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LAW ENFORCEMENT AT YONKERS. New York, July 17. So far as the attitude of the authorities is concerned, racing is going on at Empire City under conditions similar to those that have prevailed at other New York tracks this season. The authorities of Westchester county who are enforcing the law at Empire Cityliclieve In respecting the rulings of tlie courts relative to individual betting. Reformers in Westchester who have become concerned have possibly overlooked the fact that tlie courts have decided that. oral wagers are legal and that settlements in dash can be made after the races; that a person can quote odds and accept as many wagers as he may sec lit providing he does not make a record of tho transactions: It is a fact that some of the layers who are taking oral bets employ as many as half a dozen men to memorize the transactions " and that these "clerks have a: remarkable capacity due to long experience. A casual observer of the methods in vogue at Empire City would find It impossible to detect the slightest violation of the :iaw-. The race track police havo made operators understand that "loose business will result in prompt banishment, and as a sequence the Westchester authorities, though- constantly on the alert, say that they cannot legally interfere with the proceedings.
