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NEW YORK COPS IDEA OF A BET Tho New York correspondent of the London Sportsman Bends this incident of the early days of the antibetting crusade at Sheepshead Bay It Is Impossible to give an adequate idea of the extent to which these socalled officers carried out their duties and acted in this poor apology for a land of the free Here Is an Instance A friend of mine talking to another was referring to the late Mr Onrrett Moore of Ireland and said I remcintor him well on the Cnrragh at Jockey Hall One of my first bets was on Liberator when he won and I had 100 to fl Just then an eavesdropping cop intervened Here yonse git a move on yiz there aint no bettln here or Ill run ylz in
