Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10
ALLEN TO
HA We TRACK
ALL READY
WORK ON SANTA ANITA Is
NEARLY DONE
STAKE NOMINATIONS POURING
IN ON OFFICIALS
Many oId-Tlme FavorItes VIII Sport
Silk and Stables VIII Be
Taxed to Their Full
Capacity

HTITH the Oakland season already
wv under way, and Thanksgiving com
Ing along at the rate of twenty
four short hours day, Superintendent
Allen Is redoubling his efforts to have
Santa Anita park ready by the date on
which 1t was originally planned to in
augurate the meet at the beautiful Bald
wins ranch course. And at the rate he Is
going his efforts will be rewarded, always
barring the unforseen some obstacle may
yet crop up to stop the work. but at this
writing it is only remote possibility.
The track itself is nearly done-so al
most complete, In fact, that half of 1t
could be used tomorrow. The top soil TO-"
nine-sxteenths of the mile and an eighth
oval is laid and being rolled daily, and as
fast as teams can haul it the loan is
being applied to the remainder
When the work was started it was an
ticipated that the track would be the last
section of the plant to be completed, but
such is not the case. So rapidly did the
graders progress that they pushed their
task ahead of their fellow workmen on
the grandstand and stables, and save for
the small surface yet to be topped and
the rolling of the entire stretch every
thing is ready.
The barns in which the thoroughbreds
will be quartered long ago ceased to
WOITy Illt lTdCE llidHd6eIS' <AlItdQy lOOIh
has been provided for exactly $40 horses,
and the carpenters are working on still
others Those that are finished could he
used tomorrow, and all that remains to
make them complete in every detail Is The
entrance grading. This is a comparatively
easy task, for teams by the score are at
the contractors command.
If it were allowed, most of the barns
could be occupied by night. More than
300 horses are now quartered at Ascot
park, waiting the signal to move to the
new course, and with the fresh arrivals
which are pouring in every day it would
not be long before every one of the stalls
would be taken.
Stalls Spoken For
They are all spoken for, at that, and
in all probability additional stables will
have to be erected as soon as the meeting
is started. In addition to the horses at
Ascot hundreds of others will be shipped
down from Emeryville at the opening of
Z the season here, and with the eastern con-
tingent yet to arrive 1t is hard to see
where any stalls will remain empty
According to the present rate of prog
ress Superintendent Allen expects to have
the track ready for exercising at least one
week ahead of the opening day, and 1t is
not improbable that he viii exceed this
promise and allow galloping by the middle
strings at Ascot are anxious to try the
new turf with their prizes, and Allen may
be persuaded to rush things to the last.
The stake nominations close Tuesday,
and already the list of horses down to
compete'in the big features is larger than
it ever was for a meet In this part OF
the state Class is not lacking for the
larger events, and horses which made en-
viable regulations on the metropolitan
turf will in all probability sport silk at
one time or another during Santa Anitas 8
inaugural meet.
Nominations almost overwhelmed Sec
retary Randle during the past week, and
he and his office force are having busy
time of it keeping track of the names
presented Many of the owners who were
popular here in past seasons will again
send their good ones to the post, and old
time favorites will predominant.
Among the recent stake entries are the
following: Dominus Arvi and Bob Ragon
from Gil Summers barn, in nearly all the
big events; Matte Bumpo from the
Orange Vale stable in the California,
Pomona, Ventura, Garvanza and Santa
Anita handicaps, Vernon, Gardena and
Rose selling stakes; Chimney Sweep and
Orilene, Jim Curtis standbys, in nearly
everything they are eligible to; Dusty
Miller, which Charlie Van Dusen has en-
tered everywhere, and Sanfara, Res
torick's breadwinner, in the Pomona ham
dicap.
n Col. Jack Entered
w. T. Anderson has entered Taxer and
Alvin in a number of events and ]. l..
Holland nominates Col. Jack, last years
Derby winner, in most of the big money
races. Al Dunlap names First Peep to
carry his colors, and b. t. Fryer and Liv-
ius are Walhauser's contributions.
There is not such an awful lot of class
in the above bunch, if the truth must be
told but most of them generally manage