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Show RACE BETTIi!G FIGHT IS HOT III (SEW YORK Strenuous ' Efforts Belntf Hade to Amend Present Anti-Betting Law. AX BANT. Nay J4. The campaign (or amendment of anti-race track gambling bills paaeed during tha administration of Governor Hughe la being fought out bit terly before tha lectalattve committee here, Ona of tha blila bafora tha legle-lature legle-lature eeeks to sir-Ike out tha law upholding uphold-ing directors of racing associations positively posi-tively (labia for batting at tha tracks. Ait othar dertnee "bookmaklng without writ tng," which was tncorporatad Into tha statutaa on tha racommcndatlotl of Oov-ernor Oov-ernor Hughaa as meaning tha "laying or publtahlng of odds to all eomera. Tha contention of thoaa who support ad Governor Hughes Is that tha obvious purpose pur-pose of tha proposed legislation la to restore re-store race track gambling. On tha othar hand, Richard T. Wilson. Jr.. president of tha Saratoga Racing association, as-sociation, told tha committee that the racs trat'k men wera "absolutely opposed to batting." but ha maintained that the preterit taws are too strict. Edward A. Tipton, a, partner In tha tavrgsat concern In this country that bandies blooded horses, declared that hie firm had not aold a single thoroughbred except for export ex-port sine tha Hughes bill became, law. In opposition, representatives of churches and ctvlo organisations from all parte of tha atata are In Albany. Harry Brolaakl. a former bookmaker, denounced tha bookmaklng prof eee ton aa "plait ovary day thlavery. ' - adding "tha ona honest thing on a race track la tha horaa. With vary faw exceptions bookmakers would be In prlaon If you- did not license them to akin tha public.' |