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WHAT MAY BE EXPECTED IN THE EAST. New Voik. February i8. A promlaenl member of the Ju key Club is ipioted as foHoWa "The old onbr of th.- mif iu thi- sHte baa paaaed away. A aew era of racing will begia this aeasou. With tie- old ba- gone the bookmaker and publb betting. Inder the recent decision of the Appellate Dixision of the Supreme Court iu the Shane caso ii i- not a violation to make an oral bat: but if a .y peraoa beUerea that tbi- decision grant- permhocon to -make a book or to bet plomiseuou-ly he will tinil that he i- mistaken. The race tracks will not countenance open bettiag BBJ mole than will tin . permit a violation of the law. They never have, and the.v do not intend to do so now. If the patrons of the tracks wish to bet among themselves, thai i- an entireli different matter. "The aabject of divorcing betting from racing ba- beea the cry of tin -..called reformers for a !oii_r time. They ;,-k. -Why cant racing be conducted like baseball, without open betting? Im- tin- tdifi cation of these who ask that question it may be ill place to -ay that then- is scarcely a game of Pai! played in which man] of the Spectators have not a wager of some kind on the result. Then- is no open bettiag, but wagers are made before eater lag iii - ground and dining the course of the game. "Racing is not dependent on bettiag;. ami at lea-; half of its patrons do not place a wager on iU" result of a rt Hut betting does tbi- it tree I an atmosphere which adds zest to the port. •Tin days nf tin- big xalualde stakes and i hi. overnight races have also passed. On net a win hai to In content wilh -mall purs-s and small slakes. A- this will mean racing horses at a loss, it will wine out many owners who cHtinot maintain a striiu-of horses unless the horses are successful. It would mean racing for s|iort and not for money. Of coins,., ii will take :i long time to rehabilitate the sport, but the iiptsnltding wilt begin this aamaicr. with meetings at a few track*. " Kreni thi- interview ii i- atata that the object of tin- Jocke riuii ;- to try the English plaa ••! racing iu this country, which will elimiuate poor owners ami the petty gambling clement, and nit I matel] put tin- spoil on a stronger footing than .t ever WgS before in the Iliiled States. The Sun says editorially: ■Mr. August Belmont announced that the stewards of tin- old Jo.-key flab are to consider the question of resinning racing in this state, lor the encouragement of the decision of the Appellate Divis ion la-t week apparently permitting lining bet- l word of mouth. •The re establishment of tin- -port on a healthy, manlj basis, a- it is conducted for the mosl pail in Knglaml. for example, would be hailed with reioii ing In hundreds of thousands of g I eHlguill of N.w fork. "On the other hand, a iwial of the race track shaping through technical evasions mi. I official toh-t iinee back toward the old conditions of systematic gambling and attendant vice for the lienetit of the bookmakers would be a public misfortune. ••It makes ;i vast difference what sort of racing it is |.. lie."
