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SEE COURT FIGHT IN TEXAS Possibility Injunction Might Stay StayEnforcement Enforcement of Repeal Act Until UntilFinal Final Decision Is Rendered AUSTIN Texas June 4 A motion to re ¬ consider its vote on racing repeal having failed by a 14 to 16 vote the staote senate adjourned until Monday while today the lower house is putting the finishing touches on the act which goes immediately to the governor for his signature signatureHaving Having failed to pass the senate by a two thirds vote the law forbidding parimutuels in Texas will not become effective until ninety days after the close of the special session but this is of no consequence to the major tracks which would not have re ¬ opened their gates until fall It will how ¬ ever permit meetings at Pampa and Har lingen and possibly at one or two other tracks on the Texas circuit before Sep ¬ tember temberRace Race track interests are silent over the outcome after a five months battle to save the sport this conflict having followed one of shorter duration two years ago There are reminders of a contest in the courts and an intimation there might be one was seen in a demand by Senator Rawlings a lawyer that a point of order and Lieutenant Gov ¬ ernor Woodulls ruling against it be made a part of the record recordBEYOND BEYOND SPECIFIC CALL CALLThe The point by Senator Small was that the Nelson bill which had not then been de ¬ nuded of the clause against all betting on tracks would prohibit any form of gambling on race tracks and therefore went beyond the specific call to repeal the parimutuel law lawIf If the law is taken to the courts there is a possibility an injunction might stay its en ¬ forcement until a final decision is rendered renderedSenator Senator Nelson later introduced a substi ¬ tute which made his act precisely that of Representative Bradburys which had been passed by the house and it was this act upon which the senate voted favorably 18 to 13 This explains the necessity of the bill having to be returned to the house for con ¬ currence currenceThe The house was to be called into session again today anyway expecting that the gov ¬ ernor would send in his message on legisla ¬ tion against mutuel betting at dog tracks and for more drastic regulation against handbooks handbooksGovernor Governor Allred was a gallery spectator during yesterdays voting and listened to a bitter denunciation of his methods and the wave of hysteria sweeping the senate by Senator Rawlings who has led the racing forces throughout
