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BILLS AGAINST BETTING. J c JEROMES MEASURE. AIMED AT NEW YORK TRACKS. IS INTRODUCED. to Horsemen Will Fiqht It Viqorously — Leqis- latures in Arkansas and California Are « jc Also Asked to Pass Laws. ,, SI M New York, January 15. — District Attorney ■■ iNMtl Mil, aimed at the tracks in New York s| State, was introduced in the upper house of the the tl GcMtal Assembly at Albany today by Senator Ag- new and was referred to the Codes Committee, of V which Senator Hill, of Buffalo, is chairman. The n hill was introduced in the lower house by Assembly- ■ man Stanley. C There seems to be little interest in the measure. I though Mr. Jerome insists that he will ask for n h litaring soon. The bill is sure to be bitterly fought and the friends of racing do not believe that it will a get beyond the committees. Horsemen from all a parts of the state will attend a meeting of the • agricultural societies at Albany tomorrow to pro- g test against the passage of the bill. a I