Arizona republican., 1917-04-16

And thereby hangs the tale of the ne gotiations for the introduction of the pari-mutuel racing machines into Ari zona, contract for which had been signed by Commissioners Wood and C.. M. Layton for the commission and C.. D. Boyce the party of the second part
 There will be no pari-mutuel ma chimes it is asserted; there will be noth- ing out of all the negotiations except d possible scandal. Whether or not there has been any connection be tween the proposed introduction of the pari- mutuel machines and former Gov ernor Hunts side of the guDernatorlal contest coincidence has not been lacking. MT. Boyce, the. party of the second part is a heavy stakeholder of bets on the result of the election, q warm adheront of former Governor Hunt and has been identified with the contest as tallyman for the former gov ernor's side almost since the inception Of the contest. He is the proprietor of pool hall on South Center street, but slnce the contest was started he has left the management of that enterprise largely to other hands.
 It is said that he has received no re- muneration for his services in the con- test. According to Judge $. w. Mccall the pioneer apostle of the pari- -mutuel in Arizona, MT. BOyce places an eX- travagant value on the contract with the commissioners and offered to turn it over to him on fifty fifty basis. Judge Mccall felt hurt He had eX- pended about S4.000 of his own money finding out about the operation of the machines elsewhere, in educating or trying to educate the people of this state out of their puritanicai notions and in permitting himself to be arrest ed and defending a test case. Hearing : that at last d contract was to be award ed he came to Phoenix accompanied by Messrs Talbott and Finn of Denver who were expected to finance the race meets. only to learn that the Hunt tal- lyman had been chosen as lessee. ! If Judge Mccall has been a student of Vergil, "sic vos non vobis.' must : have been recalled by him:
 { 50, you ye birds, with Wondrous shil ] possessed,
 Not for yourselves construct the curi-
 ous nest.
 So, you ye bees, who every flower ex plore,
 Not for yourselves am2ss the honie(
 store.
 So, you ye patient kline inured to. toll Not for yourselves subdue the stubborn
 soil"
 Running along with the gubcrna torial contest and as has been re marked, not necessarily connected witt it, just before the expedition went t Snowflake to take dispositions on be half of former Governor Hunt, eXpedi tion in the matter of bringing the ne | goffafions fO 2 head seemed deSira Iii and a special messenger was sent t Graham county to secure the sgnatur of Commissioner c. M. Layton to tn contract.
 In one way or another the progres of events was made known to Cover nor Campbell who had determined tha there should be no pari- mutuel racin at the fair grounds or on any prOpert owned by the state. Though not Puritan himself, he believed he repre- sented constituency which was over whelmingly opposed to tfe pari-mu tuel machines and to public samblin in any form. He had made known hi views to Judge Mccall on this poin before 1t was known that the Boyc contract was being negotiated. If h was sure of anything, he said, it wa that the people did not want that.
 Whether the fair commission ha control Of the state fair grounds at an J (Continued On Page Five)