The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-19
DECLARE STATE
FAIR IN PERIL
Should Anti-PooI- Selling Bill
Become Law Annual Expo
sition Might Be Ruined.
ONE OF REVENUE SOURCES
MUST HAVE SPORT TO MAKE
EVENT POPULAR.

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y ! don't know whether you rsmem- =
= Der it or not but some years ago =
y we used to have a fair down in \
y Exposition park. where the new =
y street car barns are now. We had =
= pumpkins and vegetables OF all
+ kinds, and fruit and livestock and
= we thought We were doing right =
y well. Then the fair expanded, I'M =
= til last year we had an attendance =
y of 10000 people We built a race =
= track and "a grand stand and gained
= no small degree of fame for the SD
y periority Of our course.
y Much of the revenue that comes
= to the State Fair association Is
\ from the race meetings. There must
y he a little sport mixed with eXhio-
y its to make state fair success, =
= and If you don't have it. you won't =
y get the people TO attend. II IS my =
4 belief that If the bill that passed =
y the house today becomes a law II y
= will ruin the state fair--Jonn y
> RransfuTd, Mayor of salt Lake
y City and Director Of the State Fair. =
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Yesterday in the house McMillin's
measure house bill No. 50, was passed
unanimously Russell voted no" aft
erward changed his vote TO aye" and
gave notice of recOnSideratt ton today
This. however, was later Withdrawn.
McMIllln : bill originally provided tflat
selling pools on races outside the state
should be made a felony. OF course the
intent of the measure was TO prohibit
the operation of pool rooms where re
turns are received from eastern and
western tracks, but when the committee
amendments came in reference 10 out
side tracks was eliminated. and the WORD
felony was made to read 'misdemean-
or" and when it was all done 1t was
found that the bill prohibited the sale
Of pools on races within the state. as
we'll as without Whether this amend
ffraTaf IA
the exclusion of outside race returns for
betting puI Doses-still permit ting book
making on local races-wot.ld be class
legislation was not made quite clear
Henrie's Games Mixed.
That Henrie Of Garfield is not gam
bier was clearly indicated when. in the
course of his remarks, he referred to
is as bad as If "One bets on the spin of
faro ball" Mr.. Tfenrie said he was
FOR horse racing, but he wanted to see
them run. and he had no objection to
one person backing his judgment against
that of another, but he was opposed to
betting on a horse race that one couldn'
see
MIR. Pope was Of the same opinion, and
SO was Mr.. Porter. MIR. Pope said that
If the state fair couldn't get along with
out bookmaking- IT was time 20 cut out
the state fair. or words to that effect.
Mr.. Cannon said that bookmakiDg had
been eliminated in New York and Call
fornia, and it ought to be here
Effect on State Fair.
Mr.. Russell said that if the bill be-
came Z law, it would kill the state fair.
You have got to have horse racing
said he. ''and people will not go TO see
races unless they can make little bet
now and then. So far as the money that
goes through the boxes is concerned, 1t
Is of little consequence. But If YOU take
the mutuals away, you surely will kill
the state fair.
The directors Of the state fair seem
to be of the undivided opinion that if
the bill as passed by the house yester-
day prevails. it will have a detrimental
effect on the exposition
Recently arrangements have been com
pieted. II is understood for a foTty-day
summer meet in Salt Lake; and, OF
course. this would have to be called off
if the legislation in its present form pre-
walls
The senate will wrestle with the ques-
ton from now