The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-27
MANY b00K|ES
ARE SW|NDLED
Back Coded System Of Tele-
grams Is Profitsbly Used at
Expense of Buyers.
ENGLISH COURT DEEMS
GAMBLING DEBTS VALID
King George Continues TO Take
a Keen Interest in Amateur
and Professional Football
By RICHARD DAH1aREN.

special Gable to The Tribune.
LONDON. Nov 26.-Many bookmakers
here have been badly stung by gang of
swlndler5 who used the back coded sys-
tenn Of kilograms. Although two were
convicted only a. short time ago. the
swIndling continues. AS result the Turf
Guardian society Of bookmakers sent out
a notice 10 the members in which 1t says
The coNmittee strongly recommends
members to Join in an agreement to the
effect that they will not accept from any
client kilograms not handed IN more than
q quarter Of an hour before the set time
OF the race An exception might be made
In the case of kilograms transmitted
from telegraph Offices right On the race
course"
THE turf has lost an ardent patron by
the death Of Prince Hatzfeldt. Tho prince
only recently returned from trip to the
continent. The decedent will be great
dy missed In racing circles here. for al
though he was foreigner. English
sportsmen gladly welcomed him as one
OF themselves. and victory for his
silks-yelow. black and yellow quartered
cap-was always we'll received.
There was no keener lover Of steeple-
chase racing than he: Prince Hatzfeldt
captured the coveted Liverpool race with
Ascetic's Silver in 1905. and this Irish
reared chaser was the best horse ever to
carry the yellow racing livery
ty horses-mostly iumpers-in training
at Wroughston. His wife was Clare
Huntington of California.
Court On Gambling.
A gambling debt case which came be-
fore the kings bench coust has created
considerable interest in racing circles.
1t Is the case of two bookmakers One
sued the other 10 recover the amount of
an unpaid bet. The loser pleaded as a
defense that the debt was barred by the
gaming act but lost his case at Liver
pool, He appealed loeing again. but the
The king has long taken keen in
terest In football. moro particularly the
Rugby. game, though it must not he
forgotten that. as Prince OF Wales. he
Navy Football association, Since his ac-
cession. he became patron OF the Anna J.
teur Football association and also of the
football association. Up to 1907 the as
fessional. was governed by the football
association. In that year. however. a
large section from the football associa :
tion formed the Amateur Football asso-
citation.
The split was-caused by a ruling Of
the football association ordering all sf-
flllated associations to admit to member
ship all clubs, whether amateur or pro-
fessional.
The amateurs did not object to playing
against professionals, but they did siren
uously object to being associated in the
government OF the game with gentlemen
connected with professional clubs,
Ruby Roberts, lady billiard player. is
coming here from Australia to show how
a woman can handle cue. She is con-
sidered by many the finest woman player
OF the game ever known, and has made
break of 1863 of the red ball, on credit.
Coach Is Held Up.
The collapse OF the sporting club at
Newmarket recalls venture in the long
ago. when some enterprlsng spirits
founded a club with a good sporting
name. In the West End. the idea being
to take a house at Brighton for the Good :
wood races with a coach running TO and
fro for the conveniences OF the members.
All went we'll until the cup day. when
on the return journey with full load
tho coach suddenly found itself held up
by Jim Selby, who at once assumed the
proprietorshp-and the reins. The fact
was that the astute Jim. having heard
that things were not hourlshing with the
club thought IL would be just as we'll
II he recovered his property before the
sheriff saved him the trouble. Selby had
sold the outf1t TO the club on credit.
Lord Chief Justice Alverstone OF Eng
land is friend of sports He recently
presided at a debate where the subject
discussed was:
''Is too much time and attention devot-
ed and too much Importance attached "a
outdoor games and sports?' he expressed
tho opinion that Saturday afternoon de-
voted 30 sport is OF incstlmable value for
hoys and men who have to work on the
other five and half days OF the week.
| He also said that there Is class ian
| idle class OF the community who are not
compelled to work for lvIng) who at
tached too much importance to outdoor