The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-12
| SENTIMENT FAvOUS
CONTINUANCE OF RACING
Layers Of Odds Look Only
Upon Sunny Side Of
Situation
CBy Associated Pressl

ADl cfAo0NAAHAhA + 1891
New York. June 12. Relative Gem
placency has followed the consterna
rion thrown into the camp Of The race
iracH owners, horsemen and book
makers BY the passage and the sign
ing by Governor Hughes yesterdaYio OF
he antlracetrack gambling bills and
the sentiment Of the followers Of the
turf seems TO be that racing would be
continued.
When the1 announcement of the
trend OF affairs at Albany was made
at the Grayessend racetgack yester-
day afternoon gloom settled down up
on the layers of odds, but when It was
announced that not only would the
meeting at Gravesend. which has yet
six days to run continue. but that the
programs az Sheepshead Bay Sarato-
ga and other tracks would be run Off
according to schedule. everyone began
to look on the sunny side of the situa-
ton II was said by n person high in
racing authority, that the fight would
be continued 10 the bitter end and
that a legal test OF the constitution
ality of the election OF Senator Wal
lace. whose vote turned the scale.
would be made II Is known that the
Intention now Is 10 have the book
makers weigh IN" this afternoon as
usual and "a interference is offffered
in the arrest Of any one of them. to
seek a writ from the supreme court In
order that a test of the new law may
be had
Should the stand up system Of
betting be abolished. II was said by
prominent turtles that the English or
credit system might be introduced
Many lawyers argued however. that
nothing like the amount OF business
formegly done Oy them could be hand
led under this system, as II would be
most difficult for a bettor not per-
sonally known to a bookmaker to make
a wager whore no money was PASSED.
Phillip Dwyer made the positive an
nouncement that the meeting at
Gragesend would continue and that
the fan meeting al Aqueduct would
be run. This was followed Dy q state.
ment from Schuyler Parsons. acting in
behalf OF William X. Vanderbilt. presi-
dent OF the Coney Island Jockey club.
that racing would commence az Sheep
mead Bay June 10, with the running
af The historic Suburban and tDe
double event and that every race
scheduled in thhe clubs stake book
would be run.
There was yumor that the Sara
toga meeting would be cut to n days
but this was denied by Andrew Mil
Ter, secretary OF the Saratoga racing
association, who declared that the en-
iire card would be run of. Chrstoph.
yer Fitzgerald. president of the Bright.
.on peach racing association, Is absent
from thhe city but 1t is stated that he
already has announced his attention
.of allowing nothing Ia Interfere with
The plans of the Brighton track this
season. What Belmont pa-k Empire
City and Jamacla CITY viii dc is not
known at present but II is assumed
by many connected with turf matters
that the summer AID fail racing pro
gram al all tracks in the METROPOLITAN
district viii be carried out
lfas is the happIest moment of my
lite.' said Peter DE Lacy king of The
pool rooms when he heard of the pas
sage OF the antigambling bnls al
Albany. tog years ne Lacy has been
hghting the law which permitted bet.
ting on race tracks and did NOT per
NIT Il in pool rooms and ne has spent
a large fortune in endeayoring to have
a law passed similar TO that enacted
yesterday.
IN relating "reminiscences Of his
hgnt against the racenacks. De Lacey
spoke OF his old friend ana ally.
Ffhe Allen who died recently.
an sorry The did not live a few
weeks longer to hear the good news
trom Albany he added.
A Memorable Struggle.
Albany n Y. June l2.-After
great struggle the famous Agnew
Hart anti race track gambling bills
are now laws of the state Of New
iork Governor Hughes. by his sic.
nature affixed 20 each Of the bins at
4i3o p M yesterday crowned a leeis.
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