Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-19
WILL CHOOSE
DIRECTORS
ROSE AND SCHROEDER CONFER ON
ARCADIA
TRACK SURE TO BE READY BY
DECEMBER FIRST
Wooden Grandstand VIII Be Erected
for First Season, as Steel
Cannot Be Secured In
Time

Directors of the jockey club which will
control the new Santa Anita race track
will be chosen Saturday. according to
statement made by George Rose last
night Out at Arcadia yesterday 1t was
rumored that action in this regard had
already been taken, but Rose declared
that there was nothing in the report and
that the personnel of the board would
not be announced before the end of the
week.
In all probability Rose, Barney Schrei-
Der and maybe Lucky Baldwin will all
be members of the controlling body.
Some person closely allied to the Hunt
ington interests is also sure to find
place on the board, and the other di-
rector, or maybe two, will be selected
from local talent.
Ed Randle has already been chosen
as secretary of the new track. While
he was not officially known as such,
Randie was the real working secretary
at Ascot park. as Sam Haskins, who
was down on the program as such, made
no pretense of fulfilling the duties which
naturally go with the position Randle
Is already at work at Baldwins ranch
and as soon as the temporary office Is
built he will move in with a force of
assistants.
excavating and leveling for the track
will begin Tuesday morning. A. E..
Allen who has built tracks all over the
country, is now on the job of assembling
teams and men and will have them all
in line early next week, together with
those now on the job.
Its kind of hard to get horses and
men together" said Mr.. Allen last
night ''but by Tuesday at the latest we
will have things moving along as they
should. The track will BE completed by
the first of December If have anything
to say about it, and it will be an ideal
plant in spite of the way we will have
to rush it along"
Backers Are Enthusiastic
Both Rose and Schneider, the principals
behind the new track, are delighted with
the way their enterprise is going. "The
track will certainly be a good one" said
Mr.. Rose, land there is no possibility
of its not proving more popular than
any winter racing plant in the country
engineers from the Pacific Electric
will go to Arcadia with me in the MORN
ing and we will lay out the spur track
which will enter the park The officials
of the road have assured me'that when
racing is in order the car service will be
excellent. The cars will be run in
trains at frequent intervals, and fare
of % cents for the round trip will be
granted"
Rose last night it is not probable that
the chutes, which were to have been
part of the track, will be finished In
time for the inaugural season. The main
track, one mile and an eighth. together
with the seven-furlong chute, will be in
readiness for the December opening but
the other courses will not be finished
before the second season.
AS it is impossible to get the struc-
tural steel here at once wooden gfand
stand will be erected and will be used
until the first meeting is over. Perma-
nent stables will be erected, and as
soon as time is found to put in the steer
structure the wooden grand stand VIII
be torn down and the lumber used LOT
additional stalls.
Rose, Schneider and Allen held con-
ference last night and Allen was IN
structed ito go ahead and order all the
lumber needed for stalls and offices. A
large camp will be built at Baldwins
ranch and those interested in the new
venture will make it their headquarters.