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Show Society Men Will Bet at Belmont Park Races ' (By Ed Curley.) Baltimore, Md., May 11. From now on excluslvtness will reign supremo at Belmont Park, the Newmarket ot America. Tho ofllclals of this magnlfl cent course have decided to introduce intro-duce a new club at Belmont Park, and it will bo extremely select, for it will bar from membership all but tho?e who fly In the higher circlos. This ultra exclusive organization will bo known n3 the Turf club, and It will begin its existence- on May 13, the day of tho opening of racing at Belmont Tark. One of the many reasons for the formation of the Turf club is that It will make It possible for the member? to indulge In oral wagering without mixing with the common folk, and without much danger of being annoyed annoy-ed by the police. Membership Fee Big. A. largo membership feo will be ox-acted ox-acted from thoso who Join the Turf club, and this Fource of revenue will be of great help In cutting down the losses that are euro to attend tho meeting It is said that it will bo permissible for a member to bring in his friends at an extra expense. The Turf club originally ran races on a track known as the "dump." which was situated at One Hundred and Tenth street and Second avenue, New York. It went out of business after a short life full of strife. When Belmont Park was built, August Aug-ust Belmont discovered that a charter char-ter of the Turf club was in existence, and obtained the parchment at a cost of 1,000. Under the grants the Turf club can conduct running racea and regulate the membership as the officials offi-cials see fit. New Law Revived Club. Thero was no need for the Turf club to appear as a live factor in the racing rac-ing game until tho New York legislature leg-islature passed the antl gambling laws. Under the charter or the club no one other than a member can cross the sacred portals, and this rule will be strictly enforced, even against the press. The law will not be violated in anv respect, but the society leaders feel that such a select reservation will be of great benefit both to tho turf and to the elect, who Mae racing for the sporting Bide alone. |