The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-02
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
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Judge carroll took 81 san Fran, $50
Nh" As ATTORNEY fut ihr Pa,it. ,us-t Jo' KEY
ub ohiath-,i SupTrT" court decision
~ california lexaliltug oral betting and the
hohiing of stake i m town on variation
Ito Wa tho guest ~ the Ipu"v island Jockey
club a. Shscp-h~id Bay YESTERDAY. and m
DISCUSSING the racing situation on the
Toast +, sad to IIf SrN man
The Malkrr-Otts law passed year ago
In alifornia waS copied from the Axnew.
Hart law enacted al Albany in IVOs OuI
contention that oral betting Vas not Illegal
Nas sustained nv the highest court and
are also seCurrd an opinion that q stake
holder who does not receive remuneration
- not NiolAtoT OF the law As the situa-
ton stands at present In California oral
bets can b. made also cash Nazrrs. pro-
Ntding they are not recorded by the layers
OF odds. aud any person can at a. stake
holder. providing he does not receive pay
for his services. these favorable decisions
helped racing In California Ia an immeas-
urable degree. and believe the stakeholder
proposition can be declared legal in New
York state also our anti betting Law
- really an anti -bookmaking measure,
and a. bookInAkinx l. extinct on the Coast
Ne are able to 90 ahead With enough free
dom Ia keep the turf alive.
We were naturally much Interested
In the recent Agn-W Hart legislation at
Albany which prohibits book MAKING with
or without writing. but We are Of the opin-
ion that thus new measure will prove
Ineffective. There H. no such thing a.
Matchmaking with or without writing
In order TO get conc lusiVe evidence OF
boOkmAking' contend that there must
be written records OF all transactions.
and think when the matter j. carried into
the courts nv your Jockey club n will be
% demonstrated In my opinion the
directors Of rAcetrackS which have been
hCen-ed by the state to hold running meet
inEs cannot he held oriminAlly liabl. for
betting for the reason that betting Is not
crime la this state nat i why | am con
VinCspi that the a lre,toTs' Liability Law will
khring men have been p"rseCuted ali over
the country bee ause the sport has been
generally misunderstood. The turf Il a
national md ustp. which gives employment
To- thousa nd- " persons u involves the
Investment uf millions Of dollSr- in breeding
farms and racNfrsck property 10 make
criminals Of men who like To back their
lIdgment az to the respective merits of
ihoIoushhre,is i going tribe too far
Every sporting event prompts betting,
bur Why an exception should he made OF
ra""'racS betting y puzzle
The Walker-Otis ,aw. by the way. pro.
hthits the recording OF all kinds OF waReis
IN california. but IA the San FRANCHISE
on the Jenries Johnson nsht, and IN the
case ~ each wager made on tho re-uli the
betior receives 4 written ticket with which 2
20 collect his money II successful when
y gdgr Cook va. asked about this point I
yesterday he -aid he had never thought |
81 II
With Jockeys Dugan and shilling under
suspension for rough riding " T. note I
v orthy fact that = e. Hildreth scratched 4
all of hts horses on Thursday Hildreth may I
start Dalmatian In the rich Canadian Derby /
at Fort Erie to-day. IN which event shilling /
III ride
victory nv sweep IN Monday.- Law.
renee Realization stakes will net about |
sio.0op tor James u keene and will place .
him At the head OF the winning ~ ner- for !
The She~pshead Hay meeting sweep viii /
h" pTohibitiye faVortte with possibly /
iwo or three ordinary selling plater- 20
The defeat Of ocean Hound IN ih. Ner-
maid stakes by Amelia Jenk- on Thur /
day did not surprise some Of tho i-eaCres |
" no took the trouble to look mp the running i
of the N"Tnal stakes at the Hay q year
ago. In that event Ocean Bound conceisd i
i've pounds 60 Amelia jerks and beat her /
two lengths At i've furlongs Later on at 7
SarAtoga Amelia jerks showed her l,iality ,
y hen -he ran third 90 Waldo and FSun,le-
roy ia the Flash stake. In the Mermaid I
stake Ocean Bound gave fftssn pounds
Ia AMELIA lena and got .n overronrdent !
ride The fact that the latter nlly had not ,
h-en tn the races since Last fall at Toronto !
Vas the reason Why Ocean Bouni AS held .
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