Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-13

win indicating a hostile spirit that
never came from him.
There is nothing in the manner or
speech of Rose and Holland to 1nd1-
cate that either is worrying as to the
| course Baldwin will pursue. Neither
| takes any stock in the report that
Baldwin is coming back home with his
tomahawk, Winchester and bowie knife
drawn and ready to make a war to
the death. This is indicated in the
talk of Rose, who said:
Should Be Consulted
There is nothing to this talk about
Baldwin being on the warpath. Nat
urally, he has his ideas as to how the
| track should be run, and being the
president of the association and a
heavy stakeholder, he has the right to
voice in the deliberations of the di-
rectors. What l understand Baldwin
wants is to have a clean season of
racing and good sport, and while he
may have grievances against some of
the officials of last year, | am sure
that personal feelings will not blind
him to the best interests of the sport.
when he arrives. all of us will con-
fer with him regarding the action to be
taken upon various subjects that will
come up for consideration, and there
Is no justification in the rumor that
there will be any friction or ill feeling
that may cause inharmonious action.
Nobody in the board desires to do any
debating and nobody needs any pla-
eating. 1t will be a meeting of bust
ness men to attend to the business af-
fairs of a large corporation, and the
deliberations will be conducted &C
cordingly.
I'm the matter of changes, there can
be no definite statement by anybody
10 ,t.Irz r,1fWa frI
by the whole board and there has
been no definite understanding be-
tween the directors beyond that in
some instances each of US knows from
informal discussions about what ac-
ton will be taken. However. the final
action of the board in the matter of
appointments must be awaited for def
mite knowledge regarding the names of
the officials for next season"
Brooks Is Receptive
While saying that no tender of the
appointment as manager at Santa
Anita has been made him, j. w.
Brooks, former manager of Ascot. in
dicates by his conversation that he is
not aVerse to undertaking the job. He
was in the company of Rose and Hol-
land yesterday. but said afterward
that none of them had so much as
mentioned anything regarding racing
aIIalrS. certainly HOl-IOT pupllcdllon.
But Brooks said that his troubles with
Tom Williams had been patched up
most satisfactorily a long time ago
and that they now are as good friends
as in the old days when they worked
together in the north.
Brooks says that the only mention
ever made to him of the management
of the new track occurred last spring,
when a director Of the association sug
gested that DIR. j. S. Gardner was not
particularly DESTROYS of returning next
winter and that Brooks could have the
place. This director asked Brooks re-
! garding his troubles with Williams
and Brooks replied that if he ever
should apply for the place it would be
made subject 10 the approval of Will
liams, as they had buried the Ratchet
and were good friends again.
The announcement that Brooks
probably would be appointed to the
I position caused much satisfaction in