RACING AND BETTING
[To She Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sir.,—Does anyone really suppose that horse-racing would exist for another twenty years if all betting on the course or " away " were abolished ? The mushroom growth of Grey- hound racecourses would never have worried the welfare workers of England had betting been banned from the start. But why should not the same excuse be used for dog-racing as for horse-racing—the improvement of horse-breeding- why not the improvement of dog-breeding ? Are horses likely to be of much more use than dogs in say another ten years ? Originally 110 doubt the racecourse was really important for the army and for every other institution where horses were, but are no longer a necessity—now the only reason for the improvement of horse-breeding is for the improvement of race-horses and hunters, why then should not dog-breeding be for the improvement of racing dogs and sporting dogs, surely as important or even more important, for race-horses and hunters are for the few and dogs for the
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