HOW "TOTE" ASSISTS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 72, 27 March 1933, Page 4

HOW "TOTE" ASSISTS

HORSE-BREEDING INDUSTRY

WORLD-WIDE EXAMPLES

I The drastic cute in the annual grants made by the War Office as material assistance to the thoroughbred breeding industry in England have struck a severe' blow at horse owners and breeders, but it is the hope of the racing authorities that the totalisator will before long be able to provide the same and much greater assistance to British owners and breeders.

As illustrating what may be done the "Sporting-.Life" recently collected and published the following short reviews of the benefits accruing from the totalisator and.betting in other parts of the world. The comparison in many cases is startling. BELGIUM. Of the receipts from course, totalisator, and agency betting taxes amounting to 19,000,000 francs in 1931, 1,000,000 francs were allocated to the "Association pour I'eneouragement en Belgique d'elevage dv Cheval dv pur sang et de demi-sang." CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Subsidies granted by the State.are not. derived" specifically from the proceeds of betting taxgs, ;which, like all other taxes, are* collected ,by;Hhe Ministry of Finance. Provision ir made in the Budget of the Ministry of Agriculture each year for the purchase of" horses, for subsidies to horsebreeding- establishments (draught; riding, and- racehorses), ■/■which . belong to the State; and: for subsidies for the encouragement of horse racing. ■ The sums; set, aside since 1921 vary from 46 to 18% million crowns per annum, the peak"being 58 million' crowns in 1922: The total amount of the subsides ■ that the Jockey. Club has received from the Ministry of Agriculture since 1921 to the end; of 1931 is 439,770 crowns/ making an average of 40,000 crowns a'year. ; FRANCE. The'proportion of the - State tax on totalisator receipts that -was allocated; to the "Direction , dcs Haras" (breeding Studs) Jn 1930 for'prizes and grants in connection with horse' racing and' horse breeding was 27,660,583; francs.' The "Haras" department maintains; 21 centres for 3222 stallions. ■It issues diplomas and certificates •to French stallion owners, :.and in conjunction with, departmental and municipal authorities and hippie societies, organises prize meetings and" competition's, and gives prizes in 'the case of saddle horses. It also: subsidises various eqiiine associations, including, horse-racing, societies, and in 1930 contributed approximately five million francs as awards at prize meetings, for stallions, brood mares, foals, and fillies Vk millions towards the Paris Horse Show, 3% millions to breeders, 2 millions for horse racing, and 700,000 francs to horse breeding. ■ /" ■ ' . GERMANY. A'-tax is collected on\ totalisator and bookmaker betting by the .Reich Government, which distributes it to the "various States, and the allocation for horsebreeding purposes is the.h made ty the State Governments. '■■'.' ,' The German States receive 96 per cent. of the Collected betting tax-and undertake tOiexpend one-third thereof for purposes of horse ■breeding,, The allocations durr ing' recent;, years have^b^en.Sconsiderable^ Prussia has for the pa6t;'thjjeei'years' allo-J; eated her entire share of the tax to subsidies and prizes for horse breeding. The total has amounted to 26,118,000 marks (nearly £2,000,000). ITALY. Under a recent decree, there has been instituted under the auspices of. the Ministry of Agriculture the "National" Union for increasing the breeds of horses." which" is'to include the Italian Jockey GluVand; various other bodies interested in saddle and'race horses. . ', ■■■"•' • ■ V The Government•has' taken -as its prer eept 'The encouragement_.ol the .extension and improvement of horse breeding for the purpose of making it more suited to the agricultural, commercial, and military requirements of the cbuntry; and the provision of uniformity of character and of .type to the products of the/various horse-breeding districts .on the .basis o£ rational and permanent .rules previously decided -upon." .-■'-.- ... In 1926 29,000,000 lire (£450.000) was voted to be expended over a period of years in encouraging breeding. JAPAN. A tax is levied by the Government on all totalisator receipts, for allocation to the breeding and improvement of horses. The sums thus obtained average in. the neighbourhood of 2,000,000 yen per annum. .■'.■.-..'■■ ■ : POLAND. ■ Of the'proceeds from-- the ■ pari-mutuels, approximately 13. pel- cent, is set aside for special allocations by the Minister of Agriculture. ■ ■.:"■.'"'■' ■ Of this, a ■ substantial proportion has recently been allocated to breeding premiums, competitions, poinfc-to-points, purchase of horses for breeding purposes, State horse-breeding establishments, publication of stud books, etc., and other aids to private horse breeding. RUSSIA. Horse breeding is under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture. Breeding of army remounts is carried out in. military stud, farms. The' industry is, .heavily, subsidised; .-.-■■ . SWEDEN. '■'... ; ;: i ¥$L* !lund f« d thousand. - • kronen . (£42,000) is; allocated, annually for horse breeding. Of' this, 598,000 kronen is ditectly used for breeding, and the rest for the administrative cost of the Government stud and-of the two breeding depots, me Government recoups itself out of the. totalisator. . , ;'..-; , UNITED; STATES. Official encouragement is given to the breeding of riding horses only. The existing annual appropriation f-r horse breeding, is 120,000 dollars, v , ■•■■•■ With this it"is possible to maintain 700 stallions. That-number'is now on hand with civilian agents of the War Department throughout the country, and it is estimated that ".they will produce in: the neighbourhood: of 15,000 foals annually. WAIRARAPA ENTRIES Owners'- and trainers are reminded that I nominations for all events at the Wai-i rarapa facing Club's Autumn: Meeting I to be held-on-Saturday, and Monday, April \o and 17, close at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. ' 'The Feathcrston telegraph office.dosps at 5 p.m.