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BETTING BUT NO BOOKMAKING New York October 28 Bracing weather a fine crowd and spectacular racing combined to make the first day of the United Huuts fall meeting at Bel mont Park Terminal Saturday afternoon a pro ¬ nounced success Amateur and professional turt men were present in large numbers which brought vividly to mind the days when the sport of kings under Jockey Club rule was the all absorbing topic The picturesque course with its hills and dales anil soft turf was in splendid condition and provided it series of contests that bristled with exciting mcl mclSherin Sherin Do Mott of Nassau County with imifonivd policemen and deputies in plain clothes not ily preserved order but also enforced the law agalt t bookmaking with much vigilance It was notlceil that the sheriff worked successfully without th assistance of the Pinkerton agency which for swo reason was not asked to help Long before the tint race the sheriff made it clear that alleged book makers would IK arrested tint the order did nut applv to private wagers among friends of winch there was an abundance No odds were displayoii no cash changed hands so that you could notice it and the recording of l ts wasnt carried on in such a way that the officers of the law could secure
