those controlling both racing and trot . ting, to introduce a scheme which must be based on that subinitted to the Coni missiou. ' '