The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-03
ALL The RACETRACKS
WILL CLOSE AUG. 81
nroctors' Liability Law, Eff
fective Then. Scares
Racing Men,
BIG STAKES ARE OFF
Futprity. to Be Run at Saratoga,
Will Be Last Race in This
State in 1910.
BIG STAKES ARE OFF

TNa-A will he no more racing on the
1,.-aN clubs tracks IN this State after
-, 'Ther /. when the Agnew -Perk ms
as 20 into effect There seems 20 he
3 -rght. however. that an attempt will
~ rata next spring to resume racing
mi more favorable conditions II thew
a. rs established The stewards Of the
'r-,rv Club will hold meeting a. sara
'rsa IN Friday. u ~ said. when oficial
A. lncernSnt will he made that racing
md on August ~
N0O,dv N authority would admit ves-
'srtar that the tracks would all close on
ID. 4roVe date. but II was learned last
rs.' hat the track owners were unit
= t-niding 10 give M the fight for ~
s-rrs for the present at least The
rso avs were pronounced amblg.ou
an drastic nv the rscetrack men as soon
A. '1-v had PASSED the Legislature and
co.. Hughes was ash - for a hearing az
N counsel for the Jockey club pro-
tr.'@i gorouslv against the measures
rt' hen Gov Hughes slgned the bills
y Vas generally prediCtsi that the tracks
so'i / close a. soon as the new laws went
M. eject
Tha new antI-racetrack bills prohibit
m masking Of book with or without
u..'InE hich ~ Is argued NV the rae
n interests would mean wholesale a.
-e.'s ~ persons lndulgIng IN private
circulation They slso make the Ill
-~'ors " racing associations CrIminaiiV
arIA for betting that NAV take place ON
ne property and they further bring
= a'rarSs under the head NJ dIsord-rlv
- subject to RAIDS a. any time
W'n tnese measures IN eject the race
r-ar- men believe that II would he both
tnpro-table and dangerous 70 continue,
AMI -a'her than run the russ of criminal
PROSECUTION II IL sad they have deemed
II sls~ To close and perhaps q resort to
the courts for redress later on
III. Consv Island Joc<sy club v.S,e--
.Av called vi II, fall meeting schedules
- neSin At Sheep heAi Biy on AugIs.
. Inns dsrision vas a1npIncai a "a
-r-AtlnE 81 the va-IoI> racing assocIat 'unS
ia, August Beln ,n' : oifi,e. and forth
rr'n the employees Of tnA n.y trar( a.
n Paw were notified nv her - .vlc.-
roIft no longer hA reluirei
~ Ealing OF the fall meeting the Conev
'si.nf JocSsv Club'- d,-e~. p'. ant -tnc,-
holders did not surprise the ra"inE world
Z ha passage % IN. directors liability
chlaHv Eesponshle for the dAcIS,on -
r,1se down. togeth~- SIth d--i-- -
A,oid further financial loss ~ - sad
me Coney Island jockey club. az a cSpr-
-.,rN'ion - al-slGv undo Indictment
'or conspiracy and N" case - -Np"c'"
To come to trail N October For tnt- r.l-
IN the directors - q be-. avai uld rp'
care to run further chances Of pros".r.-
ton
Upon the advice " counsel % Wa r.-
ported that following N" shutdown ~
sheepshead Bay there would ~, no more.
racing here until newt spring II was
sAid that in closing their gates the track
o-ners would show that IN" recent legs
lA,Ion AZ Albany was too drastic and
ambiguous. and that racing could not n"
continued without some relief either
from the Legislature or the courts AZ
II the stakes for the fall meetings "N-
cepting the Futurity aud the Great Filly
will he cancelled Immediately.
Since the passage ~ N" Agnew-Har'
avs IN 1914 all 81 the tracks IN this State
have lost money The Cpney Island
Jockey Club alone has sunk more than
500 COZ II ~ estimated and - tho heaviest
.ossr Under new restrictions there
compelled 10 make good even greater
defrits
When Saratoga winds ~ al the end ~
the month some NJ the leading owners.
Ir~ludInR August Belmont. will race their
T. rs~s on the Canadian tracks and else
r1Ar~ until IN" Eastern season closes
Mary Of them will keep their horses.
-o'Ydins many yearlings. IN framing until
next spring, when turfmen hope there
no change for the better. but the
poorer class % horssm"n will probably
mo ~ hard matter 70 make ends meet
ara many Of them will b" forced 10 sell
HIlf
The racetracks have been running m
hs State for more than thirty years
Wien The Ives pool law was repealed IN
.'sI looked for time a. n the sport
~As Sllled The passage OF the Percy
GRAY avs a year later however. bullt
~; 10 game 10 such an extent that the
'-arss enJoyed enormous profits The
SAFE elected a S per cent. tax on gross
-sosir'E each year and IN 1907 this taS
Amounted 70 s2SO.OoO. Then came Gov
Hughes crusade against betting In 1903
an ne beginning ~ the end.
Representative Nreeland Rrnon, tina led.