The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-27
HORSEMEN HEADED FOR
THE GOLDEN GATE TRACKS
Many Eastern Stables With Go cd Racing Material Are Already
Moving to San Francisco.

/! REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
San Francisco. Oct. 26.-The winter racing
season under the control of the new Cali
fornia Jockey Club, which opens on Novem
Der 2. gives every promise Of preserving
that high standard which has marked pas
seasons on the local tracks. While 1t would
be. perhaps, claiming too much to say tina,
the number OF prominent Eastern stable.
and crack performers Of last year will be
fully eQualed this year. still the entries fol
the various stakes and purses and the re-
quests for stable accommodations indicate
that the big hofsemen from ali over the
country will take a hand in the winter
sport here.
Reports a reached the Coast from Chi.
cago. Cincinnati and st. Louis tina some
Of the prominent stable owners were await
ing assurances from President Williams
that fair treatment would be given to those
who chose to emaln at Princ Poniatows-
ki's track during last seasons turf war.
President Williams is willing to guarantee
to all visiting turfmen the same treatment
they would receive had there been no rival
track dissension. The new Jockey Club
fully realizes that only BY treating every
body fairly can prominent owners be In
duced to continue to come to the Coast dur
Ing the winter. and that anything like
grudge work would very soon keep the big
stables away. 1t is the stated desire Of the
new California Jockey Club to build up the
sport and not to break It down.
That very few are affected with timidness
about shipping their sta bles IL shown by
the fact that stall room at the Oakland
track. where the season opens. Is at a pre-
MUM. Even Prince Poniatowski himself
has no doubts abou: the treatment he will
receive. as Is shown by the fact that he
has shipped his entire stable to Oakland in
rhnrOa n 2 nofn~ D@rn4ll f-1,Is~- O.
Lichtenstein. lmperious and others. Thurs
day several carloads Of racers arrived from
Montana Green B. Morris, with Jockey
Winnie O'Connor and q big string, is now
en- route from New York. w. J. Spies is
expected from Los Angeles this week with
the Baldwin horses. He has La Goleta, Rio
de Altar. Oscar Tolle and other good ones.
Billy Cotton. who arrived Monday. brought
the following horses with him: Mad. Edu-
cate. Major Bird, Ural and Gawpine. Andy
Blakely shipped Anthracite n Mazo in
promptu. School for Scandal and Grey Fox.
G. W. Campbell unloaded a string Of horses
from Montana which numbered Twenty-Five
The entries for the first ten stakes show
some fine fields. The events for the 2-year-
old division have filled unusually well. All
including the $4,000 Burns Handicap. All
the stakes are guaranteed and the large
number makes a rich stake in the aggre-
the purses are 500. All together, the horse
men have a fine bunch Of prize money in
sight. The weather and track conditions
promise at the same time to be unusually
advantageous for the winter season, and
past experience has demonstrated that to
winter horses In California tunes tenn up
for the Eastern summer racing.
Among other improvements now being
made at the Oakland track il a small grand
stand for the accommodation OF persons
who purchase paddock tickets.
Starters Jake Hoffman and Dick Dwyer
will alternate during the coming season
with the gate. Both are popular with the
Il an profanity Weld the dag On the