Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-05
BOOkhAkE:.Rs IN
GREAT TROUBLE
Have lust Finished Hardest Year.
In the History Of
!, Turf.
HIT FROM WITHIN AND OUT.
Worried Through, Operating On Credit
Surrounded by Slcuths and
Victims of "Nclcllcrs.''

,,1 ~ h,,,las,t ,,oo, A., +bos l,;etnry
SUI - :
OF the Al'leilc'ii VT UT. Willy u .''el'l
because of operations on the New York
1,cl,cv club,s tracks have been arrest
;,.,;.,o, ~. ~. ,,,.,,,a ;,,,,
ca anu ii''ie.o ~ ny sa y
while others have Skipped out, leaving
unserved warrants behind them The
,,s.agn sof tbe New yorI, anti-bettinr
$500 I,.,.,...5,.,.e
law came upon tilo. pooA'i's.i,iiits 'atei-
nifty like thunderclap. For dozen
Years they had been permitted under
Inc provisions Of the Percy-Gray law.
TO gamble openly with the public, which
consisted Of thousands of persons each
Say Under these cohaltions inc pook-
ring. each with his crew, consisting or
cashier, sheet writer and outside man,
about him. Cash wagers were handled
without limit, also recorded in such a
manner that there was little ground for
disputes In a word, bookmaking had
grown into a business, requiring labor
skill, money and brains.
But the Agnes-H Hart law knocked this
business into IL cooked hat! Overnight
the whole complexion OF affairs chang
cd There was no longer any system
of betting In fact people were quickly
made aware OF the fact that to even
lybisnpr hot of dollar some
1,o,eo ar nt her was liza He to result in
n iail sentence. IN s48 hours after Gov.
hughes signed the bill the great crowds
Of former DAYS we're zone. From an
average daily attendance, exclusive of
sat,,r3ny n IL o1tl man nc, women the
fipnres fell off until 500 was a liberal
estimate. Where did these people go?
Did thew stop betting entirely? Many
INV. since dec,arnd that nnolrooms and
1-.-F I. -
INT whct,e,. that was tr,e or not. the
tan+ re,,,ains that nersons who used
~ ,,is;t tho trark ana hat 81 50 81 or
ss an race disanpeared suddenly
ma Ala not ',ot,,rn -
WHO MADE THE CROWDS.
,v,o n,,da ~ ~, . 5oo Who came 10
the races dayp in and day out with
.i.a 5a,,,n ,arr,,,.r,t,a parbans IN fnr-
.es s, +ter aao,, VIII,
~. trt,,,, ~, a,.e ,.,arx, onot
ioui illei!, ~ ~, HI s,,,
y, ,,ri,,at sIa,tba and3
anu piaiit III fo,.
,,io,,tions ~ the law or perhaps3 some
thing more agreeable. Trainers, own
CTS, JosA 1870, ~, ,nnther hand nf
.,on I'M we've Tr,cl, officials stock-
i,.,daI, la u,vars walters bartcndcrs,
Inl.a,tons. lahorers and others
:, -, ~ anntl,ar hn) nerhaDs That
80 a ma, ,nnIe than 200 real live bet
+a,s who had credit with the so-called
hno,.,,,., xers inst so long as they paid
tte;,, ohlir,a tions.
II b,s not hecn recorded lust how
many ,ye,chers there were, but it would
no erIossinp If over TO saw only. a few.
And Nv the way. it must be remeln- :.
ha,sa tbot IN, former bookmakers had
i W - 49,, II cash nm main
~ 10 ,,isbmnnt from the track, but there
-, No ,,,a :, thev ro,,Id collect bets from
reluctant hetters But these were not
, thn graate 81 hardsbips which the layers
snffered Under incessant police sur
su.ielsu 49,, on"s ,,orn aiwavs on the
Mei4a ai, ~ .Ie,,t,,s or stort r,ireons. They
had ia keen their eyes open for all
hinds az trans set for them by the
ietectives hired by various district at
tnrnavs THEW did not dare to trust
n On sua1 acouaintance for fear that he
n,,gl,t ~, irving to get evidence against
then and in the course of time they
,,nrs simnIy living in a reign of ter
ror
HOW DID THEY REEF, 40
H. ala tho bookmakers keep track
~ w, !" ~ i.,,s;,,asso Tn various ways
Tn ti,e frst Mace it is a sure thing
-. ~ ,,sts we've ,ecorIed. How? Bv
,.,aa,,s.e ,f ~, ;ntricato system. AS soon
n .se,'i ba y, was ready to do bust
nars ~, :, 70 20 his outside man hustled
10 LII, .i'sat ~ nricas which he had
,a,,, m,t1- t,1,,S same mysterious source.
Tta hoa,.,,,al,a,. either menorized these
-, ~. ,,,rnta +hen, an his program in
,,,ni, ai,,,,,,,,ti,,, fipnrcs that it was al
49,. ,,,,nn.,sitia ~ read them.
ny WA ,s'ti is The nrice against Master
r,hort -, so,,,e ron would whisper in \
NJ bnoi.,na,.ar,s ear or ask the question
~ ~, IN i,artone while standing close
a. $50 az ~ IN,
- "t IT VIZ ~ nre," won]d be the reply
r.,,,,,',,s -
..r,atan, ~, ~,
.H u.. ,.,el,t ~ .a,,,ro on,,, the bookmak-
~ ,.ia,,,5 ~ -, ,s +ba hattor hurried
81 wouiu ,,, sepiy 40 ,,,a,,id come uuiet
way a,.s t. ren ~ 49, 80, ,,aar Of hand
loohins isltow, 1890. te,, would saw:
az. .,, W nm tnu ,y i,st hack Of You who
mere $ suy Jus So; ;oaI ~ ~ for the
has been trying ts pipe us ref oT f Here's ss
last five minutes, 30 ne caleL .ti 49,.
a pct! IWents ~ " le.,, ,athar nm ~ 20
Ior Joiln 5eIren. And n.io' n.,,ith ~ IaW,,
Master |Roner e., ZOE f'a''
sou sol EN-, en- n 1r. would he
es' I've gou en- = ~ ~. hand
me reply ~ Keep en- ~ , wy nt
until L can get clear OF ti1e ~ $40 s' =
GLOW Lie -, - would sten