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EMPIRE CITY REDUCES ITS GATE FEE New York August 11 Tlit abolition of the field stand and a reduction in the price of general admission from 3 to 2 at the Yonkers race track ar announced The charge for admission to the clubhouse iuclosure will be 5 the same as last year when the track wus reopened under new management managementWith With no field Inclosure thenfore the Empire Uitvv Racing Association practically will bar the undesirable element from the track unless that element cares to pay the increased tariff to enter the inclosureOf grandstand inclosure Of the coming meeting Manager Winn said today New York people will keep racing alive for the reason that there are so many of them who know the game and also know how to bet These decisions by Justices Blscboff and Gaynor have cleared the atmosphere Any man can visit the tracks now without the fear of being arrested for making a bet of a few dollars with a friend who happens to jot the wager on his program If the former bookmakers make bets with friends for the fuu of the thing they will not violate the law unless it can be shown that they are betting with anybody and everybody handling cash In large quantities and recording numerous wagers Until these de ¬ cisions were handed down the Kings county authori ¬ ties were arresting and indicting persons for trivial reasons such as paying a debt or even writing the names of the jockeys on the program JJnt under the new conditions arrests cannot be made except in the cases of professional bookmakers and in order to get a conviction It must be shown conclusively that such alleged bookmakers Indulge In race track speculation businessI exclusively as a business I have never believed that the passage of the HartAgnew bill would kill racing Now I am convinced that the game will live on under new and better conditions The sport will be cleaner and a certain undesirable element will be extermin ¬ ated atedRegarding Regarding the stories that the Empire meeting was shifted to 1onkers from Brighton Beach be ¬ cause of a fear that we would have trouble with the authorities let me say that the agreement to KO to Brighton never was made It was simply talked of pending the arrival of Mr Butler from Kurope Mr Butler made a hard fight iu the courts to get a license for his track and for that reason and also because of the loyalty of the people in Westchester county he would not listen to the Brighton plan for a moment We are not going to violate the law in any way We are simply going to conduct the best race meeting possible and we will meet all of our obligations to the horsemen
