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HOLDS BETTING ILLEGAL. Selling pools and making hooks on horse races in Msasachnsetts is Illegal, according to .1 ieci-i.,n rendered Monday by the lull beach •• the Supreme Court in the case of the 1 BKMWesltJI auilnst AIIhi-i Rosenthal, who was found guilty of the offense last autumn by a ini-.v sitting at Redhani. The court hohls that while purses and premlasm may be offered to entries in races, the legislators diil not intend to legalize betting or pool selling. Rosenthal was arrested at the grand circuit trotting Meeting at Eteadrine last season. The only racing for thoi gbbreda of eonseqnence in Massaehasetts is the annual short meeting of the Brookline Ooaatry Club. The decision w i i i 1 ,,i prereal he holding of 1 his Meeting.
