Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
RACING IS
PROMISED
SCHNEIDER AND ROSE CONFER
WITH BALDWIN
TRACK BY THANKSGIVING, SAYS
PROMOTER
II arrangements Fall Through with
Ranch Owner, Fastener Declares
Some Other Site Will Be
Selected

| George Rose and Barney Schreiber
spent yesterday afternoon at Baldwip's
ranch in consultation with Lucky Bald
win over the proposition to build the
/ track at Arcadia. George Rose and Bar
ney Schneider are men who have handled
many race track propositions and they
have financial backing to put through any
scheme they may decide to undertake in
Southern California.
] Rose said yesterday: You may saw
there will be racing near Los Angeles
this winter. l am not prepared to saw
| 1t will be at Arcadia, but at present the
! Arcadia proposition looks best to Mr..
| Schreiber and me-
After several hours consultation in the
Baldwin residence the three men went
out to look over the location of the pro-
posed track.
| They were much handicapped in their
negotiations by the absence of A. M
| Allen, the race track builder who con-
structed Tanforan, Ascot and many other
lwestern courses. and who was expected
| to arrive yesterday morning with plans
and estimates for the proposed track at
| Baldwin's ranch.
| If Allen had BEEN present some more
definite conclusion might have been
reached. Rose has just arrived from New
| York for the purpose of negotiating for
| a location for winter racing track and
Schreiber has been here some time wait
| ing the arrival of his associates.
| The two men seemed to be pleased with
| the Baldwin ranch location and late in
the evening became more talkative about
plans. They say that If they succeed
| in making satisfactory arrangements for
| the Baldwin ranch track work will be
begun Immediately and there will be rae
| ing by Thanksgiving.
| Stables will be put up first to care
for horses from Seattle that will be COM
| ing south, now the racing season there
| is closed If stables cannot be put up
fast enough tents will be stretched, say
| the promoters.
Many VIII Ship
| The three men are anxious to get the
proposition under way in order that own
ers of racing stock may ship their horses
here when the Meadows, Sheepshead Bay
and Seattle tracks are completed. If
racing is assured for Southern California
many of the owners will ship here in
place of Oakland and elsewhere during
| the winter months 44s "A
Mr. Rose stated last night probably
no definite statement would be ready be-
fore Monday. He would not say what
price Mr. Baldwin had asked for the
land The original figure was $1,000 per
acre, but through some channel it reached
the ears of Rose and Schneider the price
had been raised to $780, This they re-
garded as unreasonable.
Mr. Allen was here some days before
the arrival of Mr.. Rose, and he made
thorough inspection of the Baldwin
race course before he started north. He
seemed favorably pleased with the To-
cation, but did not approve of the work
being done there at the present time.
Before leaving New York Mr. Rose
stated that Los Angeles and Southern
California wanted racing and he was
coming to supply the demand. In select
ing site he wishes to get outside the
municipal jurisdiction in some place
which is likely not to be incorporated
Baldwin's ranch presents the best loca-
tion in this respect, as only the state
government will have Jurisdiction.