The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-28
FALL RACING OUTLOOK.
The BloOd-HOrse Meeting an
Assured Success.
RACES TO OPEN TOMORROW.
Track and Buildings in Perfect Condition
Arrival Of Presiding Judge Woodruff.
Luncheon to the Press.

1t is an understood thing that every one
Ia the East possesses the idea that in gen.
eraI San Francisco is a go-ahead city. But
the visitors 10 the queen city Of the Western
shores generally finds fault with two things
the condition of the streets and the man.
ner Of conducting horseraces and racetrack
accommodations.
The streets have remained IN the same
condition as they have been in the past few
wears, and may remain so until the new
Superintendent Of Streets goes into office.
With the racing, however. things ara very
different Last spring the Blood-horse
Association seemed to wake into new life
The success made Of its last meeting is a red
letter mark in The racing records Of
San Francisco. The initial strides taken
last spring seemed gigantic to lovers OF the
turf, bat these have been increased right
through the piece TO such an extent that, to
say that the association had donned seven
league boots, would be but to belittle the
enormous strides 1t has taken to make the
fall meeting, which opens tomorrow, the
most memorable and successful ever seen
On the coast.
The details Of the various improvements
and additions to the Bay District track
Suffice it TO say. therefore, that the many
thousands OF dollars expended by the asso-
citation have been judiciously laid out, that
the renovation and restoration Of the old
STANDS and buildings, which many deemed
impossible, has been accomplished in won
deTful style.
Everything is as neat and trim as a new
pin. Every one who has surveyed the i'm
pr0yements is delighted. To use the words
Of Colonel Woodruff, the specially eng ged
presiding judge who arrived yesterday, ''the
accommodations as shown to me quite equal
any and surpass many OF the Eastern tracks.
After what / bad read about the terrible
tumble-d0wn condition of your track and
buildings / could scarcely believe my eyes
when l saw them for the first time to-day.
1t was very agreeable surprise to me-"
The leading features Of the Improvements
which strike the eye are the new coverings
for the stands. which when open as formerly
exposed the occupants to the Tigcr of the
elements. Now in the heaviest rain the
spectators in the grand stand are per-
fectly sheltered. The new press stand is
sufficiently commodious. provided that all
persons having no business there will be ex-
Guided.
The triumph in the new role OF things.
however. is the new betting ring. Here the
layers of odds may bet away in comfort
under secure shelter from the winter storms.
and the eyes Of the ladies need not be Of
Tended by the chalk-marked states of the
gaming fraternity. The new judges. and
timers stands are perfectly unique. and
when the fresbly-w btened fences and rail-
ings are made the subject Of observation,
not to forget the neat and comfortable addi-
lions to the stablIng room upon the track,
it would take a very fastidious person in
deed to find any fault with tbs present race
track which, like the PheDix of old, has
risen from its ashes thousand times more
splendid In its appointments, and in as fine
condition for racing as 1t has ever been.
1t may safely be said, therefore, that no
such raeetrack and appointments can be
seen this side Of the Rockies.
Yesterday the directors gave luncheon