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NEW YORK BETTING DECISIONS. The legal status of betting at the eastern race tia ks is a matter of great importance just now. So far these decisions have been handed down at feeling speculation on the races: Ry the Apellate lMvision of the Supreme Chart-rfral Letting with a cash payment after each race is legal w lien indulged in by individuals, with a! leged hookaiatara barred. Ry tie- Appellate Division— The sale of advance information anna containing the names of starter-and jockeys together with weights, overweights acd coire, tioi.s is legal. Bv Justj.e Maddox nf the Supreme Conrt — It is legal t.. accept unlimited wagers and display odds. provided l«-ts are not recorded. By Justice Gay nor of the Supreme Court— It Is legal tor individuals to make wagers, orally or in cash, to record thein and to pay them. By the Court of Mpeeial Sessions. Justice Hovt presiding — It is not a violation of the law to make a ash wager and a record of the same to he haude-l to another person to be placed at the track. Race track attorneys say that a combination of these decisions makes It legal for a bettor to niako a wager with a former bookmaker and hand over a record of the same upon which the transaction can be settled after a race. It is understood that the latter condition will lie made to govern speculation in due time, as the Hart-Agnew law does not apply in any way to the man who makes a bet. only to rhe one who accepts a wager and records the same.
