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BILL SCULLY EMPHATIC AND OPTIMISTIC. The- agitation against racing and letting which prevails in some quarters in New York will not have any effect on the situation next year, says W. O. Scully, the bluff turfman familiarly known 011 the metropolitan and Chicago tracks as "Farmer Bill." A New York uewspapr, man the other day askeel Mr. Scully for bja opinion, which be reported as follows: "No racing this year? How in the world are they going to keep the people away from the race tracks? Will you ti-11 me that? Theyve lieen going down to Sneepshead and Brighton in the summer for many a year now, and Id just like to know what would make them stop this year. Its a -ure thing itll take a lot of constables to ke-.p 4 l.iMXt or .".0. XM people from going to see the Suburban when its run in June. "How are they going to bet? I dont know and I dont .are. But theyre going to be there, and it wouldnt surprise me to see. em all find somebody to bet with if they felt so inclined. Of course-you know and I know there are thousands go then that dont bet at all. except perhaps a box of gloves or candy or a few dollars lietween themselves, but it doesnt make any differeiu-e, they will go to seethe- races anyway, because its their sport and they
