The San Francisco call., 1909-11-17


Emervville. It's measure of success or
failure depends upon the action of the
authorities and the courts If the
courts say that memory or oral bet
ting is illegal then that will be stopped
across the bay by the jockey club man
agement The letter of the Walker
Otis law viii be obeyed, but the in
depreciation of that letter is supposedly
fortified by five New York decisions,
all in favor of the turfmen.
That the New York system is to be
given q full trial under expert guild
ance is indicated by the presence here
Of George H: Smith, personal represen-
tative and right hand man of John u.
Cavanagh, who had charge of phase
of the new wagering system on the
metropolitan tracks. Smith will dis
pense advance information on the
races-a departure made necessary by
the limitations surrounding track spec
ulation.
1t is Cavanagh enterprise and
Smith says that the jockey club itself
is not interested in the sale Of in
formation
viii be observed" said Smith last
night. Any one breaking the law Will
be removed from the track. But,
he continued, oral betting is not il
legal Such is the decision of the
New York courts, and take it the
law here is not different from the New
York law.
HOW 1T WILL WORK
Programs of the races viii be
theater and write anything he pleases
on his program. There is nothing to
prevent an individual from writing
what he pleases on his race program.
There viii be no recording of bets. If
one person sheuld say to another. I
will bet you so much ON such and such
a horse. that is his right. No money
wi he ed ~ will la.a Il.
except in the memory of the partici-
pants.
So it would seem that betting at
Emeryville VIII only be limited bv the
length Of the individuals memory. and
IL viii be easier to remember one 500
bet than 100 81 bets. The piker's day
is ended. Smith went on to explain the
sale Of advance information" \ slip
viii be printed concerning the horses
jockeys, weights. etc, for each race
4 man may buy one slip for one race
If he is really interested in six races
After one race is run the slips on the
next race VIII Immediately be sold.
Smith viii be the sole purVeyor: he
viii fix the price and he viii have a
corps OF. clerks to assist him in sup
plying the demand.
WON CASE IN THE EAST
One OF the five cases decided in New
York was that Of CaVansgh, and the
appellate division Corresponding 10
our supreme COURT hefS that advance
information slips were¬ gambling
paraphernallaA The other decisions
We're; That the making of wagers be-
tween individuals was no crime that
the recording Of wagers between in
diNlduals, so long as the parties did
not do 1t as a business. was no offense:
that no conspiracy could lie with refer
ence TO advance information Sins and
mat oral betting without the recording
OF the wager was not crime.
Cavanagh's representative saws that
racing has revived under the oral bet
ting system in New York and that a
daily attendance Of 800, with greater
holiday crowds. saw the racing. He
saws that George Rose and Sam Shaen
ing.
Presiding Judge-E. c. Hopper arrived
duties in the stand.
Charles Quinn was a visitor at the
track Yesterday He sold Blackford to
Andy Blakeley and bought Arasee,
which viii stay in BlakeIev's stable
RlakeleY is expected to return toda =
from his honeymoon.
Colonel W z; Applegate and w. G.
Yanke are on their way from Iatonia.
Tor a Whirl at the winter meeting
Whether or not they will shin their
horses later depends upon develop
CLARK TO RACE FULLETTA
Charles ". Clark. the San Mafeo
clubman who paid II. G. Bedwell 50 00O
TOR Fulletta last year in order to win
the pony racing trophy at Coronado is
going 70 race the game little horse at
EmeryViile this winter FL Palomar.
stable, in charge of Trainer w s
Heath, viii arrive at the track todav
and besides, Fulletta, the horses that
VIII carry Clark's colors are Joe Ross.
Chantilly. two year olds: SaIaam and
Sal Atticum, both by salvation; Clunv
a chestnut filly out of VaIencienne. and
q bay flly by Silver Dick-Rose Of
China
Molera & Josephs string has had
months work at the track and is
the starter early in the meeting and
seems 10 have the year old divfsion
at her mercy Old Cloudlighf roun5f, %