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JOCKEY CLUB MAY BE REORGANIZED August Belmonts Desertion Not Relished R T Wilson Jr May Be the New Chief New York September 12 It is currently reported that within the next month or so the Jockey Club will be entirely reorganized and that August Bel niout will be supplanted by a new chairman said to be H T Wilson Jr or James Butler Just at present it may lie said that the turf governors are decidedly up in the air Many of them do not relish what seems to be a desertion of the turf here for a campaign in England and France As a wellknown turfman said yesterday yesterdayThe The Jockey Club needs new life The present organization is six feet under the sod and there is no way of bringing it back to life unless new men take its helm helmBoth Both Mr Wilson and Mr Keene however deny that any such move is in contemplation It was rumored that A J Joyner would sail for England October 23 with a stable owned by August Belmont and also what la left of II P Whitneys string after the weeding out sale on September 20 Those who say they know what they are talking about declare that there is no longer any doubt that Messrs Belmont and Whitney will race formidable strings in England next year and that Joyner will train for them at Newmarket NewmarketThere There was also a report that James It Keene would decide to send a stable to England 1 i the care of James Howe but this could not lie verified and Mr Keene does not himself know his pans at this time timeTlie Tlie New York Sun quotes a leading police ollicia on the meetingWhen subject of betting at the Brooklyn meeting When Gravcseud opens we will respect the Bis cliolT Gaynor and Iloyt decisions to the letter We will make no arrests except in cases where bets are recorded or money passes between individuals Under these decisions oral betting can go on and there can be a settlement the next day The point covering professional bookmakers is just this Then are no bookmakers now Persons who were book ¬ makers once have as much right to accept oral wagers from their friends as any other individuals It will be a difficult matter to define a professional bookmaker under the present conditions In our opinion a Ixmkmaker is a person who displays odds accepts cash wagers records them and then pays off after each race If any sncli business is at ¬ tempted at Gravesend we will not hesitate to maki arrests But it is not our intention to interfere with persons who speculate in accordance witli tin decisions of the courts courtsIf If this police otiicial speaks by the card there will be as much turf speculation at Gravesend as at Saratoga Yonkers and Brighton but there will IM no cash business and layers who accept wagers will be compelled to memorize them or run chances of arrest and prosecution
