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FREE FIELD SUGGESTED WITH NO BETTING. There appears too much opposition to the re-open ing of the field enclosures al the local tracks, re marks the New York Sun. Opitoiwnts of the plan say tl.-lt it will lie impossible to control persons who desire to speculate. It has liecn suggested that the various racing associations can well afford to throw open 4he field free to the public and pic vent betting tln-re in anv form. At Epsom Downs more than r.0.000 persons saw the Derby run without paving admission. Philip J. buyer, president of the Brooklyn Jockey Club, has been frank ill opposing the re-open ing of the fields at present.
