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CHARLEY MCAFFERTY GETS IN TROUBLE Seattle Wash July 7 Charles C McCafferly widely known among horsemen as the owner of the Burns Handicap winner Dr Leggo was today in ¬ definitely suspended und was ordered to forthwith remove his stable of horse from The Meadows be ¬ cause he assaulted bookmaker George Linden with bis pocket knife during n dispute over a 5 bet he had made in Lindens l ook After the first ruc McCafferty presented a ticket on MIntia claiming that he told the mouey taker he wanted to bet oiv Al Lindley winner of the race Linden refused to allow his claim and MeCafferty after some hot words had passed drew his knife and slashed twice Jit the bookmaker bookmakerThe The knife cut Lindens clothing In several places nnd penetrating to the skin iiitlicted trivial flesh wounds Bystanders immediately Interfered and the track authorities ejected MeCafferty from the grounds with a warning to never again return Mc ¬ Cafferty has figured in personal encounters on other tracks and it probably will be a long lime before his suspension is lifted if at all allThe The racing today continued fonnfiil and favorites accounted for half the card cardBarney Barney Oldfleld scored his fifth consecutive victory since the opening of the meeting defeating with ease the best horses that he had yet encountered and demonstrating beyond cavil that he can cover a long route ns well as sprint Nonie at 20 to 1 was the single surprise Jockey C Sullivan has been ordered to take no more mounts because of a suspicious looking ride on Lady Kitty yesterday of the same There Is no violation of tlio law sny thp police If lie keeps A record of these bets in Ills head or tells them to sonic friends who have excellent memories memoriesIf If these friends see fit to repeat the transactions to other friends how can lilybody irtm that records of the wagers hnvo bCtH illnilr1 Alia if such proof can bij obtained hihv tail it lit legally shown that there Is a Loilhdctloil ultwelil the nitn who records n VitRtf oil his lirojiiiun alld the Inrtii who accepted Uio bet tit thi first place said a police official yesterday In discuusillg the Iase IaseWe We know that the vital poiiit in the new betting law is the recording of wagers and we have ar ¬ rested several men at the track within the last few days for making memorandums But we have got to go slow The police department cannot arrest every man who is seen writing figures and words on his program because if he can prove his inno ¬ cence he can bring suit for false arrest It Is a hard problem to solve but we intend to exercise all possibleThe the Vigilance possible The proof of connection between the layer and a recorder of wagers IK tin point on which all the future lest cases will hinge It Is contended that because a man miiy write betting ijriccs on his pr v pritin it cannot bo proved I hat he Is a gambler or bookmaker while It is also set forth br layers thit because a malt writes down King James twenty to five John Jimes proof is lacking that a wager Ims been recorded Other legal experts say that if oral bets are legal according to Justice BlscholTs decision a record of such transactions will stand standMemwhlle Memwhlle it is safe to say that In order to pre ¬ vent the private memorandums made by speculators It would require the presence of more policemen and detectives than spectators Last Saturday a sporting man stood on the lawn surrounded by a half dozen friends Somelwdy would push his way through the crowd and whisper In the sporting mans ear rlie latter would cither nod assent or shake his bend In the negative If it was a nod the sporting man quickly whispered to another man at his elbow who walked away The latter did not write nnv tnlng on his program but met a third man to whom he said a few words The third man was lost in the crowd in a jiffy Did he record the wager If lie did it was done so cleverly that nobody could detect him in the act And that was the way the sporting man made oral bets with his friends No money was posted with him he displayed no odds al tlonvcrsition with customers was strictly strictlyAs As no wagers have been paid at the track at all It Is inferred that settlements are made away from the truck As far as the display of prices on the program is concerned it is said that the race track men intend to have a test case soon to determine
