4 APRIL 1998, Page 27

Turfed out

Sir: Having read with interest Peter Oborne's article 'A racing uncertainty' (21 March), I am amazed that he can't grasp the fact that a healthy racing industry cou- pled with a betting industry that does not exist just to line its own pockets would

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allow a British government sufficient funds to build innumerable new hospitals, schools etc. He has only to look at the French, Aus- tralian or Hong Kong systems. It appears that, of all journalists, only James Under- wood (European Racing & Breeding Update) can grasp this obvious fact C. Henty

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