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

Mr.. Bruce pleads ignorance of the
character of his clients or their selfish
interest in the following statement to
Mr.. Breckenridge:
- number OF statements are made as
TO my knowing that certain aleEru COR
.ditions in connection with racing, former
Is existed. such as that race tracks were
controlled by hoolmakcrs, ana that DOCK
makers retained twenty 10 thirty per cent
and that all sorts of rascaliiiea were COM
mitted under this system. The tact ls
/ know none Of these things.
IL lie said that know thar C".la: Il!es'
and Adler. Of -. Louis. owned l.atonEi
and Douglas Park, and IL Is said they ran
bucket shops and race tracks IN various
sections OF the country. recall that
Celia had an interest in the Douglas intk
Jockey Club, whether or not the other
persons mentioned had any interest IN II
or not | do not know; and whether OF hot
they ran bucket shops IN Other paris o,
the country. ! do not KNOW. W. u.s. u.s.
an attorney In "A suit Instituted LbaIhs'
the State Racing Commi sslon seekIns 70
have the act creating That tothhhssIoh
declared unconstitutional III u ehuIe-
~ true that | was an attorney for the
Douglas Park Jockey Club h sur
brought to test the consltuuohaH,y oI
that act but 1t Is not at All true thAt i
learned In that case, or otherwise any
NJ the facts stated III the editorial as 10
camping conditions ON the race tracks
Mr.. breckenridge makes the fol
lowing reply:
MIR. Bruce knew that Celia. Titles
and Adler, who ran bucketShops anu
race tracks in various sections of The
country, controlled IAtonia and Doug
las Park: that there was syndicate
books on all the tracks controlled by
them: that racing in Kentucky was IN
a dcplorable condition: that the meet
ings were long, and under the syndicai"
system OF bookmaking every sort OF
rascallty WAS committed.
Mr.. Bruce states: II knew none
OF these things
I'VE avow that all statements
made nv us nre true; thGt all intelli-
rent men connected with facing or IN
terested in racing know them to Do
true: that the facts were puDllsheu III
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 nj 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. II is interesting to know
that this much of what was general
knowledge percolated through the at
mosDhere Of sweet innocence that sur
rounded Mr.. Bruce, If he had then
had the slightest interest in the preser-
walton of racing, either ms a sport or
ms an aid to the breeding of horses or
AS n destructive agency of all that IS
GOOD and noble, it seems To our mum
dane intelligence he would nave ~
formed himself as to the controlling
factors IN racing and certainly as 10
the personnel Of his clients.
It has been a long time since the
State Racing Commission was created
and the effort made by the owners OF
Douglas Park ana Latonia-Cella, III
les and Adler-to have that act declar-
ed unconstitutional Mr.. Bruce makes
a very plausible statement of The basis
of that sui. but a statement that III
our opinion IS entirely misleading.