The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-07
.INGLEsIDE is DOOMED
The Supervisors Vote to Prohibit
.... Betting
BY A MAJORITY OF EIGHT
they Would Listen to No Argument in
Opposition to the Measure-Its
Final Passage Is Fore
gone Conclusion.
Special Dispatch to the STANDARD.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
san Francisco, March 6-Ingleside
race track Is apparently doomed, BY
vote of 10 to 2. the supervisors to-
DAY passed to print an ordinance pro-
nipitlng betting on horses or dog races,
both within and without racing inclos
ures. Under provisions of stringent
measures, the penalty for breaking this
law is a fine of $500 or six months in
the county jail, or both, should the
court see fit to impose a double sem
tence. 1t was a foregone conclusion
before the board convened that the
order would be passed to print, a legis-
latiVe formality preliminary to the SUBJ
sequent adoption, technically known rs
the hnal passage. Its intending sun
porters smiled at each other as they
watched the amazed countenances of
the members who were expecting to op-
pose 1t. Supervisor Pierrault proceeded
to argue the necessity of action being
taken Immediately.
Everybody knows the direful eonse-
quences,' he said, of this race track
gambling: fathers deserving their fam
lilies; mothers leaving their babes and
young girls enticed into life of shame.
1t is case Of petty larceny of high
way robbery, embezzlement and sui
eide"
Then came startling diatribe when
Pierrault declared with uplifted hand
IN emphasis: No one will appear be-
fore the committee to oppose this meas
ure except Colonel Mazuma"
After the meeting the members said
they did not wish to hear any argu-
ments from the race track magnates,
as they understood the reasons that
would be submitted in support of the
claim that racing was necessary for the
breeding industry. Il, tt7
IF they want to race horses TO de-
velop their speed" said Supervisor Col
Inns, the ordinance will not prevent it,
Let the contests be for healthy sport
and for purses and not for gambling
purposes"
Supervisor Aigeltinger said that he
had not the slightest apprehension that
the measure would not become a law
81 can depend positively on seven votes,
and do not believe two who suppbrted
the order to-day will change ntheir
votes" 80 &sE
After reciting a long category of evils
resulting from race track betting, the
resolution states that the board owes
it as duty to the community; to stop
all such practices as a means ofapro-
lection to those persons, young 7or old,
who are unable to exercise control iovpr
their dispositions to acquire meneylby
hazard, excitement and allurements of
gambling now being permitted, there
fore 1t is ordained as follows:9 r. agra
Section /. 1t shall be unlawful to
sell pools or to make books or make
bets or wagers wherein money or other
articles of value are staked or, pledged
on races or other contests between
horses within Enclosure or race trackHer
in any other place, or within this city
and county. 4, ajeaF
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or persons, manager or proprie-
tor, or corporation owning or controlling
any race track or any person or persons
in or within any other place in this city
and county to permit the sale of pools
or books or wagers wherein money or
other articles of value are staked on
horses or other contests between horses
in this city or county or elsewhere.
Sec. 8. Any person violating any of
the provisions of this ordinance, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by fine of not more than
$500 or by imprisonment for not more
than six months, or both"