The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-14
70 STOP RACETRACK BETTING
FIRST Og THE PERKINS mus
PISSED nv ASsE wBLI.

% D. Iasrmsssd 60 Pve,eat 0raI m~ttisa
a1i was PASSED b, = veto 81 % 60
M senate CsSies Csmm1atee Tsli
&C Emset 90 Last OraFs Laws.
ArRANY. April s-The Assembly To-
day by a vote % - tn ~ pa@aed the first
% the three Perkins anti-Tac-track gam
bling balls 20 make more ssringrAt the
Agnew-HATt Law. The ball broad-ns
the scOpe % that statute Co take in al
placss and bstting establishments. eape-
cially ENCLOSURES % all kinds. and makes
10 a misdemsanor for owners % race
tracks and Ofiicers % racing associations
To knowingly permit betting OF any
other kind al gambling on tho race
tracks. As~emblymAn Clarke Of Sleeps
head Raw made a fight against the ball
and Olfered an amendment To eliminate
the provision holding racing odicers
responsible Tor violation Of the law. The
amendment was defeated. ~ to -.
Majority Leader Merritt In supporting
the ball said that the wave Of reform which
put the daTnper on racing IN this state
was a moral issue valued AZ s9OO.OOO by
the people Of this state. That amount
wa annually collceted from the racing
associations ON the 5 per cent. basis for
the support OF fairs Of the agricultural
societies until the AKnew Hart ball cut OF
this income by putting the racing game
out oG business. The State consequently
had to provide for IL in the annual appro-
priation. Mr. Merritt said he thought
such reform came high. but that the people
apparently wanted &c and were willing
% have the State make up the substantial
deficiency In the fair appropriation.
The Senate Codes Committee. Of which
senator Brackett OF Saratoga Is chairman.
has already assured the Representatives ot
the jockey clubs and racing associations
thar there il no desire to put them out Of
business. and that all that u to be sought
IL to eliminate the professional bookma ker
from the racetTack. IL was probably
with the understanding that the senate
would amend the Perkins balls in several
inn ortant particulars that the first ball
Of Mr.. Perkins to be reached ON the Az
sem hly calendar to-day was passed
will out any long debate and by such a
decisive vote.
Representatives 81 the racing interests
had a final hearing to-day before the
SENATE Codes Committee on the Agnew-
Perkins series % hilla. designed to stop
oral tOokmAking and to punish officers
and owners OF racetracks which permit
gambling thereon. J y. Camden, q
KENTUCKY breeder. declared that the
breeder. would suffer n New York state
passed any more drastic legislation
against racing
I'd A Upton. representing the Fasiz-
Upton Company OF New York city. said
that his firm did the biggest business
in thoroughbred horAes and trotters Ia
the country and that It's largest sales
before the anti-racetrack gambling laws
were passed in thoroughbred horses
amounted To 81 80 On a year. which was
reduced the year the Agnew-Hart bulls
PASSED to sssS.OO and 20 t3oOOOO last
year He said these laws also Affected
the sale Of trotting horses. and that New
York was the distributing point for trot-
European points a. well.
AIeernon Daingerfield. acting secretary
% the Jockey Club. said that the existing
laws accomplished all that was sought
by the present balls e they were property
enforced
Joseph Auerbach. counsel for the
Jockey club. said that the balls should he
amended 40 as 10 make certain that they
would reach only what was intended
the professional bookmaker and the pro-
fs-ssional tipster. He suggested changes
ia the halls which he said would
accomplish this end. hut Canon CHASE
and IN. Walter Iaidlaw. who are behind
the bills argued that the changes sug-
gested by Mr. Auerbach would leave a
lOophole for the operation OF the pro-
fessional bookmAker.
The senate Codes COMMITTEES will hold
a special meeting tomorrow afternoon
To- consider these bills and the sentiment
of the committee today seemed to he in
favor 81 amending the bills 40 that private
oral bets .ng at th" track would not be
though the committee feels
that n will be a hard job To frame this
CERTAIN the elimination Of the professional