The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-19
Every Man Of Fleet Will be
a Privileged Character at
San Francisco Races.
RACE SCHEDULE RUNS
SIX WEEKS OVERTIME
The Far West Is the Booming
Section Now for Turfmen.
The Eastern Stables and
Bookies Are Flocking
to the Golden
Gate.
ny j. s. A. ,rucDONALD.

ny J.s >. a. N1ucDONALD.
SAN FRANCISCO, April ls.-Judged
by the detail OF the program mapped
out By State and civic authorities IN
connection with the reception here Of
riotism runs high in California. Every
body and eycrybody's neighborhood
purposes doing something OF a festive
nature in honor OF the coming OF the
gallant Jackies and their beloved COM
mander The New California Jockey
Club will admit free at the gate every
marine in uniform. while the courtesy
of the clubhouse Will be placed at the
disposal of the officers. The Evans
Handicap" will be the main event,
named In honor OF vlce-Admiral Evans.
on May nth. Everywhere prepare
tions are being made to house and care
for the zoo 900 visitors who will come
by rail and water excursions from adj
jacent points to see the street pageants.
naval reviews and big sailor fetes.
No wonder the racing game at Emery
VILE will run six weeks beyond the
scheduled time-to June 9Th. 1t Will
require fifty bookmakers to handle the
business during the three weeks OF the
big doings. Many layers who left the
coast for opening mt Benning and
Aqueduct are mighty sorry now that
they did not remain for the smart pick
ings off the San Francisco holiday
crowds. For the first time several
stables which raced through the win
ter at New Orleans came on to Cali
n q a n iS f.ynla ind
by the unsettled state OF affairs IN
the East and the attraction which a
flrst-class. continuous circuit. embrace
ing Seattle. Tacoma, Portland, Denver,
Butte, Vancouver and other Pacific
coast points. affords from June goth
to October 2sth. On the whole. the
Oakland meeting this winter tops all
records in respect to the amount
ground out for the stockholders. Last
year the plant made over million
dollars. The net earnings are more
than that this winter. When you know
that an average 'of thirty-seven books
worked all through the long winter
campaign at $3.50 per "cut In" each
three days. you can guess the sort Of
game we have here-from the race
track owners standpoint.
These are the days wherein the man
who looks % the race-track as a means
OF lifelong occupation In one way
or another Is thinking hard. The very
foundation OF the turf is shaking Will
the game live in the East? There Is
the great problem propounded hun
dred different times on all sides. One
thing Is sure, the turf will never be
better equipped for a fight against the
reformers than at the present time.
The jockey club is strong and influen-
tial. Should 1t weather the stormy
seas gathering about In the metropolis,
the effect will be far-reaching. How
ever. the body racing is growing one,
for the reason that when gate closes
an one section OF the country another
one opens somewhere else. The Far
West Is the booming section right
now. Ground has been already broken
on the new $350,000. plant at Salt Lake
City. Utah, and a meeting will be held
there In the autumn of next year. TAX
Ing lesson from recent events the
Utah Club will not tamper with the
bookmakers. a system of speculation
patterned after the Tatterstal English
credit idea will prevail. The project
VIII. be developed, too. on local ana
social lines seen in tile successful con
duct of the sport at Montg omery Park
Memphis, and Woodbine Park. Toronto
3 canada, In recent years. The book
makers and owners who went to Ha-
Nana this winter all say a splendid op.
portunity offers the racing promoter i,
the Cuba capital. j. Hardi Hernandez
is the original Sammy" Rowland al
the 1nsular domain He made a fear.
1ul potch OF his management at TIL,
CLUB, but When thorough mana gers anG
capitalists take hold of the gam,
you'll see splendid game grow IN i,
Cuba. Both the Illinois Central Rail
road and the louisville and Nashvi(l.
railroad, which are fostering the Win,
Ter travel to Cuba. are anxious to SO,
racing flourish there, which means ;
lot right at the start Within fiy,
years there VIII be ninety days racins
4 and s4oO purses in Cuba, according t
& one New Orleans horseman, who shoul,
Know. The circuit on the Pacific coas
IS good for many years yet, While boil
Ale%lco and Honolulu are looking s,n
Z iiheS are sure to supply a lot OF GOO
racing In the near future David Star
ordan, Of Stanford University, is be
mind an attack recently Launched a
the New California Jockey Club here /,
San Francisco. Undoubtedly the Oak
land game, will be Nthe last to fall, 70
racing In California is better entrench
ed than anywhere else In the country
The sport is we'll conducted here n,
the natives like racing, The reformer
(. VIII bump up against q real sentimen
tor me turf when the Issue comes neS
YEAR. One of the strongest meeting
" the West this summer will be pulle
oH at Denver, Col, There will b