The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
WILL NOT CLOSE IN MAY,
A False Rumor Circulated Re-
garding the Closing of Ingle-
sides Racing Season.
The New Club Will Continue Giving
Rich Purses for All Classes of
Racers-Turf Gossip.

Considerable CONSERVATION was caused
among horsemen at the track, many of
whom are clamoring for getaway"
money, by the announcement made in one
of the daiIies yesterday to the effect that
the com ing two weeks meeting at Ingle-
side track would in all probability be the
last one of the present racing season. That
it was an idle rumor, without foundation,
was shown by its emphatic denial by A. B.
Spreckels, president of the Pacific Coast
Jockey Club, who gave prospectus of the
racing situation in the following words:
whoever inspired that information
did so without authority. For the last
time l will state that the Pacific Coast
Jockey Club will continue racing at its
track until and including the 10th day of
June. After the exodus of Eastern horses
is over there will be plenty of California
horses in the State to carry on first-class
racing; besides, l am most decidedly in
favor OF giving the California horse owner
chance to win few races.
''It would be very selfish indeed on the
part of the association to discontinue
racing simply because the attendance is
not as good or as many bookmakers on as
during the more prosperous part OF the
meeting when the Eastern contingent was
most in evidence. You can further state
that there Will be no reducing of the
purses, but we will continue to the close
of the season to give high-class racing to
the public
The above is indicative of the broad
principles exercised by the new Jockey
Club in all OF its dealings with horsemen
in general throughout its inaugural meet
ing. Its unselfsh methods and liberal
expenditures to benefit all classes of horse
owners cannot fail to meet with apprecia
ton, and as the representative of high
class and honest racing, not merely for
pecuniary gain but for the ennoblement of
this grand sport as well, the new associa.
ton stands pre-eminently at the head of
affairs In the West.
The entries and weights for the big
Spreckels handicap, over a distance of
four miles, 70 be decided at Ingleside
track on May 8, were issued Yesterday.
The prize is the richest offered by the new
club, the winning horse taking $1,000, with
$500 TO second, $500 to third and $500 to
the fourth horse. Following is the list OF
entries with their assigned weights Rev
ell Santa Anita 12S Bright Phnbus 11S,
Rudolph 116, Vinctor 110, Prince Karl ITO,
Claudius los, Gilead 10S, Cadmus lO6, Pep
105, Janus 103, Sir Reel 103. Uncle jim 103,
Junius 102, Lordlike 101, My Luck 100.
imp. Crighton 100, Fred Gardner 100, g.
B. Morris 98, Captain Skedance SO, imp.
Candid 81, All Baba 30, Mollie X "a, Santa
Rosa 80. Doyle 80.
Ingleside Track will reopen on Thurs
day. AS customary, it will also be ladies'
day.
The brown mare Thelma is now mem
Der of Naglee Burkes string.
The old warhorse Jack Richelieu has
again changed hands Yesterday Tom
Boyle purchased him of Sam Hildreth for
$4C0.
Johnny Weber drives Happy Day, who
is once more his property, around in
cart.
Burns & Waterhouse have disposed of
the three year-old filly Mic Nae, by Take
Notice Picnic, to Mike Kelly. Considera-
tion, $500.
The stewards of the California Jockey
Club have reinstated Mike Bergen. Mike
signed pledge to abstain from the use of
Intoxicating liquors for one year
The stewards also gave Earl Cochran
permission to ride the horses of Edward
Corrigan and Louis Ezell during the COM
ing Ingleside meeting, and also annoucned
that Jockey Coady's suspension would ex-
pire on April 90.
Sweet William, who captured the two
year-old event so imposingly, is a half
brother to the good performer, Jim Lee.