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WOULD NOT RESTORE OLD WAYS The Jockey Club does not advocate a repeal of the antlbookmakingriaw by the new legislature at Albany said a wellposted racing man yesterday As a matter of tact the turf governors have wel ¬ comed Jthe abolition of the bookmakers socalled but are going to make a fight to have the directors liability law declared unconstitutional Thextracks were compelled to close after the Saratoga meeting because this law malde the track owners liable to arrest and prosecution if any form of betting took place on their property If the directors law is knocked out therefore all the tracks will conduct meetings next year and the betting will take care of litself It is not a crime to make a bet and under new conditions a certain form of speculation will be established by tlie courts The days of slates stools sheets and cash boxes are gone for ¬ ever New York Sun
