London, Sept. 16.
From the standpoint of the interest of horse racing, the Jockey Club opposes sweepstakes, declar-Lord Harewood, the senior steward of the Club, while giving] videnes before the Royal Commission which has been appointed deal with the question of lotteries and_betting.
Lord Harewood acknowledged that small sweeps are innocuous but said that the big ones had the result of swelling the field with hors: which had no possible chance Negotiations with the promoters of the Calcutta checked abuses from it, and the same the Stock Exchange Swe some extent to the big Ivish 'A more serious objection, he de-lared, remained in. the opportunity for fraud offered by sweepstake He said there would be less sporting " interes stakes were legalized and were pi fed. under some sort of government Sir Arthur Stanley, President, of the British Hospitals "Association, giving evidence before the Royal Commission on Lotteries and Betting, "sid that voluntary hospitals not wish that their needs should bbe made the pretext for legalization on ottevies, but were not opposed fo legalization and. would be prepaved to accept money derived from properly legalized source The best way to manage lotteries for the safety of the community and with proper safeguards against fraud was through some statuter body on the lines of the Brit Broadcasting Corporation authori ed to run a limited number of public lotteries ay sweepstakes. ceeds should be set aside for grants A certain percentage of the pro-
to organisations engaged tonal" welfare work. Hospital workers recognised that if large} sums were granted towards the maintenance of individual hospitals, Ht would have a tendency seriously' to diminish charitable contribution which now totalled $8,000,000 a unally and a considerable part of which was given by people opposed
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