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C , J. t 7 .j I 3 a 1 I j I ? i ! . of , I . ; j is . j j - v p | in n i I ■ a * to ? ! j I • 3 j j E j j . f ; j : J ; _" | I in j ! : * ; ! J I j c * i 1- j ! 1 1 Ft ; . ] ld j j , " j IC* , e" the e j *s ; ! : ls j ; , [s | ; „e | j r „ j ! U_ j I j for 3r | i ; /e j j j 1j j j . j * | *™ I e" | ; the j j six ** I ! * ! ; j I I ! i I ■ j to . er ! ; the , ! CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSION |l M. Roebling, Amory Haskell and | S William F. Cane Qualified. Trio Considered Eligible for Place on New o Jersey Body if Pari-Mutuel Measure Is Approved by Voters. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 20.— With the I all-important special election on pari-mutuel I betting pending, which would mean a return [iof ; ° the thoroughbreds to New Jersey after a I lapse of more than forty years, speculation i h rife about the personnel of the New Jersey I | I Ji racing commission after June 20, when it is 3 I ! r expected about 400,000 will vote "yea" or 1 n "nay." The wise ones believe New Jersey , i; is, will get the sport. j I f" Assuming that Governor A. Harry Moore B j j Q will appoint a three-man commission, which I n must be approved by the state senate, it ap- - ; u pears at this writing as if the leading candi- - c dates for the places are Joseph M. Roebling S h of Harbourton, Amory Haskell of Red Bank, It i Reeve Schley of Far Hills and William F. • j r Cane of Hackensack, the man who made e e Goshen, N. Y., famous with the Hamble- -- [ ] a tonian each August. Roebling, Haskell and d r Cane all have stables on the running tracks s j « and Canes string of trotters is trained by y i j the dean of harness horsemen, Walter Cox. c- ! c Schley has an estate in North Jersey, where f r annually the two-day Essex foxhounds stee- !" A plechase meeting is held. I SERVED AS CHAIRMAN. I i I Cane served as chairman of the New Jer- T :" sey racing commission from 1933 through J j 1938, though not a running meeting was held ■ , j in the state across the Hudson River. How- ! j ever, he was active in the National Associa- l" tion of State Racing Commissioners, headed d ! j several important committees, was vice- I_! j president of the body one year and refused J ! i the presidency another, feeling that the head ™ j of the national group should be one from a a , . state in which racing was permitted. j Both Haskell and Roebling have carried id : the fight for the passage of the betting bill II i through the Horse Race Amendment Asso- o- I ciation. That body will continue broadcast- t- : ing over station WOR between 8:15 and 8:30. 0. Thsy will conduct a forum on the air and id : leading figures of the turf world will go on ,n the air on the subject at the same station i Friday, Saturday and Monday nights. Mean- while, Ernest R. Shaw of Red Bank, general al manager of the amendment organization, , who has worked tirelessly for months, con-?e n_ | tinues to tour the state after an executive e , , session of the group Monday night in Tren- ton. I ! ; A new figure entering the campaign to to legalize racing and betting is Charles Cleve- land of Eatontown, nephew of the late Presi- si-; ■ dent Grover Cleveland. Lawyer and gentle-. e- man farmer, Cleveland is incensed at Dave rm Agans of the New Jersey Grange, who pub-e b- licly announced that group 100 per cent nt against the amendment. Cleveland is rally-; y. ing many members of the organization who, io, | I while not necessarily interested in horse rac-[ c-, j ing, feel that the return of the sport to New ! j - § g j ! Jersey will mean a profit to farmers in the he I ; areas where tracks are located and near the he 1 | breeding farms that will be established in in i the state. j to to j OWNS PRIZE CATTLE. is- . I I and nj | j Cleveland has many prize cattle on his 11S i n_ stock farm, once owned by the late George Se lot, 0t i ; Lorillard of racing memory, | and rid I Cane, meanwhile, will divide his time be- e-, Itweea working for the amendment and get-! Bt-; in. i ting ready for the big trotting meeting at at I I and nd ; his Good Time Park in Goshen, where it is ; : estimated 100,000 fans will witness five days ysi j . : of sport from August 7 to 11. The Hamble- le-j his 11S I tonian is set for August 9 for a 0,000 purse. se. : from m i | Cane brought the Hambletonian to Goshen en ; in 1929. That year his Walter Dear won it it ! and three of his other trotters took the next ,xt en • : three places. Last year, shortly before the he lv~ event, he sold McLin for 0,000 to the Han-nd n. over Shoe Farms and McLin won the race j and 7,982.37. Subsequently, McLin was sold ,1 is is ! to an Italian fancier for 5,000. The win-ith in_ with ners, in order from 1931 to 1937, were Calu-to j to met Butler, The Marchioness, Mary Rey- ;y-i the he ! ! nolds, Lord Jim, Rosalind and Shirley Han-ito in- into over. If A . A
