Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-09
RACE HORSE GAME
FOR TWENTY DAYS
Lease Of Life Apparently Secured
From Powers That Be, and
Peace Restored.
SOME BILLS PATRONS PAY
american Papers and Party Lead
crs Agree on Terms with Pro-
moters-DaiIy Revenue.

In following out their general meth-
ODDS of fixing" things. tho promoters
Of the race meet az Bucna Vista have
come TO an agreement with Manager
Frank / Sefrt OF Tho Tribune and Tele-
gram and the American" party poll
ticians. For period OF 20 days the
races will be allowed. the meet has
been advertised for 40 days. and the
promoters viii pay 800 day az a
license. As a consideration The Trl-
bune and Telegram will be called OF
and viii from now on boost the races on
az least have nothing detrimental 10
say against them, despite the fact that
the business men and merchants have
taken up arms against the races.
The differences were fixed up We'd
nesday afternoon and the council com
mittees viii adjust matters tonight ana
make a report to the council Monday
night The promoters brought Frank
Knox, president of the National Bank
Of the Republic, and several other
prominent men VINO believe IN the
horse race game, into the play TO
square things for them. The settle
ment was reached in no time after
conference, and the meet Will go
through for 90 days at least.
OPERATING EXPENSES.
The paltry license which the city gets
under the agreement seemed To ne
enough to stop all adverse CRITICISM
from the American" party organs ana
leaders themselves The money Whlch
the races take out OF Salt Lake CITY
could not be paid in a year at 500
day. The seven books which are now in
operation at the track pay $50 race
to the association, which means that
$50 has to be cleaned up every day
by the bookmakers before they make
cent. Besides this they have 10 pay
for their clerks and service. which
means considerable.
In the grand stand there are IL bet
ting messengers. Each one OF these
men is charged $50 a day for the Priv
lege of soliciting bets. 1t means that
s9aO has 10 be cleaned up every day be
fore The messengers make any money
on the concession Ninety per cent OF
bets made i'm the grand stand arc laid
hy women, which shows that the game
is good
The liquor privilege went to schuler
g. Rates who pay $3.50 day TO operate
q bar on the ground, besides paying
| license Of 500 a month.
Even II the management had none oil
this incoaas,-- n Is sisted that the pre-
moters would make money on the fur
nishing OF the results by wire ~ IN,
POOL rooms throughout the United
states There are several hundred tufi
exchanges which get the service and
nav 500 a day for II outside OF the
Telegraph tolls
with 500 per cent book which the
Combination pool put up wednesday
al the track tho betters have no chance
whatever for their money. II is no
wonder that the crowd Is getting small
or Al each DAYS meet and that but few
well known people outside Of the sport
inc element attend the daily program
Most ~ the boxes arc filled with women
who live at the stockade or conduct us
reputablc houses In SAT- Lake' Iue
ho,tiro ring is flled with touts who TO
On some Of tho unsuspecting peopi
who wander out to tho track ana get
their money on n fake bet