The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-06
POOLS ON THE RACES.
Money Put Up the Favorites and Taken
Down Despite the Police.

Police Inspector Dilks. while acting as
Superintendent in the temporary absence of
that official yesterday. was asked about the
sale Of pools on the races Mt Jerome Park. He
said: There will be no pools sold in this city
with the knowledge " the police. ANY one at
tempting to sell will bo arrested" At the time
this announcement was made pools were being
sold openly. in defiance OF the police regula-
tions. at two places in Barclay street At Bar
clay is popular barroom. kept by an eN-police
officer. In one corner near the entrance. was
small enclosure. In plain sight from the street.
and the, advertisement OF the business car
ried on there read: Jerome Park Races. orders
received ri l Barclay street. Hackett x Co"
On the wall in the enclosure were several black
boards. also easily noticed from the sidewalk
in three rows. in the first OF which were chalked
the names OF the horses TO run at jerome
Park. the second contained number for each
horse. and the third row gave the number ~
tickets sold on each. The advertisement drew
to the place a large number OF sporting men
and others who had money to venture Orders
were taken from about 10 clock In the morning
until few minutes before D. and toward the
Tss present e The I pools offered Y we're r. Tsrs and
combination. tickets in which were sold for 81
apiece. Telegraph messengers arrived every
few minutes with dispatches giving tho prog
ress and result OF the races. and these were
read out loud as fast as received. About $500
changed hands.
was advertised as follows: Jerome Park. En-
tries can be seen at Barclay street.
Books open. ". Lowell Mr. Lowell sold about
$4,000 worth OF tickets in the Paris and combi-
nation pools. The Paris tickets. We're So each.
and the combination 81. The favorite horses
were La Belle Helene. Duke Of Magenta I'm
cas-. and Simo on. the odd. being about two to
one. Paris tickets on 9. /. Lorilard's Loua-
nier paid the holders $3.50 each on ID. ID. With
ers's colt King Ernest. $3.50 each. and on i.
Lorillard's colt. Garrick sl2 each. Two-dollar
combination tickets on Loulanier, King Ernest.
police remained in blissful ignorance VIII le the
sales were going on. Orders for French and
combination pool tickets were advertised nj
Kelly Biiss's, is West Twenty eighth street,
The Police Commissioners some time ago re-
ferred the case OF a pool seller who was lis
charged by Justice Murray because the police
could not produce the purchaser OF the pool.
and could not prove that the pool was sold upon
or that there was race. 10 the Corporation
Counsel for An opinion. Assistant Corporation
Counsel Andrews, in the absence OF Mr. Whit
ney was asked yesterday what the opinion -
tho latter IL likely TO be. He thinks that no will
say that ii Is not necessary 10 have the ad-
diuonnl evidence required by Justice Muir
be held for merely keeping room
containing pool selling apparatus. He cOnsld-
ers that under the construction Of the law wtaken
by the Police Magistrate, pool sellers can easily
continue the business aud evade tho penalty
which the law imposes and that the police must
either get the evidence which he requires or
else arrest the offender and irrespective Of tho
Police justices. consult the District Attorney,
and. IL he thinks 1t necessary, have the case
presented to the Grand Jury.
Mr.. Andrews saws that he does not pretend 10
know much about wAgers or horse races. but
he guesses that tho Police Justice who desires
evidence that pools are actually sold. and the
race takes place. looks at the matter from the
betting standpoint-thati IL n race does not occur r.
the bets are declared of and the money re-
funded. He thinks that the law can easily be