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DAILY RACING MAY SOON BEGIN. Jockey Club Members Say Snort Is Assured So Long 1 as Present Law Is in Force. New York. May 31. — Racing in New York so long as the present law is in force is assured, ami it mav I be that daily meetings will lie held in the near 1 future. This is tic opinion of some members of the i lackey Club. It is believed that, under the oral iMliiiiL; --tein piotits can lie made by all the i coiir-cs. Already it is said that Auuediict and Jamaica, v.bl.h were not provided for In the earlv plans ,;l the Jockey Club, are likely to be the scenes 1 I of ■aeetiag* before tie season is over. I When iriveseinl miens Thursday turfmen will be interested to observe the attitude of the Kings i Couiitv district attorneys office and the police de- 1 nartnicut toward oral speculation as defined bv the Appellate Division of the Supremo Court. The KaS sail ountv autloiitles have Jiecn unable to secure siitli.ien: evidence to wurrant arrests at Belmont I Park, With the result tl.it much freedom lias been ■ li. v.. I by the public tiure. A well known Broak Ivu nditiiiin. who is interested in the welfare of the tinT. said vctonlav: •■H the law is obeyed to the letter there can be BO treu! lie at ;ravoseml. Just M long as acCSUUS who .o-.i pt era! wagers do not take cash and record transactions arrests will be out of the iiliestioii. The police depart incut will sur.lv look for viola tions of tiic law and if persons are arrested il will !••• up to the district attorneys eflk-e to prosccn;.-them. Bat I hardly believe that the district attorneys office will go to the extra expewse of search lag for evbbtl ver the leads of the police oHb-i.ils. espe ci.illv when it is remembered that Mr. Kidcrs vigur-ous nieliods last war at the tracks have resulted in complete failure in all the cases that have been passed up.ii bv the courts. Bv living up to the r. Iiiir incuts of the law speculators call do haplai in a II .lit rear of Iroable and the i-uing can he made to Miopoi I itself. Reaction ill favor of the sport his aln • nlv set In and the iiniHliularlt v of the n w law will steadily incr -.i-.c." If here is iiaiimth sailing at tJravcseiid. whi.b probablv will mean a larger average attendance daily than has been uccsdtd al Belmont Iark. there is cv.rr reasoa t» believe that the Brookrva .bsk.-v Club will race at ieast lour d.ivs ■ week, if not five. The fact that the Belmont Iark meeting -o far bai petted a motit has greatlv encouraged the other tiiil. owners, who want to race as often as o. . ,il.i -. Iii live opinion of iiihiiv racing men. the orewtng ■■■ the meeting at Gravesend will show a deride i Increase in attendance.
