New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-05
SARATOGA POOLS AND RACES.
No ArrEMPr NO ENroRcE we law.

NO ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE THE LAW.
EVEN LEGISLATORS AND JUDGES BUYING FOOL
TJcxETs-PUBI4c OPINION AT SARATOGA IN RE-
GARD TO BETTING ON RACES.
tEROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.l
SARATOGA, Aug. 3.--A Police Justice in the
CITY OF New-York recently remarked when bookseller
Was before him, that the statute against pooseihng APP
piled to every part OF the State with the exception he
thought Of Saratoga County The suggestion that the
law does NOT apply TO Saratoga novel one to sarato-
ians and 70 the legislators who made the laws but the
fact that IL is not enforced in Saratoga is evident to
every one daily The the same as that Tor the
mpOssiby Of stopping the sale OF liquor In Massachu-
sets or any other State by DrohbitOry statute-puoe
pluon does not support the legislation. Whatever may
be the condition OF public sentiment on this question
in other parts Of the STATE IL is plain that the Saratoga
peope do not want the sale Of pools at the Saratoga
course stopped.
Whatever might be the result Of crushing out pools 1t
IS certain that they are sold at the saratoga
course in great quantities on every racing day
Aud the character Of some Of the people
who buy tickets in tine French pools might sur
prse odfashOned people, who hold that law should
be strictly ODSefVeo WIZ !. - W ~ - t cnnInitv
though Il Is Objectionable 70 part OF we cO,u ty
Not only do leading railroad olnclals neh meIenats
promihent lawyers, well-known physicians ana Other
me form French pool tickets on horses that they
hers 81 Iisaturesn tins and other States, have been
known 10 indulge in this kind OF gambling on smaIl
aeale OF York Aldermen ana city POLITICIANS geuef
aIly II is hardly necessary to say that they are eonsn
aud digent patrons Of the booksellers when they visit
saratoga Most city fathers and politicians IN New
York take % gambling as naturally as ouck taxes 70
water. That is EXPECTED But It was NOT 10 DO eH,
law should approve and assist In the Violation OF tue
law which they made. This some OF them nave done
When at Saratoga eagerly discussing the merits
Of the thOrOughbreds they have thought M no harm 10
back their opinions BY the purchase OF So tickets IN the
gambling Injection ndge OF the hghest court III bs
hood of the poolstand He talked earnestly about the
DrOspects OF the racers and length handed friend
SSl.ESoSn Steepecbaser Tie judges horse did
not VIM This shows mat though an oeou
have keen insight into legal principles and may be abe
to compare ably the provisions OF The various stat
ntes vet when it is question of comparing the merits
and achievements champions OF the turf, OF
the bOObacks and newsbOys OF Saratoga could give hm
valuable hints Possibly the Judge convinced OF the
iniSiIv of pooselng when he saw the horse which
he nad bet in next TO last 10 the race great
many persons do become convinced under similar cir
cumstanees that the pool system is evil but they
generally return the evil the next day aud try 70 win
bSek what they have lost Possibly the Judge merely
studying tie pool arrangements in order TO grasp the
whole subject and be able TO denOunce the violation OF
the law Ia more emphatic and pointed way; perhaps
his bet on the steeplechaser made Ouly that lac
sa octnat eToerenee And Vet scoffers and the un-
ii @o in SarotoGo are inclined 10 the belief
that IL the judges horse lad come III first, the judge
SFould nave porketed his winnings.
Abough the law is constantly defed here the trans
gressOrs carry their business In such way as 10 an
nov as little as possible people whom pools are
abomiuation There is pOOlseing in the village IL
SELF it is all done at the tack IN the afternoon before
races The auctlOneers booth, the pool registers and
everything belonging TO the system are at the lower END
ing f most of the occupants that stand they
enclosed by railing within which no boys are admitted
A plaeart is posted OuspcuOusly Offering reward of
81 OOO TO any one who detect discrepancy in the
pool figures which defrauds the pOobuyers The pool
sellers DO not clai however to carry their calcula
fiOns 10 fractions OF dime. The time and trouble re-
qured 10 make change down to the odd cents they say,
are too great for the amount involved.