Show ORAL W V ON L NEW YORK RACES I I Metropolitan Racing Season Opens Thursday Without Straight Bookmaking HANDICAP FEATURE RACE Betting on Opening Event Will Not Be Interfered With Ne' Ne York lIa May 10 Time Tho Tho Metropolitan tan racing season opens Thursday afternoon afternoon aft nt- at Belmont Delmont under modified conditions con con- but with prospects that seem bright ht to thousands of or turf followers Tho The passage of or the tho Hart now measure last year eor was a body bolly blow while whilo the tile enforcement of ot It caused no end of ot troubles and Inconvenience Incon fur for persons who ho made further ef ef- forts torts to speculate on races In InconspIcuous inconspicuous incon Incon- private Persons who made oral wa wagers with one another were arrested dragged drag dras ged awa away to police stations where they sent for bondsmen and the next da day were held for trials that have havo never ne been placed pieced before a jury Since last fall however th the tho Agnew Agnew- Hart law has been taken before high h judicial authorities who have ha mado matlo certain decisions which aro are expected to govern tho the attitude of ot various of of- leers of the law v In fn whose districts race raco meetings s will be conducted While the courts have havo ma made c it clear the law prohibits defined as business business busi ness of accepting and antl recording recording- bets together with a display of ot odds and the uso of ot gambling paraphernalia time the point regarding the making of oral I bets or wagers has been settle settled I I I Cnn Can 31 MIte Oral Om Wager lr The Tho appellate division dl of the time su supreme su su- preme court has ruled that a n. man can mako make an oral olal wager on a horse race at after r which he may pay or collect the tile amount of ot his wager wag In cash Tho The ap up- division dJ also has ruled that a roan man ma may quote odds and antl accept as many wagers on a horse race raco a as he ma may s see e fit nt without recording said bet Both of or tho the decisions will be passed on I b by the court of or As the situation Is toll today 0 therefore people ma may go 10 to race ace tracks and bet orally on horses without fear of ot arrest Their wa wagers ers ma may bo ho accepted by fornier former for for- I mer nier so-called so bookmakers provided the tho latter do not personally record t them ii em Horses an and the weights they are to I carr carry In tho the Metropolitan handicap handi handi- cap to bo ho run on Thursday aro are announced announced an- an an an- as follows Jack King James Jamea 25 Resti- Resti gouch ouch Ju Juggler Ier g-Ier Half Sov- Sov erl l n 09 08 Nimbus 08 05 High Private ato Trance JO Joe Joo Madden Alman- Alman dine 99 Larry Bedford Bed Bed- ford tord 99 09 Field Flold Mouse Go Wan Creole Turncoat 98 Mary l Davis Je 97 97 Casque 96 Wise Mason 1 Sun Stan Dance Affliction 95 9 Practiced Practical 94 l Petticoat 93 Glucose I 93 Foot Pad 92 90 ao Tho The distance Is ono mile mUe I |