The China Jockey Club would be the equivalent of the Associated Chambers of Commerce. Possibly it would not solve the China pony problem in six months or a year, but it is Warrenfeld to a sub: ifn that it would have everyone contented within two or three years at the most. Under the strict and Uniform rules of the China Jockey Club there would be no question of the status of any one partici in the sport—fortunately there very little now—and an offender under a ban anywhere would not be able to get into another club. Tt is conceivable that the China Jockey Club could effect a change from the haphazard methods which characterize the sale and purchase of the animals we race, and even the breeding of them, and thus place on sound basis what, with all ite defects, at the present time is one of China's most remunerative indus. tries and could be made still more profitable to the country. Again, the Stewards of the China Jockey Club would: "be "foreigners and Chinese gentlemen of the highest standing in oficial and commercial circles, men universally respected, whose' opinions are valued and whose advice is accepted. Under their unified control, racing would have a recognized place and there could be no repetition of the instances that have occurred on at least four courses within the past year, where local. officials have endeavoured to enforce their indi vidual wills, (To be Continued)
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