Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
CHCAG0 IS BUSTlNGP0LE At RACE P0WERS SEEKS REST
AnttBedng Law. Of Home and Mother.
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cdahv Feature HIS Health
Banners Bunting and
Lively Anesso s-HowardI
Drastic Measures to Enforce
Anti.Betting Law.
NOVELTY At GRAVESEND
Thousands See Racing Without
Speculative Feature.
B0oKMAKERs ARE NOTIFIED
Detectives in Plain Clothes Rub FL
bows With the Spectators-Some
Arrests Quietly Made.

NEW YORK, June 13.-Three hundred
uniformed policemen and scores Of pain.
clothes men swarmed the confines Of
Gravesend race track today and gam
bling was practically stopped in COM
pliance with the Hart-Asnew laws. A
few bookmakers made quiet attempts to
take wagers ana of these ten were ar
rested and arraigned before Magistrate
Tighe. Five Of the bookmAkers were
discharged and the others were released
on $500 bail for examination June @
Sixteen thousand persons went to the
track today to sec q day Of racing with
out the interest Of q speculative element
and except for the deserted betting ring
there was nothing to indicate any I'm.
usual situation. An hour before the
trumpet called for post" on the frst
race a line Of 40 policemen filtered into
the betting ring and the gathering crowds
were Informed that the ring was to be
used only for a thoroughfare.
Meantime John Cavanaugh, head Of the
bookmakers' club. mounted q stool and
told the bookmakers that the Jockey Club
would aid the police in the execution Of
tho laws. The bookmakers filed out OF
the ring and dispersed among the spec
tators on the lawn and in the Srandstan nd.
Some Bets With Friends.
With all hope OF gambling on . large
scale abandoned, some Of the booknnakers
stood along the rail ana made bets with
friends. This was quietly done ana only
when the police were out Of easshot.
Detectives in plain clothes moved In
and about the crowds, and whenever
they saw three or four persons engaged
in quiet communication they pushed their
way between them and ordered them to
move on. In this way the crowds were
kept circulating about the grounds and
prevented from gathering in groups.
One bookmaker had the tenerity to In
form a friend what the odds were on Z
certain race and was promptly arrested.
The arrests were made quietly by tho po-
lice and there was no disorder at any
time. The police had no favorites In this
suppression Of gambling and patrolled the
clubhouse and the Enclosure.
Several wagers were made along the
rail by passing money in handkerchiefs.
The bettor would appear to pick up fold
ed handkerchief ana hand II to the book.
pocket and nod hts head to indicate that
the bet had been mentally recorded.
Test Cases Prepared.
1t was learned tonight that Herbert
Barry Of the law arm OF Davies. Stone
& Auerbach and Mr.. Wstson OF Nicoll.
Anable. Lindsay & Fuller would prepare
three test cases. which would Dc acted on
next week at the discretion Of Assistant
District Attorney Elder Of Kings county.
It Is understood that the plan II to bring
habeas corpus proceedinGs and carry the
case through the higher courts II neceS-
sary to establish three points which Are
considered important-hrst. Is to the 10.
gatty Of posting or marking prices On .
program: second. a. to Whist constitutes
betting under the Law. ana third. ~ to
the construction Of the law In It's appli-
cation to those who make bets between
themselves without recording them
According to the construction OF Az
sistant District Attorney Elder and the
police who are acting under his instruc-
lions. any bet. whether recorded or not,
is q violation Of the new statute.