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• 1 • ■ I - 1 I 2 . ; GOVERNOR HUGHES WILL GIVE HEARING. Albany. N. Y.. June I. Governor Hughes has decided tti i+tt the opponents of the anti race track bills a heariug. It will take place in a few days. The .Its-key Club, through its attorne.is. has tiled B protest BgaaaM the bills. There are three anti-raetag bills before the governor. Two by Assembly man Perktaa make officials ami director* of race associations |iersonally liable for violations of the anti gambling laws ami clear up the statute making it a crime to carry oa gambling in any enclosure or place. The fhhTd ball, by Senator Agnew, prohibits boekataklaa with or without writing. In anpealing lo Governor Hughes or a hearing on the bills the Jockey Club, through its chairman. August Relmont. has drawn especial attention to Ihe fact that the to-called •director* liability bill." if it becomes a law. will enable busy prosecuting aathorittea to play hob with the director* of state fairs as vtll as those ••[ racing associations. "At all the state lairs there are trolling and running races." said a Jockey Club meiulier. "antl I here is also betting, if not bookmaking and ihioI-selliag. If Governor Hughes signs these bills as they are bow worded, il will he possible to put in jail director* of these fair associ.it ions if so much as a single betting transaction can be prat id in court. The liability bill is manifestly unfair, for the t.asoii that the enforcement af il means I In ah ■olate rioateg of all tracks and fairs. "Kvtn if the directors of the various racing asso- ciatioiis operating nailer the jurisdiction of the Jockey Club should instruct the Cinkcitons to prevent private wagers among Individual* and to eject or bar all professional speculators from Ihe tracks, enemies of racing could make trouble by framing up a case. All they would have to do would be the planting of an alleged eekaaaker* and bis •clerks, together with a bettor.1 Tiny might sit up in the eraadataad, where they could transact business quiet u. They eoold make a few alleged aragera. record the** ami settle in cash, wiiii wit Besses looking oa, after which private sleuths anted with warrants could make anc-ts. This material. framed up. could then be Used to secure tirand jurv indictments agalaat respectable citizens who hap pencil to be directors or trustees of the raring asso elation upnii the groaada of which the alleged gani- bUag had taken place. In order to prevent l ets from being made at a race course it would require a polio man for every person passing inside of the ;;lliv "The liability bill applies to owner* of buildings iu which gambling may lake place, also to owners of am place or enclosure. Retting is indulged in at ball eaatet, at Ihe Ihixiii boat* ami In billiard room* ami bowling alleys. Fader the propeaed law the owners ..I sin li enterprises can be held i riminally liable It is unfair legislation and will bad to nerseeatioa nnieaa ii is ehechtd. Mr. IK law hi I feels sure thai Governor Hafdtt* baa not bad t chance lo look into the nature of this measure and that is why the Jockey Club has asked for a heariug."
