The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1921-10-18

-. Bruce pleads ignorance of the
a.acter Of his clients or their selfish
fcrest in the following statement to
r. Fred. enriGl-:::
"a, nur,s ~ Of H.a,em-I.ts are made as
Ia iLy K .I,,.!Es; J...' certain a:I-.2G cCH-
0iiC9S, !! ,CHTiet ~ with racing, 'ormer-
ly existed, such is that race tracks were
controlled ~ booknakerS, and that book
makers retained twenty to thirty per cent
and that all sorts of rascallues were COM
mitted under this system. Inc tact Is
I know none of these things
1t is said that know that Celia, Ilues,
and Adler of ST. Louis, owned Latonia
and Douglas Park, and it is said they ran
bucket shops and race tracks IN various
sections of the country. recaH that
Celia had an interest in the Douglas ParK
Jockey Club, whether or not the other
persons mentioned had any interest In IL
or not, l do not know; and whether or MOI
they ran bucket shops in other parts OF
the country, l do not know. II Is salu
that l know these things because l was
an attorney in a suit instituted against
the State Racing Commission seeking TO
have the act creating that COMMISSION
declared unconstitutional 1t Is entire
Nv true that / was an attorney Tor the
Douglas Park Jockey Club IN suit
brought to test the conStituuonahty OF
that act, but it is mot at all true that
learned in that case, or otherwise any
of the facts stated in the editorial as 10
gambling conditions on the race tracks
Mr.. Breckenridge makes the fol-
lowing reply:
MIR. Bruce knew that Celia, Titles
and Adler, who ran bucketShOps and
race tracks in various sections of the
country, controlled Latonia and Doug
las Park; that there was a syndicate
hooks on all the tracks controlled by
them: that racing il Kentucky vas in
a depl0rable condition that the meet
ings were long, anil under the syndicat"
system of bOokmaking every sort OF
raScality was committed.
Mr.. Bruce states: 81 knew none
of these things"
1--WE avow that all statements
made by us are true; thar all intelli-
rent men connected with racing or in
terested in racing know them to be
true: that the facts were published in
the daily newspapers, and that in the
discussion in regard to the enactment
of the bill creating the State Racing
Commission were alleged and not de-
MED. But we accept at its face value
Mr.. Bruce's statement: Il know none
of these things"
"Mr. Bruce does recall that Celia
had an interest in the Douglas Park
Jockey Club. 1t is interesting to know
that this much of what was general
knowledge percolated through the at
mosphere of sweet innocence that sur
rounded Mr.. Bruce. If he had then
had the slightest interest in the preser-
walton of racing, either as sport or
as an aid to the breeding of horses or
as a destructive agency of all that IS
good and noble, it seems to our mum
dane intelligence he would have in
formed himself as to the controlling
factors in racing and certainly as TO
The personnel of his clients.
1t has been a long time since the
State Racing Commission was created
and the effort made by the owners of
Douglas Park and Latonia-Cella, Til
les and Adler-to have that act declar-
ed unconstitutional. Mr.. Bruce makes
a very plausible statement of the basis
Of that suit but statement that IN
our opinion Is entirely misleading.