The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-05
GLOOMY OUTLOOK
FOR RACING MEN

New York. Oct AFTER two years
OF agitation against race track Gamb-
ling In this state. marked by the pass
age of the drastic antl"betting bill.
generally referred to as the Hart
Agnew law. ii remained for the Kings
county grand jury to write new
chapter in the crusade today when
there were returned indictments
against the two big Kings county race
tracks, three police officials. five pri-
vate detectives and twenty-five book
makers.
The Brighton Beach racing aSsocia-
ton was similarly involved last year
but the case failed and action has
heretofore been mainly against book
makers or bottors. the defendants In
which proceedings have been general
ly eXonerated by the lower courts.
which held that oral betting was no
crime The first test of these cases
will be made by the court of appeals
this week
1t was the increase Of oral betting
conducted by the memory brokers
that resulted IN this latest evidence
of Governor Hughes continued actiy-
ity and the indictment of the Brook
lyn Jockey club and the Coney Isl
and Jockey club. charged as corpora
tions with conspiracy In allowing bet
ting to go on.
This involves a number of the most
prominent supporters of racing in
the Unitel States. w K Vanderbilt
ey Island Jockey club of which S. l..
-.
body Wetmore and Mr.. Vanderbilt arc
the vice.presidents, F. r, Hitchcock,
treasurer. V. E. Schaumberg, secretary
and Thos. II. Smith, racing secretary
The board OF governors includes also
j. Harry Alexander, Thomas Hitch
cock. Jr., e. J. German. H. c. Pell. F,
*. Stevens and ]. D Wadsworth.
The police officials indicted for
Conspiracy" on the ground that they
knowingly permitted Sheepshead Bay
track 10 be used on August 20, last,
for betting purposes, are Inspector
John G. O'Brien, who is also accused
of negleotIng his duty In failing prop
erily TO supervise the work of his sub.
ordinates, Sergeant Hugh Reynolds
and Hugh Meyers of Inspector
O'BTien's staff
The private detectives are Seymour
Butler, who was in charge OF The race
track force and for two years has
been a well known figure 10 followers
of the sport on Metropolitan tracks
and four OF his subordiDateS.
John G. Cavanaugh, who for yeas
has been the dominating flgure In the
betting rings of the Metropolitan
tracks, leads the list of 25 indicted as
bookmakers. The list includes the
best known bookmakerS in the couu-
try
Three police officials arralgned IN
the Brooklyn county court today
pleaded not guilty and were released
on parole. 1t is expected that the
cases Will be set for trial Oct. Is.
There was much gloomy specula-
ton among the local followers of rae
ing tonight as to the probable ef-
feet of the new crusade. During the
present season the new system of
betting evolved for the purpose of
eyading the Hart-Agnew law has put
new life into the racing game and the
tracks, while by no means as success
full as they were before Governor
Hughes signing OF the anti-gambling
bill have recovered a measure of their
prosperity and have been well patron
lied
The betting system used has In
yolyod the use Of three bookmakers in
the case of each wager. one OF whom
takes the bettor's money, while an
other registers the transaction and
the third pays the winner 1t way
supposed that this thTee-cornered tran
saction would be so evolved as to
eyade the law. but for weeks county
detectives have been collecting evi-
dcnce through which the authorities
hope TO force prosecutions.