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GITTINS BILLS VOTE TODAY MEASURES EOR RELIEF OF RACING EXPECTED TO COME UP FOR ACTION. Enemies of Sport Go to Ridiculous Lengths in Circulating Reports as to Probable Effect of Proposed Legislation at Albany. f , New York. .Tune 20. Senator Oittlns bills amend Sng thf so called directors liability law Bad defining boekasakbandg arc expected to come ui» in the Senate Car a vote. A niemlier of tli Jockey Club, nflor reviewing the critldm ptMd ou the bills l»y many of the enemies Of racing. said: "Former Senator Agucw. judging by his eoinments OB Senator 4 ; i i tins bills, seems to fear that if the t-ills nre passed that faro, roulette and other methods of gambling will be indulged in on the tracks. To relieve any such apprehension on the former senators part, let me state thai no gambling will take iilaee on the race courses in this state. At no time on the r.vee tracks umler the Jurisdiction of the Jockey club. een when the widest latitude was penaltted regard ir.; betting, was faro or roulette played. Needless to say that if the directors of race tracks would not permit sueh things in the past they certainly will not In the future. So Agile w is conjuring a needless night-ma re. "All the racing men nsk is a square deal. It Is fo; lair — it is not even eonstitutiiMial. well known attorneys say to hold a director or stockholder official of a race track liable for any violation of the l.-w against gambling or bookmuking that may be committed on Iheir grounds. Whv. under the present law. if an official of a track ordered the arrest of a man found viola that, the law. he the director, im-der the provisions of the statute, would lie held equally guilty of the violation. .Inst think of that. "It was this drastic law that caused the race Hacks to close, because no stockholder wished to be amendable to arrest under its conditions. It has caused directors in many fair associations up the state to resign because of its far -reaching effect. llader its provisions former Goveraor White, a director in the state fair at Syracuse, is liable to arrest :it anv time. It was this knowledge that came to the farmers during the last six months that has i -used their present demand for the repeal and amendment of the present laws." One of the men most deeply interested in the pas snge of the Cittins bills is General Stephen Seaford. banker and merchant of Amsterdam, who tinds great enjoyment in the ownership of tine race horses. A I though he recently celebrated Ms eighty fifth birth day. Geaeral Sanfonl lakes lust as much interest in bis horses as he did twenty rive years ago. He owns the greatest breeding farm in this state, and. despite the fact that racing since 1908 lias had many bard taps, he has not sold anv of his stallions or broad-mares. In the event of the bills now before the Leg islature Ivolng passed Geaeral Sanford has promised all rf his mill hands a half holiday and a racing matinee at his Huriieaua farm. New York, June ML -In anticipation of the passage of tlie racing bills now before the Legislature at Albany, the horses of Harry Payne Whitney and .lames I!. Keene are being prepared by trainer .lames K. we for racing at Saratoga. The Whitney anil the Keene bones in trainer Howes charge have not raced this summer. I has area a peculiar twist of fortune that has brought alvout the amalgamation of the Whitney and Keene bones under one trainer. While the interest of both strings will be kept separate and I hi horses will race Independently, Bowe will have charge of both sets. When one recalls the former bitter linincial and turf rivalry of the late W. C. Whitney and .lames It. Keene. if seems rather singular that Harry Payne Whitney and .lames It. Keene should now have their horses in the care of the same trainer. Mr. Whitney will have twenty head of horses and Mr. Keene a similar iiiiiiiIkt for the meeting at Saratoga. Since trainer Howe returned fr-"- his trip to England and France he has spent considerable time it Brookdale. the breeding farm and training estab lishsaCBl maintained by Harry Payne Whitney in New Jersey, dividing his time between Brookdale and Rheepsbead Bay. In the event of the passage of the Oittlns bills at Albany in the near future, the Whit ney horses will be shipped to Long Island so that Howe may have Ixdh strings BBder his constant su-pi i vision.
