The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-07
FOR MODIFIED ORAL BETTING
lNTI-RICETRICK MEASURE ia
M CHANGED.
BuI 20 Ne ReSirATted ~ ThaI IndI, IsiusI
netllnG Nm Be Allowed. bas BsSk.
makers Driven Out oG Buslne-. NIi-
NScaies OG BuI Agree to Change.

ALRAST. April s--Jo~eph = Auerhach
counsel for the Jockey Club. Convinc-,i
tho senate Codes Committee to-day that
the three bills introduced by senator
ARnew and As-emblyman Perkins which
supplement the laws passed two years
ago to prevent rRCetrack gambling are
altogether too drastic. Judging from
the comments OF senator Brackett. char.
man. and other members Of the Cods.s
COMMITTEES. this proposed legislation will
b- r~trafted. 80 that only the profess nal
bookmaker will be put out Of business
Mr. Auerhach and George W Miller
made 1t plain that II these hlll- pa-s.--i
oral '-stiing l-.tw-en one horse owner and
another will b. prohibited. Canon Chasa
q Brooklyn and the Rev. Dr. Walter Laid
law pointed out that Assistant District
Attorney Elder Of Kings county had
passed upon these hills and they de-
claret IL was not their intention to m
terfers with private betung. bI, only to
put the professional bookmak.r out Of
bllslnezs
senator Brackett sad that Il that was
the object 81 the advocates 81 the hills
he thought the hills could - changed 90
a. to permit one friend 10 b.t with another
Wl'hou, interference.
My little vIlLag. of Saratoga springs
IN a measure has hs-en built up around the
racetrack- said senator Bracke't. and
| think any new Legislation should b.a So
plainly frAm.-d that u would not accom-
plish more than i dssirsd hy It's intro
ducer-thAt ~ the elimination u the
professional bookmaker. Ths--. bulls can
-. Al fs.
ting ard make CERTAIN that the g,.sr-onA
rights Of the indi viduAl On racatracs-
will not he lnterfered with in this regard
With Mr.. Ausrhach Appeared p K
Hitchcock. J. Harry Alexandra. Andrew
Miller. George ". Miller. James Butler
L. n. Warning and Harry ONnArt They
ASKED the committee to arrange for a
jolnt senate and Assembly hearing on
this proposed legislation for the week
after next. which will h. attended by
breeders % thoroughbred hors.-- from
all over the country. The COMMITTEES.
will decide uTon this io-morroN
DIR. LAldla~ sad that the Original anti
betting iAWs were framed 20 put the pro-
feaHionai bookmAkeTs out of business and
that they were able 10 evAd.. them IA a way
through oral bettins. which IN. Court 81
Appoahs decided WAS not prohibit by
the lA~s Ps.ss-d two years ago. He said
the friends 81 the balls will - satisfied
with any legislation which viii accom-
piish thaG end and which would make
certain that there was to ~ mo- inter-
terence with the private lurssora
DT. LAldlAU said that AuglINi Belmont
told him that under the Old regime n
racing in this state Sts gu 90 annually
was tee upon the rAcetrAcks and u wns
this evil which IL vas hoped would ~.
erAdidAS4ed II the professional book
maker we're eliminated from the racing
game.
DR.. I.Aidlau pointed Out thar racing
could be consolidated on a single track
IN New York city and the other tracHs
given over 10 building lots lie said
that racing could n1t eNist Withouf
professional hitting the state might
better make All annual appropriation Tor
the racstrAcks a. II doss for the co,Inty
fairs, rather than permit promisctIosis
hetting on the tracks and ia the pool
rooms. While u vas asserted that the
tracks were run for the breeding Of
horaes their main accomplishment Was
the breeding q gamblers. Dr. LaidlAw
aAsart@d-
Mr.. AusTbach contended that while
many peruons argued against the liquor
industry and the theatre yet the STATE
did not lsgialase eitheT industry oIr a
business. bun regulated and hcensed them
a. he urged should be done With the race-
tracks. He insisted that Il thess bills
paaaed the reAcetrAc<s would have 20 pass
through third seAa0ns reign Of terror
which would finally Kill the sport.
There n no general outcry from the
people Tor tho paaaaEe q this additional
logialation.- dSciArsd MIR. Ausrhach. IN