The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-09
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new YORK SPORTS ARE JUBILANT OVER
DEFEAT OF ANTI=RACING MEASURE
The Battle for Supremacy Re.
suited in a Dead Heat
at Albany.
BY ANDY OSBORNE.

Have you ever been down to the
Aqueduct or to Sheepshead on a big
day and mingled with the race track
sharps in The betting ring and heard
them talk "horsey' chit chat? Well,
had you been at the State capitol at
Albany last night you certainly would
have thought that you were in one of
the betting rings. Every prominent
horseman n bookmaker of the East
was on hand, and there was plenty Of
money in sight, too. There was a race
on, if you will talk iguratively for n
while between the champion Reform
err" sired by the Goody Goods of the
Empire State on the one side, and the
race track owners on the other, sired
by Tout and Money Bag. 1t certainly
was a great caro- and drew a crowded
track. Men and women interested in
the Champion Reformer, ridden by
Governor Hughes, filed the best seats
in the House, while the gambler and the
poolroom man and their friends were
conspicuous by their presence in swell
dress and flashy appearance.
RefOrmer Looked Good.
1t looked for a time as Governor
Hughes was to be crowned the winning
jockey of the race. He had trained
to the second, and on form it looked as
if he was going to make a runaway
race OF the issue. He had his friends in
the Senate ined up, and they all agreed
to go hook. line and sinker on the Gov
ernor. The race track bill must be
beaten and the Reformer must win out.
But the followers of the Champion
| forgot TO look over their conditions.
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of the out and the gambler. The
latter was well within their wraps ard
had checkers on the lookout for every
bit of valuable advanced information,
so that when the bell changed calling
the Reformer and the Tout to the post,
it was evident that both sides had been
up and doing. The hackers of the Re-
formers jockey forgot that there is
many a slip betwixt the cup and the
lip and when the race started both
sides were confident.
1t Was n Tie.
Governor Hughes was given the pole,
with the Tout and Gambler on the out
side. Some of the Governors handlers
grew lax when they saw the Money
Bag men on sight, the whip which
was promised Governor Hughes was
taken away from him before the race
was we'll under way, and the result was
a dead heat. If you can imagine a
pack of hungry wolves attacking an
Armour beef plant, then you will nave
some idea of the burst of pent-up saw
age joy of the Gambler and Tout. The
defeated entry and its choice were pic
lures of hard luck gamblers returning
home after a bad day with the bookics.
Somebody Won.
Senator's Pat McCarren and Tom
Grady were the principal winners of
this meet, but some of the former back
ers of the Governor who changed their
mind at the last minute and wagered
against the Reformer were, it is said,
the heaviest of the winners. Oh that
| am not positive, but | guess it Is
right. The bill to prevent gambling
on race racks in the Empire State was
lost because the hackers of Governor
Hughes failed to keep their word and
voted against his measure.