Show I 1 PARI IS HARMLESS BETTING SAYS H. H Jj Sa ENSIGN Y r S lp QS 1 7 ss nta of afFairs F r al rs 4 4 i- i I THAT the bC pf i part parl mUl 1 system of ot r rac race e 1 I track Is Abetting harmless and es essen essential essential es- es sen to the welfare of oC the speed de do departments e- e of or state an and coun county fairs lairs in I n Utah i Is time the belief of ot Horace S S. S Ensign secretary of or the Utah State Fair I association asso elation clation lie bases his belief ef on the conviction that the ci and disagreeable disa gi-ceable gi features which ac accompany bookmaking ar are overcome o as there I Ino la lano Ino s no inducement to touts to lo operate Mr Ir Ensin and anti J J. J G G. G McDonald pr ot the State Fair association appeared before the ju Judiciary commit te tee of ot the house last Jast Mon Monday and Tuesa Tues Times day a at time the they outlined the stand of the State Stat Fair association in fh r regard ar to lo tho timo anti antl race ace track gambling billy bills pending in thu ihu i legislature this stand Mr Ur Ensign said yes t lei day We ou ought ht to enact laws which will close the poolrooms and pi pi event touts louts from working Such a n law Jaw cannot be made matle too strict But Dut from my point or on j view vies race track rick betting betting- under th the pari iari system la is no more of a crime than the tIme Insurance busIness s Cited The Insurance company compau has It Its ag agents and pays pars them a commission for or orall all tIme the business s time they secure y take a n. chance that their premiums will win bo a n profit And the agent is paid a perCentage perI percentage per per- e for tor collecting th these se premiums rhe The man who acts as commissioner r III in the parIs I is the same sanle as the agent ent for the Insurance company compan- H Ho Is paid a commission o of 5 per cent for tor handling handling- the mone money My J arguments for Cor the use of ot the parts paris as ns provided pro In the Kriebel Krie- Krie bel introduced in the tho lower house of ot the le islat e as a Substitute for 01 tho the Mabey bill hay have been presented to the judiciary committee of or the tho house The Mabe Mabey bill bUl Is almost a duplicate of or the time R New ew w York law Jaw which ha has proven prO Ineffective It takes the power o of reg th the tho race track awu aWa away from till the P. P people p nd and amid places s It In time the t e h 01 or me UJ ponce departments departments- And the de tie- I have havi been corrupted us as has buon icon tl shown slown own In Iii n the New Cw cw YorK YOI-K in a- a lions I do not know whether our OUI de tie- Je- Je nt Is strong enough nou h to handle It or not l ort lie He Sued aved All AU the State Fair association wants Is to save th the spurt sport letting Betting adds zest It to tn this feature of oC the tho state or county fair Under the tho hal parl system Ss thero there can cami be no imo harm because C thi the crime arid and tho the disagreeable ablo features accompany the poolroom are ula done awn away with Un Under er tho the pai I mu mu- tuel system bets bet of one or om two dollars are art placed In the machine Each man mau ma his own horse an and the time pot I la is divided dl among among- those who placed d their theli bets hots on the winning horse You are not betting against an organized gain gam m- m bling concern You 1 have hn only selected fa favorite Tho your our is 14 paid for handling the money In short It Is just the th same as thou though h two men In the grandstand were to bet with each othor oIlier Consequently there thor la Is no Inducement for the tout Thorn Thero are no favorites favorites' s' s or Ion long shots shots' As AB a r the thc criminal operations I which accompany poolrooms poolroom tire are overcome overcome over ocr come and anti at the tho name amno time lime the Interest In racing one o of tho the mot most important features of or the state or om county fair air 1 is b main maintained mit i n ta tal I n nod od |