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New York Pari-Mutuel Bill Beaten in the Senate ea STRONG OPPOSITION Three Measures Relative to Transmission of Racing News Also Killed ALBANY, N. Y., May 14.— Before the adjournment of the Legislature, the Senate decisively, by a vote of thirty-three to twelve, defeated Senator Dunnigans resolution providing for the adoption of the pari-mutuel system of betting at the New York State race tracks. Senator Dunnigan spoke in support of his amendment, and said there would be regrets later if the members failed to vote to pass his proposition. He stated the advantages that would result of giving the people of the state an opportunity to express themselves whether they wanted the machine system of betting or to continue patronizing the open betting system. He emphasized the large revenue that would be derived from the pari-mutuel system. Senators Byrne, Twomey, Crawford, the father of the present open betting plan, and Senator Quinn aH spoke against the Dunnigan resolution. It was a surprise that such a large number of the senators failed to support Senator Dunnigans proposition for a change of the betting system. The Senate, by a vote of thirty-three to thirteen, passed the Hall Bill which provides for dog racing at the country fairs of the state. Before final adjournment of the 1936 Legislature at 7:10 this morning three bills relative to the transmission of racing news were killed in the assembly rules committee after their passage in the Senate earlier in the day. They included the following measures: By Senator John F. McCall, the so-called "tipster" bill which aimed to prohibit the sale of information or tips on horse races or the publication of any advertisement of winners, together with prices paid, with information that winners have been selected in advance, bona fide newspapers being excepted. Another bill by Senator McCall which was killed in the assembly rules committee would have amended the penal law by making it a misdemeanor for any person other than the proprietor or agent of a newspaper, news service, broadcasting station or news transmitting agency to transmit news of horse race meetings by means of teletype machines, ticker service or other mechanical means. The third bill of this character to suffer defeat was introduced by Senator Philip M Kleinfeld, Democrat, of New York. It proposed to amend the penal law, making it a misdemeanor to disseminate racing news from any building containing a restaurant or store used for eating and drinking, and also prohibiting the dissemination of such by the means of the radio, leased wires or otherwise from certain premises.
