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ā I r 1 1 1 ā¢ , . ti . I e i- PIPES ANTI-BETTING BILL IS DEFEATED Louisiana Senate Committee Practically Nullifies AttciMt to Sill Sport in New Orleans. Raw Orleans. La.. June !. ā Thoroughbred racing was m.,.1,. practically safe in this vicinity, when the State Senate Judiciary Committee, by the count of I iā j against the Pipes bill, which prohibit. -.1 betiiiig ..f anv description on the races and if passed -.v.. aid v.ip- out the sport entirely. The committee which voted unfavorably on the bill, di.-iil.-d it would mean any kind of betting was unlawful and that, while it favored a bill against professional gambling, it did not see how a sweeping bill, such as tin- Pipes bill was. could lie enforced, inasmuch as it made any kind of bet-ling unlawful. As a matter of fact, the 1M|ks bill included too wale a scope. It made it a niisdoainnor to bet on anything, ami probably would have kept the parish pri-on fun vear in and year out. It provid -d not only that persons accepting a bet was guilty, but tin- petaaa making the Ik-I as well, ami tin re "ould have been two arrests for every l et. The bill was the nest thing to being impossible, am! it was because of that that it drew an uu- favorable vote. It is not probable any otiier measure will lie put becare the baaiafaaa Ccajalataaa again this year, and lo.-al racing organizations are planning to make N.w 111. aiis next winters racing season the great-1 est iu the history of the sixirt in this city.
