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GOVERNOR HUGHES IS ON THE ALERT. Sends Message to Sheriff Habley, Who Replies There Has Been No Violation of Law at Bay. New York, September 4. Governor Hushes, through Assistant Secretary Curtis, sent Sheriff Habley of Kings County the following telegram this morning: "It has been reported to the governor that the anti-betting law is being violated at the Coney Island Jockey Club track. You will take the necessary action to suppress this violation." Sheriff Hableys reply by mail was as follows: "Reports that the betting law is being violated at the Sheepshead Bay race track are unfounded. There is no money passeil between men and so-called bookmakers. As a matter of fact, there are no bookmakers. 1 have had men on the track every day and they have been unable to detect the passing of money or any registration of bets." Forty plain-clothes men and twenty deputies from New York headquarters and Brooklyn headquarters, respectively, were detailed for the race course today. They reported to Borough Inspector Halahau and District Inspector OBrien said after the races that they had been unable to detect a single case of passing of money and registration of wagers in violation of the Hart-Agnew law. Schuyler Parsons, managing director of the Coney Island Jockey Club, telegraphed Governor Hughes absolutely denying that there were any violations of the law at the track. After the races, Schuyler Parsons issued the following statement In the presence of Sheriff Habley, Borough Inspector Jlalahan and District Inspector OBrien: "The law has been observed and will continue to be observed within this race-track enclosure. We are asking no favors from the authorities in any respect and are satisfied that they have enforced the law thoroughly." Sheriff Habley siwke up and said that all reports to the effect that money was passed, freely exposed or exposed at all, were lies. Everything passed off quietly in the betting ring, despite- the presence and vigilance of the sixty special policemen present.
