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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-01-12, Page 13r� rJet:exited. All facets ofil the racin fru. • ternity in Ontario, both Harness. and1.4orootilbrod horse racing, owners and track management,, have banded together In present.; in _`rlef to.premier Roberts; ..g a .b The brief, presented Deg, 20, states:that, racing $41 the .pro.. -wince is in serious. . economic trouble. - A study by theTorontoana meat co consultant `firm, •m,Woods Gordon and Co., revealed _ the; hardest bit members of the frac. e in du o . d: are the div' , al h rse ,'ownersand breeders who, lost $11,000,000 in 1965. • eon - is easy to see. that average Ontario resident simply, cannot afford to ‘.,breed ror'- own racehorses toda. 'unless ' he° IS v in the extremely. •rare.financial position of being able to absorb huge losses," said• George Fr•,p,stad, a, Burlington constructs ion' executive and chairman 'of the committee representing the Standardbred and Thoroughbred orse Industries. By showing a combined front to the `government, something' akin to a partnership of labor and management in other'busin. ess, the racing fraternity is hop. • ink to oonvi> ce the government to return ,half of its present take toce'higher p�rss, a fin. produ uncial assistance for horse breeders to; orneeded equine,research; ,. "fIorse racing is a three•wa partnership ann.9i �gg government, the race tracks afndhorse owners,' and breeders," • said Frostad. • "The first partner, e.. govern,' ment, .with no-• laves ment •in the - industry, �. eceive $10,70Q,000 from.the tax •onwagering 141965, the year " the report '.covers. In' 1966 its take went up to $13,60,°,, 000, . • • "The second partner,. 'the' race tracks, with an investment _M exceeding$90 00.0 000 received a modest: re rn on thatirivestment - far less than the averageprofit.. making company' in Canada -earned in 1965. .:, "The third .partner,. the face.. horse 'owner and breeders, with an investment ofmore than $50,.., 000,000 lost $11,000,000 'in 196. a' and are now in, ae deteriorating position; ' • "It Is evident the racing in. • dustry is in a perilous economic. position ,and that, improvement is only possible if the govern. ment re -invests a portion of Abe, revenue it currently receives from racing." - ' In, 1950, the Ontario govern. meat was persuaded to lower its tax on wagering from 12 1/2 ao per' -Cent to six per cent through -• --gradual _reductions over a six. year period. • At the• end of the ' ' six.year period, the. government was receiving more money taking, only six per cent than it had received when removing 12 1/2, Since then, the government has increased its income from racing two•and-a.half times because 'the racing industry has -been able to improve` itself by investing t he money fbme'rIy ` en; y government in • modern facilities - and _ and higher -class 'racing stock. All those .involved in Ontario .ho's'e racing -and there are, thou- sands Of ,, indtvitrual owners, breeders, trainers, grooms, in. • vestors, are hoping •the govern. ment :will remember. its past ex. perience and go along with the petition. If not, the future of -horse rac. • ing in.. Ontario is a bleak one, according' to those directly "in. volved. ,- "There is .no question the in. dustry_ .. will decline unless we receive some aid," said Frosted. •Eedy Heads RCL Branch Irvine E'edy of Dungannon' was' installed as president of the L-4ck. now Branch of the Royal Canadian . _Legion. ...:.:�_. Othelr,„.officers include, past president, Walter Arnold; 1st vice president, George Beaton; 2nd vice president, Bruce Wamsley; °aecretary.ir..easurer,--Harold Rit.. chie executive committee, Art Charles lto ins ° Ernewein,- C u Tom Morrison, Ken Cameron ane Noble Johnston;' sergeant at arms Dave Moffat. . . ' An installing team, composed of }lerman Young, Chairman, Harold Cameron, Ward. Wacker, W hired McIntyre arid Jim Web: ster from the Kincardine Legion,, very capably installed the Luck. .r"w now officers, . --» °During the meeting a motion ' .was passed to pay the Lucknow Lions Club $168 representing half , , the cost of swimming .instruction for local ' children at the tees. water pool during the -past summer. ' (Y John McGraw famed New York ilLttiants' mange•'; -hatted .390 in I ,games while playing for ititithre'36 1899. li "By the time