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CONEY ISLANDS POLICY SUPPORTED Mots and Betting Men Generally Will Be Con ¬ spicuous as Spectators at Shccpshead New York August 27 The leading bookmakers of the Mets and best known betting men de ¬ clare that they will live up to tiie spirit and letter of the recent rule adopted by the Coney Island Jockey Club They will purchase tickets of admis ¬ sion take seats in the grandstand will desert the lawn and will In all respects abide by the direc ¬ tions of the club There will be no odds quoted no betting no running or moving about and thus they will show all concerned that they can and will obey the law as interpreted mid desired by the Coney Island Jockey Club ClubThe The enforcement of this rule will cost the club not less than 0000 for the eleven days meeting which will begin on Monday aside from the vast amount of stake money given givenAs As evidence that the field stands will be closed at the forthcoming Sheepshead Bay meeting it was made known yesterday that steel bars have been placed standAs across all the stairways leading to the stand As proof that every effort will l e made to kill off all lietting at Sheepshead Bay it is asserted that there will be no exhibition of jockeys names on the jockey hoard until live minutes before each race is run and that there will be no tissue sheets seld containing names of jockeys corrected weights etc etcOral Oral lietUng without registration will be so greatly minimized that lookers on may be able to wager only on horse against horse in the absence of emoted odds This method of speculating was the fashion hi the old days of the turf when a days program comprised two or three races with small lields in each race and strong sectional interest as the basis of the wagers How it will work on modern tracks with large lields remains to he seen There is no objection to this form of betting
