The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06
SARATOGA CLOSES
MOST NOTED GAMBLING ROOM NOT
 LIKELY TO OPEN AGAIN.
All Other Places shut up--AuthOritiee Carry ut Their Determination
 to Put a stop to pen Gam-
 bling in the Town.

Saratoga special to New York Herald.
 Saratoga's fame as the premier gam bling resort of America came to sud- den, but not altogether unexpected. end at o'clock this afternoon, when, in response to an official message, the employees of Richard CanfieId hurriedly began dismantling the gambling tables in his famous play room
 Unless the earnest efforts being made tonight by several hotel men and mer- chants who are opposed to a closed town prove successful in alerting the determination of the authorities. the big room, in which more money has changed hands than in any other gam bling place in the world, will not be reopened this season. and in probabil- ity never again. The passing of the open game in Canheld's will mark a new era for Saratoga.
 That there m~NIt be no doubt of the determination of the authorities to stamp out the places that have in past years openly and flagrantly violated the law, the Bridge Club, which, ac- cerding to their own statements. is controlled by Joseph Ullman and M. J. Mackin and which persisted in remains ing open tonight after the proprietors had been notified to close, received a peremptory message that if the tables were not tapen out of the house by lOHlOTTOW HOOH lHCy WOuiQ Dc IOACAo1y removed by the police. There was a game going on which this message brought to sudden ending. The play CTS were told the house was closed and would remain so. Whatever else may happen, there appears to be no chance of this place opening again.
 All of the little places. when their managers heard that Garfield has clos ed, toov fright and there was no need of further messages for them.
 A general feeling of bewilderment exists among the gamblers tonight. Canfleld's place has so long been re- Rarded as too necessary for the well fare of the town to be touched that the news it had been treated with the same lack of consideration as an ord- mary gambling house was received with incredulity until the empty and deserted room showed It's truth.
 There was a hurried consultation among several hotel keepers and sum mer cottagers. It Is said 1t was decid- ed that. while the conditions of last summer were so bad they should be effort should be made to persuade the authorities to allow two or three pla- ces, including Canfield's. to remain open for the racing season.
 What may be described as crusade in favor of gambling will be begun tomorrow, but 1t Is admitted that It's success is very doubtful.
 While Canheld refuses to say any thing about the situation. his friends with whom he has discussed the mat ter say he will undoubtedly close che on Saturday unless some compromise can be effected.
 Attempts at closing and at regulat- ing gambling have been made for sev- eral seasons, but in each case the effort has proved a failure, and the net season has found the lid lifted higher than ever. The advent of Ull- man with his Bridge Club last sum mer interjected new element in the controversy that proved a powerful ar gument for the reformers. The brass band" methods adopted by Ullman gave the town a reputation that was admit ted by the friends of a liberal policy to be objectionable.