Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-30
RACING GAME
IS IN FAVOR
IN TREEAST
Improvement In Betting Meth
DDS Has PopuIarized the
Sport of Kings

The flour:shinS condition CT the
thoroughbred racing game in the
East" is the subjecc OF an interview
with Canada Jack" Adkins. we'll
known throughout the country as a
trainer and horseman OF the front
ranks, printed in a recent issue OF the
San Francisco Chronicle. As racing
manager Of r. J. MacKenzie's select
ST ring OF runners. Canada Jack has
just returned to San Francisco after
campaigning over The important tracks
Of the East, and he is enthusiastic
over the comeback OF the titled
Sport of Kings"
Adkins believes that the opening OF
the racing game in New Orleans short
ly after the first Of the year. after
many years of restriction. will have
the greatest effect in restoring the
sport in other sections of the country.
He says the game has returned with
vengeance in Now York and is low
established on sound business basis.
Kentucky is improving right along in
connection with the Racing Commits
sion, and in Canada the game was
never better.
How racing is conducted in New
York In the face of similar anti-bet-
ting law that is in effect in
California, is of interest to follow
ers of thoroughbreds. Adkins says
that wagering is conducted in a gen
tlemanly manner.
WAGERING on Credit.
"Bookmaking and public gambling
have been wiped out entirely" says
Canada Jack" I'm their place is in.
.dividual wagering, and it worked to
perfection last season. A maker Of
odds moves around the betting ring.
and he can quote you odds on the
horse you care ~ back He cannot
put down the odds, but he memories
them. If you decide to wager, you
write the amount on slip of paper
and pass 1t to him. No money is
passed, for it is worked on a credit
system. This is brought about by
your being known or by establishing
your credit before the races. After
the card is run off there is a settle.
menti and tho courts have decided
that the business is conducted within
the law. - < - T.. ~. q. )
There were some cases OF WEIGH
ing, but on the whole the game went
On in a gentlemanly manner. The
people certainly proved that they liked
the racing game. In June, when /
won the Brooklyn Handicap with
Buckhorn, there was 10000 in attend
ance, and it made beautiful picture.
Boosts Pari-Mutucl. -.
"The pari-mutuel system Of wager
ing which is in vogue on the three
Kentucky tracks, Lexington, Douglas
Park and Churchill Downs, and at
Pimlico, Laurel and Latonia, is howl
ing success. II is a clean and only
system. and accomplishes the purpose
of eliminating the Objectionable fea-
lures that got the game in bad here
and in other parts of the country Ev.
cry one has an equal chance, and a
bet has never been known to be refus-
ed by the iron men. After fellow fol-
lows the system for a while he can
figure approximately the odds, and he
knows that everything is on the up
and-up. III. :
THE system lie very popular, for
the public as we'll as the horsemen are
protected. To show how successful II
has been, Kentucky has raised the
purses all round Last year the purs-
es we're increased from $500 to $700,
and numerous improvements have
been made on the tracks. The state
received an income for the upkeep of
the Racing Commission. and a certain
amount is yearly turned over to the
charitable institutions Of the state.
Il expect in course of time to see
California permit the game to come
back, but on the improved style" con-
tinued Adkins. Il didn't blame the
legislature for putting up the bars, the
way the sport was conducted for the
period two or three years before the
showdown came. There is as much
difference between the way races are
run in the East today and the way
they were run here. as, there is be-
tween day and night Local thorough
bred followers would be surprised at
the Improvement.
Should Encourage Breeding.
New Orleans business men well
coined the return of the sport with
open arms. Another thing to look at
in the racing game is the high stand
ard it gives the cavalry horse. Europe
is cleaning out cur horses, and it
would be we'll for this country to take
more interest in the breeding estab-
lishment. 1t is necessary for the well
fare of the country to have good hors-
es, and If thoroughbred racing is not
encouraged it means that breeders
lose interest and let the standard of
horses go back. There must be some
inducement to have good breeding,
for it costs a deal of money"
Before leaving Louisville, where
the Mackenzie horses were turned
cut for the winter, Melton Street, a
stallion well known out here, was
presented to the Canadian Breeding
Bureau. He is a strapping big bay.
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