Show 3 f S ON RACES I t DECLARED LEGAL oreme reme reme Court of Louisiana Hands Bands Down own a an Unusual DecisionS Decision Decision- n f S Not Against Law yi- yi I IThe The S Supreme pr me court of af Louisiana Louis Louis- 4 ana iana has handed down daw a decision 4 chat that betting betting- on horse races was 4 lot oC against the law sa says New aNew 1 Orleans dispatch 4 This decision although it will wui 4 oe De e hailed gladly by racing men 4 nd and breeders as sustaining the 4 stand nd that betting on an horse 4 01 races does not come within the 4 province of gambling was Wa In 4 reality a a. triumph for the pool- pool 4 rooms roms The City Council of 4 Shreveport passed an ordinance them some time ago 1 and wd d the poolroom men went to tot 4 t th the courts and got a decision in 4 t the e lower courts declaring that 4 under LInder the State law which pet per 4 ts betting on horse races the 4 ordinance was inoperative The 4 General torney-General appealed to 4 he Supreme court and that 4 y tod today y upheld the lower 4 ourt 4 This Is said to be the first de- de 4 on by an American court that 4 ng on horse races Is legal 4 similar decisions have been nade ade a number of times In En En- 4 mh courts 1 S 1 |