The Home Office has wasted no time in constituting the
Racecourse Betting Control Board, and some of our readers may hope to see the totalisator installed at Lincoln when the next flat racing season begins in the spring. The Home Secretary has appointed Sir Reginald Blair to be Chairman until the post can be taken by Sir Clement Hindley, now Chief Commissioner of Railways in India. Lord D'Abernon is appointed to the Board by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and we expect him to be a most influential member. The Jockey Club nominates its Senior Steward and Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, a former steward who worked hard for the passing of the Act, with a chartered account- ant, Sir William McLintock, who has had wide experience of public work. Tattersall's nominates a well-known bookmaker. The majority of the Board are well known to breeders and racing folk and will command their confidence. The others, we doubt not, will earn it.
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