Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-17

There sure is blood on the face of the
racing moon. There may be war and
there may not be war, but it is more
than probable that there will not. The
reason for this statement is that
Thomas H. Williams, not only pres
ident of the New California Jockey
club that controls racing at Emery
VILE and who is president of the Paclnc
Jockey club that controls everything
connected with the turf on the coast,
is intermeddling with southern turf ar
fairs to the extent that despite that ne
is not the owner of a dollars worth
of stock, he is debating, IN the proao-
est meaning of the word, the action
of the directors of the Los Aheeies
Racing association in the small matter
of selecting the officials for the next
winter meeting at Santa Anita.
ONLY a few days ago 1t was generally
beIieved that Lucky Baldwin would
assume the role of dictator and be the
one to tell the majority stockholders
where to get off, but 1t seems now
that Williams is the high ch1ef gazapo
who is to name and appoint the OF
ficials at Santa Anita, regardless OF
the fact that the Los Angeles RACING
association must bear with these OF
fcials throughout the season and pay
their salaries.
Williams has been recognized all
along as the czar of racing on the
coast, but nobody ever dreamed tnas
he would exercise the prerogatives OF
a czar in debating the appointment or
officials for a local race meeting, even
in omen defiance of the will of the men
who hold a majority of the stock or the
association. Yet, that is exactly what
Williams is trying to do and will force
the directors of the local association
to do.
Williams in the Saddle
Williams is in the saddle and Will
dictate the local appointments, whether
they are satisfactory to the local direc-
tors or otherwise. They are not salts
factory-those whom Williams has
named and the ones that will be APP
pointed this morning when the racing
directors meet, like dummies, to carry
out the will of Tom Williams, who has
not dollar invested in the local racing
game Four Of the directors of the Los
Angeles Racing association, Barney
Schrieber, John Brink, George Rose
and Lucky Baldwin, as well as II. A
Unruh, business manager for BALDWIN,
who also is a director, had decided
upon the appointment or Joseph A.
Murphy as presiding judge, j.. b.
Brooks as manager and another, whose
name is not given out, for associate
fudge, When the directors met yester-
day they were confronted by Billy
Dunn, who has served for long time
as presiding steward at locA race
meetings and holds that position at
Santa Anita as well as the position OF
attorney for the association, with a
basketfIl of letters, intimating that
Williams would not. be pleased unless
the old officials were reappointed. That
settled it. Whatever Williams wanted
was law with the men who depend
upon Williams for racing dates They
were stampeded and adjourned until
this morning, when they will CARRY
OUT THE WISHES OF WILLIAMS
TO THE LETTER. Col. A. w. Hamil-
ton. who. horsemen say, has proved
that he cannot see across the track,
will be forced upon the local associa-
ton as presiding judge. Ed Cole, who
has been charged with being at the bot
tom OF all the unsatisfactory rulings
in the last three years and who is
commonly referred to along the ria1to
as the representative in the stand of
the bookmakers, will be his associate,
as Of yore.
Hamilton and Cole Sure
That Hamilton and Cole will be re-
appointed is not only admitted by the
local racing directors, but 1t is asserted
as a positive fact. In the same breath,
however, there is none who does not
qualify the statement with the addi-
tional information that he is against
the program. Schrieber, Brink, Bald
win, Unruh and Holland are for Joe
Murphy for presiding Judge and only
for the instructions" from Williams
would appoint Murphy to the position
this morning. 1t also looks like Brooks
would get the managerial job only for
the same influence.
The brief meeting of the directors
yesterday morning, after they had
heard Dunn read the instructions"