The sun., 1909-12-02
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
ORAL BETTING METHODS Ar
OAKLAND RACETRACk.

OAKLAND RACETRACk.
Advance nnformntien Sold for % q Race
and Players Can Establish Credit On
Grounds-PAsslnR oG Hiidrcthp eB0,-
OOO Uncle-sundAy Glove Fights FAal.
So far oral betting has been fairly suc-
csssful at Oakland, Cal. where the system
was introduced the other day for the nrst
time since the enactment OF the new anti
gambling law. On the opening day OF the
meeting Carroll Cook, attorney for the New
California Jockey Club. controlled. BY
Thomas ". Williams, addressed the crowd
at the track in this maner:
| The New California Jockey Club has re-
auested me TO be here to-day. acting as one
OF It's attorneys and to represent Ito patrons
so long as the patrons do not violate any
law OF the State. As you VIII observe BY
the notices posted all over the grounds
there will be no poolselling or bookmaklns 9
allowed These methods of betting are
not permitted by the new law and must
not be employed.
The law of this state now IL q Law that
was copied from a similar measure passed
| by the New York Legislature. The highest
/ courts in the State OF New York nave con-
strued that law In such a way as to permit
what lis known as oral betting. Under
the general provisions OF law inter-
pretations given TO the measure In the
State where II was first passed are annexed
TO the law. In the State where it has subse-
auently been adopted. Therefore anything
that may be legally done In the state Of
New York as 10 betting on q racetrack is
not gainst the law IN California.
,-Bookmaking and pooisellinx are not
legal here and the Jockey club has retained
myself and other attorneys. who are here
to bail out and defend any person arrested
for indulsing IN so-calied oral betting.
Now of course the Jockey Club 10 deprived
Of the revenue formerly derived from the
former bookmakers. and as II is necessary
! to conduct q race meeting so thar expenses
can be met no free passes have been issued
to any one. The price OF badgee has
been raised and the Jockey Club. through
an agent, In prepared to furnish the general
public. or to nybody desiring to apply for
the same. what d. known as advance In
formation. This Information contains the
| of the weights and jockeys and ls ready
s. m.s. S%b srst bs snaS %S. s. nos Ss
40 % for the 'SSS'i day VIII be chsfx.d for mi.
thorities viii not interfere with these ar
ran cement. just so long as you obey the
letter Of the law
on their programmes and SSceptins % ora
| wAgers. the details of which are conveyed
aS. BEEN 70 made S1t n. person. tnssf
into custody have been DISCHARGED toI
lack Of evidence. There is one test case
A man was recently placed under srrsel
turned the money over 70 . so-callsd stake.
rscstrsek attorneys commanded that IL:
stakeholders part in the transaction wa.
bsys snsS %esod csn s aevssd 8,
ness Before the winter is over. it is ssid
ssn o Sssr .o record h o@n
wager. II is said that under the Californis
law there e nothing 70 prsyent such an
Of his wager on q numbered card and thai
. layers clerk can make q note Of the num-
ssa4 90 sS.s ean ss Object s. Is mSusy *:
,o q credit II M a,h Ss sysrs s'sS 81
s%pios.d % ST the H layer. '1s ar. stationed ca %
Sst1Ss h 10, tss nn1 e- a. soSs
DDS are ever permitted on the New I orb
conditions Of last season will be removed.
whether cash betting win be allowed
here next season Is not known Just now
But many eminent legal authorities insist
that u oral betting is legal and such beta
| ln1mG0IMLDlY the
running OF grace the highest courts viii
category. In concise terms the recent
-orsl bettins at stated odds on horse
race within, an enclosed racecourse when
no written or printed memorandum thereof
Y the Consultation or the statute prohibiting
The rsoetraok attorney. in this STATE say
that next year persons who want TO accept
wsgers can write odds on programmes fof
orally, without displaying The Snotstions..
to their friends. but they Will not discus
: ii. y.sss q ss s,s s.. q: Joss,
ditions, II only for the reason that persons
who want to bet-on the races next year can
do so without fear OF trouble.
year-oid Star. Shoot-The Nieos colt. FOR
the other day. to Charles X oeSIer 70 se ssni
to the stud, he said: Uncle 10 the fastest
rscehorse ! ever trained Last summer,
distance in forty-seven. with a heavy boy
raes S ,hen ns but few nH dSys n ,ss Ss
struck himself and became worthless. II
WAS as a two-year-old that Uncle was .
sarasoss Special at even weights @ and a. aftei tst
Hildreth had Just p1rchased the COLT from
ment. But later on Uncle cnptnred the
Ho lly Handicap. at Gravesend. the Trium ph
Stakes at Brighton and the Rs ncho del past
Stakes at Belmont Park. In that year. 1907
Uncle started twelve times. winning seven
races, finishing second twice, third once
and unplaced twice his total esrnines beins
sis,eiS He virtufliy broke down early In
his three-year-oid career and never faced
the b, rrier after that Tisfortune, Hildleth
would not part with the colt until KcshleY
mad agreed not to try TO race him again.
Glove nights ct the West Side Athletic
Club Of New Orleans on Sunday. have In
volved loss OF t26. 100 and the club has de-
cided to suspend operations. TIE promo
ters say The puzilsts dems nded 40 much
money for their services that financial
loss was inevita BILE. Although the proposed
bout between Papke and Cs pponl schedrled
for last Sunday indicated a proht. the club
decided TO take no further chances and
notified the principals that all bets were on
RIVAL FIGHTERS SHOW OFF.
Madison gounre Garden Crovyn Cheers