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TEST CASE FOR MUTUELS IN ARIZONA. Phoenix. Ariz.. Novemlier 15.--A test of the legality of tiie pari-mutuel lietting machine in the state of Arizona is Itefore the Maricopa County Supreme Court on an information tiled with that court charging that sueli a machine was o| erated on the Arizona state fair grounds in connection with a race between Hellbender, a Yavapai County horse, and Nantilla. a California animal. The race was over .1 half-mile, for a purse of ,000, and Hellbender won easily. The race was used by friends if the pari-mutuel machines as an opportunity to bring about the test cane through operating and tiling information. The sheriffs office agreed to take the ease over the justice court, directly to the su|ierior curt, in order, if possible, to get an early decision. The Ariz-pa law prescril.es which games do and do not cine limler the head of gambling. Faro and roulette are classified as prohibited for the reason that they come under the head. The attorney for the Baeing ami Fair Association contends that the mutnel form « f s|M- -Hlatioii does Mat come under tile same classification, and that for that reason a ra -e meeting with the machines in use would not be in violation of any Arizona state law.
