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EASTERN LAYERS ARRESTED TWENTY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN GRAVES-END BETTING RING. Charged hv District Attorneys Office with Violation of the Hart-Agnew Law and Released on Bail Betting Goes On. New York. September 17. Twenty arrests for nlleped violations of the Hart-Agnow anti-betting law were made in the betting enclosure at Gravesend this afternoon on bench warrants issued by County Judge Fawcott of Kings County and served by detective-sergeant Van AVagoner and Lieutenant Lau-gan of the iKirough headquarters stair. Thirty warrants had been sworn out during tbe morning. Imt only tbe foregoing number were served. Tbe men apprehended include Mark Reunion, Orlando .Tones, Charles Ileiueman. William Shaw. Samuel Franks, J. Douohue. AA. Krause. 31. Campeon. A. Myers. H. AAilling. AV. J. Aekerman. George Reardon. N. Leon, AV. Couth mistaken for A. Keller. A .1. Flossie. 11. Cohen. AV. McPhcrson. .Toe Acndig, H. Ginzig and J. Kern. The men were arranged and released on bail of .,000 each by Judge Fawcett as fast as thev were brought in bv the police. AAV 15. AAheelock. the retired millionaire bookmaker, motored down to the city hall and furnished bail for as many of the arrested men as desired it. It was a few minutes before the- races when detective Van AVagoner of the Kings County district attorneys staff, accompanied by several assistants, walked into the betting ring and quietly and unostentatiously notified the different men named in the warrants that they were under arrest for violating section 851 of tile penal code, which lias to do with aiding and allotting liookinaking. The date of the alleged afTcnse was said to be September 9, while racing was going on at Sheepshead Hay. The general impression is that the arrests are the direct outcome of Governor Hughes letter to Police Commissioner Raker and District Attorney Clarke a short time ago. in which the governor stated that lie had information that betting was again assuming large proportions at the race tracks. AAliile the arrests continued through tiie entire afternoon, the whole tiling passed otf so quietly that the general public was not aware that anything out of the ordinary was happening. King operations were not interfered with nor disturbed and there was no curtailment of speculation. The bench warrants were sworn out on information and belief furnished by the district attorneys otlice. Assistant District Attorney Robert Elder represented the state at the ar- ralgnmeut thil afternoon,wbilelawyer William AAill appeared for the defendants. Though an olf-day card, conditioned for horses of moderate class, was decided at Gravesend today, the attendance was large. The delightful weather was probably a contributory factor toward this satisfactory state of affairs. From the viewpoint of added money, the handicap at a mile and a quarter was the principal race programmed. Despite a paucity of starters, it furnished a highly interesting struggle. S. C. llildreth was represented by AAooii-rraft. after two of his original trio of entrants. Firestone and Moquette. had been withdrawn, while It. T. AVilson, Jr., and J. E. Madden were respectively represented by Eeaueoup and Miss Kearney. The former was backed so persistently at the close that the odds about him became nearly prohibitive. There seemed no diversity of opinion respecting Reaucoups ability to defeat AAoodcraft and Miss Kearney. The actual running failed to throw any light on the one-sided betting which preceded it, for .lie favorite got up to win only in the last stride of a desperate closing effort, and was considered lucky to score. The winner, a fast horse of doubtful stamina, was exceedingly well served by the abnormally slow pace which prevailed in the early stages and his sprinting ability enabled him to beat his less speedy and rating opponents. This race served to illustrate the lack of knowledge of pace among tbe jockeys of the present day. Dugan, who stands at the head of the profession and bad a stout-hearted horse in AVoodcraft under hiin. signally failed to rise to the occasion. This was the tirst time in many days in which the feature race could not be described as a llildreth victory. On paper the opening dash over the about three-quarters course looked the easiest . race on the card. The stars wen; all withdrawn, leaving Prince !al. Dreamer. Angelus and three inconsequentials to run. The lightly-weighted Duryea gelding opened at odds-on, but refilled to evens and . to 5 on account of a plunge on Prince Gal. Jockey Grand made a bail showing on George Odoms colt anil subsequently tried to divert attention from bis own inexcusable shortcomings by lodging a frivolous claim. of foul against the jockeys on the two leaders. The complaint was promptly dismissed. Grands ride on Malitine in the last rate again evoked unpleasant criticism. Quahtleo scored a runaway victory in the mile and a sixteenth selling race, the first and second choices, Rlackford and Dr. Holzbcrg. both encountering much ill luck. Rlackford was afterward claimed for 00 by E. Hughes, representing the Lexington Stable. A poor start killed the chances of a majority of the nine contestants in the two-year-old selling affair. AArooIcasta, a newcomer horealiouts. practically dominated the running throughout. Captain E. R. Cassatts 0,000 Medallion ran a close third and would have won but for having been securely pocketed in the final furlong. Medallion was probably entered at his full valuation of 1,500. The first bid-up of the meeting occurred In the tif tli. Superstition being the victim. AV. M. AVallacc, who trains Greenbridge. the runner-up. boosted the winner from 00 to ,500. His owner bought him in with an advance of .
