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age per capita bet in the area."
The Rev, Richard E. Taylor of Kansans for Life at Its Best', which opposes gambling, is said to be bringing about any economic development to the state.
"I am quoting from the Wall Street Journal when I say that pari-mutuel gambling is technically a swindle, theft by deception," Taylor said. "The track owner love money more than they love horses or dogs."
"It took a lot of people and a lot of effort to get art-mutual gambling on the ballot," Clasen said. "The state voted, the election, and the people voted for it."
In 1968, voters amended the state constitution to allow legislate pair-mutuel draf concessions for dog races.
He said that then-governor John Carlin opposed pari-mutuel gambling, but once it was passed, Carlin wanted to make the resolution "sueaky clean."
Some gambling opponents are concerned that crime may creep into the country.
"Pari-mutuel betting was passed almost 20 months ago," Clasen said, "but at this time last year, Governor Carlin had just finalized his appointments to the racing commission and the Legislature had just finished passing all the track regulations."
Taylor said, "Every informed person knows that pari-mutu gambling brings in loan sharks, organized crime and prostitutes."
Miller said the racing commission is doing a background check on track administrators.
Clasen said, "When they investigated me, they looked into my bank
records, high school records, college records. They called my in-laws and went out of state to check on me."
Miller said that the racing commission would hand out four racing permits for 1989. It has considered offering permits to the Kansas City area, Wichita, Pittsburg and Hutchinson. Rooks County has applied for a provisional license for its county fair.
"Once things get organized," Miller said, "there could be one racing organization that could move across the state to each county fair.
"Once people voted for it, there wasn't much opposition to it. They said that if Kansas had to have parimutuel gambling, then we should have the safest, most legal system possible."
"We hope the racing tracks will provide entertainment and economic growth."
Miller said that racing commission employees, including veterinarians, would police every race. Animals would be health-inspected before and after every race and urinalysis would be administered to check for illegal drug use.
However, Miller said, if an animal is sick enough to need drugs to run, it shouldn't be racing at all.
Taylor said that pari-mutuel gambling didn't encourage economic growth, it just redistributed consumer money. He said that the money people could spend on refrigerators and cars would be spent at the track.
Most drugs used in racing, such as pain killers, are illegal. Some users also use drugs to make their animals more energetic. Miller said.
Miller said that there was some truth to Taylor's statements.
"It is true that the people who gamble the most are the ones who
can't afford it," he said. "They may gambay away the paycheck that's supposed to feed the kids or pay a doctor's bill. It's easy money, and more people leave with an empty wallet than a winner. But they will be spending their money in Kansas, not in other states."
Carol Henderson, president of the Lawrence Humane Society, said that her organization was not opposed to the racing but to the cruel treatment of the animals that could accompany racing.
"We believe the treatment of these animals is inherently cruel."
She said she objected to the handling of the racing animals as paws, meaning they might not get proper care.
Racing dogs are bred to produce more racing dogs. Surplus dogs, the ones that aren't fast enough to race, turn up in the streets or in shelters, she said. The humane society then must find homes for the dogs or be forced to kill them.
"The animal's whole life depends on racing fast. If it breaks a leg or gets sick, that's it." Henderson said. "We're working among the animals for economic gain."
She said that most dog raiders had their own veterinarians to handle surplus dogs, but the responsibility for many of them falls on the public.
Henderson said, "There is an element of human nature that likes to take a risk. It's human nature to get something for nothing, or even a little bit more. We're certainly going to try to get involved in the inspection of the tracks."
Event though the people of Kansas approved pari-mutuel gambling, Henderson said her organization would make sure that the tracks would be closely watched.
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