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TRACK OWNERS ARE NOT WORRYING. New York, February 21. "The track owners are not worrying over the Lansing-Cassidy bill," said a well known racing man who is conversant with the affairs of the Jockey Club, "for the reason that tlieir present position .Is unassailable. Hail, they continued accepting money from the books, however. Hie shoe would have been on the other foot at present. Any crusade intended to be successful nitist be made against the bookmakers exclusively, aiid they have been operating within the requirements of the law. It it is Illegal for two men to bet on the; result of a horse race. It is illegal to bet on the outcome of an election, a ball game, a glove light, or any other proposition of this kind. Race track speculation Is made upon a sport that Is clean, well managed and popular. You might just as well begili a crusade against the stock market as to tackle racing on this line. Poolroom betting Is another thing altogether. Irresponsible persons conduct many of these places, where, young men who cannot afford to bet have a cha,nce to speculate. Patrons of poolrooms so conducted are at the mercy of sharks who are responsible to nobody but themselves. At the tracks the admission fee alone keeps out the undesirable element and also limits the attendance to persons who can-afford to wager within their means on the results of the various events. The Jockey Club has made the turf a phenomenally successful and popular institution, for the reason that it is composed of men who are above" reproach and who enjoy the complete conlldence of the public." I think that you will lind. that the bill at Albany, win not amount to much under the circumstances."
