The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-10-14

i'N'it NHl'H Nbs HtNtI hOlit bNioIC
its creation.
Mr.. Bruce may not know IL, hut WE
believe II III he fact that the chief
reason his known client, Celia and his
actual clients Cella's associates,
wanted the act declared unconstitu-
tionnl was that It made possible the
destruction of their syndicate book.
We do not say that Mr.. Bruce
knows IL, because after his statement
we fear to state that he knows even
the most widely known fact, hut ac-
cording to the grand jury of JeiTer-
son County II is fact that vast
number Of handbooks are being oper-
ated in the city Of Louisville"
We have not heard of any movements
by Mr.. Bruce to stop these hand books
If Mr.. Bruce had succeeded in the
suit to declare unconstitutional the
act creating the State Racing Com
mission there would lie books on tho
race tracks as well as landlords in
the city. The law now prohibits hand
books in the city. But they exist in
the city Of Louisville, Yet Mr.. Bruce
starts campaign against "legalizei
betting and so far as we know takes
no action against the Illegal betting
that is, in our opinion. infinitely the
greater evil which is rampant in his
own home town.
In the communication published this
morning, Mr.. Bruce says:
IL have never pretended to make
any accurate statement Of what are
the total profits Of the Jockey club,
because | do not know them"
Ii statement bv him sent through
the Associated Pres; from Louisville
September Ia, he says:
"A legalized giant monopoly enjoy
ing the gambling privileges realizes
profit of tive or three million of dol
lars year out Of this demoralizins
vice"
Again we apologize for having stat
cd in II previous editorial that Mr..
Bruce knows this statement is .naccu-
rate. But we avow that it is inaccli-
ate and utterly misleading AMI
Inown to he Inaccurate by every man
and woman who has even cursOry ill.,
larmation,iu regard To the purses and
stakes given by the Jockey Club, the
expenses incident to the conduct of
racing and the taxes paid By the
JOcScy Club.
NJ pruca cloccs his communication
with this statement:
"Pan-mutuel betting on the race
tracks may be safer form of betting
than bookmaking-saf for the gam
bler-Dut | am not interested in pro-
tectng the gambler"
Who is it Mr.. Bruce is interested
in protecting? As Il lawyer he was
Interested in forwarding the interests
OF Celia, TITLES and Adler, who, though
# course he never knew it, conducted
buckets shops and syndicate books
The present movement fathered by
him will inure 10 the benefit of the
bookmakcr and handbook men, though
equally If course he does not know
this. As proven by the result in New
York, the success of the movement he
advocates viii lead to a form OF
gambling that is most pernicious AMI
as rule crooked.
As revealed by the report of the
grand jury in Louisville, the hand
books flourish even in the rarified at
mOsphere that surrounds Mr.. Bruce
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Not interested in protecting the
gambler? OF course not. Not inter
csted in the personnel of his clients
who employed his services to destroy
the State Racing Commission so that
they might run race tracks in ken'
lucky as they ran them in Missouri
solely for the benefit of the syndicate
book? Not interested in protecting
The breeding Interests? What is Mr.
Bruce's real interest?
His letter reveals according to his
own statements, that Mr.. Bruce has
never been interested enough to as
certain even the most widely known
facts in regard to racing and that
he knows no more about it now than
he knew. when he was the attorney
for Douglas Park and the hucket-shop-
bookmaking aggregation that owned it
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Why is Mr.. Bruce giving his time
and his high ability and great Iepu-
tatioE and his money In this fight 10
have repealed the provision in the
Kentucky statutes that was passed
April Sth, 1893, years before he APP
peared as the attorney for the Douglas
Park Jockey Club? He Gid not then
attempt To have that section Of the
statutes repealed The act creating |
the State Racing Commission was
passed in 1906 The provision under !
which pari-mutuels are permitted was !
passed in 1893, thirteen years before
that. During th0se year.. the booe'
makers operated as unmolested on the |
race tracks as they now operate in
Louisville and will again operate on
ihe race tracks IL Mr.. Bruce succeeds |