Rangoon, Sept.
serious effort to have pony racing in Rangoon abolished has been started in the House of Representatives, where Mr. U. Ba Hlaing. a prominent member, has introduced a designed io stop this sport on the ground that it is gambling, The livelihood of 4,500 breeders in Upper Burma would be affected if the bill became law.
The mover, in introducing measure, known as the Burma Gambling and Betting Tax (Amendment) Bill maintained that people suffered heavy losses through betting on races, with the that crimes increased.
In support Mr. Ganga Singh described racing as a game for the idle rich, and contended that original object of racing, namely, to improve the breed of horses for the defence of a country, did not hold good in the present age.—Reuter. second place but never overtook Valerie while Viking dropped back to third and finally fourth place.
Valerie was home first with Undine only three minutes behind. Then came Ingomar, Haven in that Viking Kerr order. It was grand race and very fast times were made in the reach up the Yangtze with the tide under time.
Saturday Morning, September 28, 1940.
Weather: Fine—Track: Sücky—Goin Slow—All on Grass Track except Ponies marked with were gallopped on Inside Course.
Pony and Rider Jam ym 34m im 14m l!gm Last
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