this appears print, I expect that I shall have severed anf association of 17 e the e . news e a bats' s. And' it is not a ._r i 15p 1105 without Seine .sadness that I do ,Sometimes it ,seem that our life 'is governed by accident, that: we ,�haye-very little, control oar. it. • Ilad • the . war .0 lasted -a few months longer, had 1 takenr.a differen .course at -university, Or gone to a different college, I. Would not, have met • my wife. And had I not met that particu- by Bill Smiley lar girl .at that particular- -time, I would never have been in the • newspaper business, nor would I,be writing -this column.' Accident again took a hand. We. were In the city: I had en- rolled in a post -graduate cotlirse in English. University teaching was the objective. Came the tragic' news that my, brother-in-law (on my wife's side) had been drowned in a boating accident. He owned a weekly newspaper. • We hastened to the scene, to be of what comfort we could. CAR. ADIOS Why 'Bother? And I pitched in, as ignorant as Mrs. Murphy's cow, -to help. keep the ' paper going for a week or two, until -other ar- rangements were rl nd.e Eleven years .•1 was Still there. . ' From the beginning, Ywas fascinated. This was better Own the world of•ChaUeer and Spen- ser and the Romantic poets, the whole fleece -lined -we* Of the scholar, This was life. There. was an exciting',tempo to .11 - that suited me. Monday was a day of 'desperation. No news, no editorials written, no- body wanted to ..buy an adver- tisement that early in:the week. The-= Linotype operator wasp gett. ting owly because you couldn't. • keep hind busy and he knew what was coming. , Tuesday, the pace accelerated rapidly, The news began to pour'in. You -madly dashed off two sparkling editorials. You • tried to make a sensible story' of the donnybrook at last night's council meeting. You hit the street . and sold ads, whether it was raining or snow- ing or blasting*.hot. Wednesday was even moreso• Complaints, callers, classified ads piling in, and the inevitable Merchant waltzing,_ in, after the .deadline,with a big ad you simply hadn't room to print. Proof-reading away behind. People ixt'looking far free pub- licity. ub- licity, /People in just ted chat about town affairs, or their grandchildren. And the lino: type operator;,. dangerogs to the point of .,being lethal; withiii'a'" radius of 12 • feet of his ma- chine. Work often till midnight, putting the sheet to bed. Thursday wasdecision day., Tao 'ma 'many' Can' ny ads, � n `are leaue. this one ° out? Too much ,coun- try correspondence. Which re- porter willleast be le a t infuriated.. 4f we leave her stuff till next e t week? Short a column of front page news, Where can we dig it t? The photos haven't ,arrived. Ruslisto the- bus -station:. see .if they're in, But by' about 10.30 a,.m.,, she was on the press, rind the..com' farting thu nip and .rumble ;af. the ..old.... machine was ?'award enough .for nail the scrambling. Th' ire. ,was "solid satisfaction in, folding, stamping and mailing the finished "product. You fet as good 'as' hough ou'd lust wrestled, an alligator to a spit decision. , 4t any rate, I was hooked. Formeda.Partnership .with one otheprinters,wet n f ._..c1. • ugh the thi g.: We didn't have „AO gents apiece. But we wend!' out like a Couple of pirates-, hit ev- "ery ' friend - and. relative we knew, scratched. _ap - the . down payment,,outbid every competl- ,tor. because we had ‘ nothing to lose, and tbglt: on *war whatwas probably the 'biggest mortgage oil zany• eekly newspaper on the ,continent, -They ,were great . fun' those first;' fewyears. Ttere wasn't much caviar or champagne: Ev- ery spare :nickel went into the debts, But we made it, and Ornade a *host of good friends among weekly editors on the way. But I can tell you that run - W'IN A WHITE' 'DELUXE PORTABLE SEWING MACHINE NOTHING TO PURCHASE NO QUESTIONS TO ANSWER FAIL In The - Free Entry -Blanks At Remingt�n's IGA Goderich -Draw To Take - Place Saturday, January 14th - Ask 1• , Rt x41 .-•".e • n.4. e w Vv a� s,o. ging � we k1� ne . a1? per i.. one of the' roughest games in town. ,Holidays are almost :unknown, r thevile., - ...nie- Lon hours. ti.; h 'So body is lwayy sore at you, And• u o . v. e M1 e , n rb YY.. iii , 'it: Sonia of it. Alp 1111. always nave,; liy arjn ire ries of it. 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