The morning call., 1894-01-09
RACING MATTERS.
Annual Meeting Tonight
of the p. 6. B. III. A.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
What T. n. Williams Has Done
for the Turf.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
ENTRIES FOR TO-DAY'S RACES.
The Improved Condition of the Track
Draws Larger Fields, and Rae
ing Promises Well.

The annual meeting of the Pacific Coast
Blood-hOrse Association will take place
to-nig ht, the chief business being the
election of the board of directors and the
executive officers. The board of directors
as at present constituted consists of: l..
ii. Williams, p. b. Quinlan. W. ID.
Brown, A. B. Spreckels. Louis Llssak, y.
Naglee Burke and J. l.. Flood, the last
named having been elected only the week
before last to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Charles 5. Wieland.
MIR. Williams has filled the position OF
president siuce the retirement OF ii. l.
Thornton, who succeeded ID. NJ. Burns
last spring, and, as foreshadOwed by his
Immediate predecessor, has fulfilled In
every particular the great expectations
that were then formed of his probable
success when he assumed Office and took
the rei.s of management in his hands.
His reelection is foreshadowed, for there
cannot possibly be a member OF the ass0-
citation present but must acknowledge
that the forward position that Califor-
MIA racing holds IN the turf world
of America to-day Is due largely
to his energy and enterprise. his executive
ability and untiring devotion to the work
of the association. 1t is matter OF bis
tory that the aSsOcla ion has never before
paid more than percentage OF the purses
offered; has never paid its employees more
than q percentage of their salaries or
wages, and, stepped in lethargic apathy.
never thought there was any necessity Tor
improvements in accommodations Tor man
or beast at the Bay District track. All
that was changed from the very moment
Mr.. Williams assumed office. What he
has accomplished in this direction Is too
we'll known to need recapitulatlOD, but 1t
bo llrr dnro hot
the presence in California at the meeting
Of the Pacific Coast BiOOd-horse AssOcia-
ton, Just concluded, of so many noted
Eastern turfmen and their stables
must be credited solely to MIR. Will
liams' account. They were willing
10 come when the subject was first
preached 10 them in the East, but were
not coming on any wildgoose chase. The
result as that Mr.. Williams himself
personally guaranteed the value OF the
stakes to the extent of about S30,000 and
the average value of the purses in the ordi-
nary events during the advertised nine
weeks of the associations meeting. But
even this was not sufficient inducement
for some of the Eastern owners to shin
their stables here, and he therefore fur
Their guaranteed them clear hundred
days racing This clnched the bargain.
and that is how CorrigaD, Hawkins &
johnson, Barney SchTieber. Frank Van
Ness, NICK Hall ana Otner prominent
horsemen sent their strings here, and that
is why the California Jockey Club. OF
which Mr.. Williams is also president, is
providing the present season Of two
months racing.
1t is the presence in California of
wealthy Eastern horsemen that will ad-
vance the interests of the State in making
more widely known its grand natural ad-
vantages as breeding center. Get East
erners here at this time of year and lei
them judge for them selves. Their tempo
rary presence for racing purposes will be-
come permanent residence for breeding
and training purposes.