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ANTI-BOOKING BILL PASSED IN UTAH. Salt Lake City. Utah, l-ebruary 6. -The I"", r house of the 1 tab Legislature yesterday pa-s.sl the Mahey bill lo prohibit pools Uius and bookmakiag on horse races either al a track or in a i I room !a Hii-. -tat. lh. rleaate bad passei] a similar bill on Momiav last, flu passage of this legislation i- the result ..f ,i crusade which was waged against wo I Irooaaa that bad been licensed by the city of Sa.r Lake. f which wa- conducted, in the Interest "C Mont l. nnes of Chicago. Hearings were given iii committee laat week on the proposed legislation, at which numerooa persoa-* appeareil. seme of whom advocated tin- passagi legislation that would permit I kmaklng at tracks Within tin- -laie where races were being conducted, but prohibiting u plsewbere. A hill embodying those features waa introduced by Representative Kriebel of Salt Lake la-l III. lav and had the backing .,| ih,, Stan- fair otlicial- and many prominenl i iti/.-n-. but. th" Legislature, acting l - report of th m- nil tee that handled ih alter, passed the bill assigned to abolish ail i ! -idling ..nd bonkmakiaa Thi- measure, which ia expected to pnt an end to racing at the Lag i track, m ir this city, will shortly go io tSovernor Spry for approval. Tie ■ ernor bis freuuentl- expressed himself as iu favor ■ ■I racing, but i- nnalterably opposed f. the poolrooms.
