The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

men. such as Belmont, Whitney,
Keene. the vanderbilts and others as
wealthy and powerful will use their
tremendous influence to prevent his re-
nomination. Money will flow into New
York from racing interests in all sec
tions of the United States to be used
against Governor Hughes, for the blow
to racing interests was felt not only in
New York, but in Kentucky, Louisiana
and California, and, in fact every state
in the union.
Nor are owners of stock in race
tracks and horsemen the only persons
and interests affected by Hughes law.
General William T. Townes of Vir-
ginia tells the governor in an open
letter of the injury he has inflicted
upon the breeding industry of Virginia.
Henry Oxnard says a thousand land
owners of Kentucky, California. Ten
nessee, Missouri, New Jersey and New
York, interested as General Townes is
In the production Of thoroughbreds, are
trying to sell their land and their thor
oughbred stock The value of their
lands is reduced so per cent, that OF
their stock 80 per cent.
1t was originally intended that the
Saratoga meeting should run % days.
But the date schedule of the jockey
club was made up before the unex-
pected passage of the Hart-Agnew bills
in June.
The Empire City jockey club, which
viii this season run its races at the
popular Brighton track instead of the
inaccessible course of Yonkers, gave up
few Of its days in order that the
Saratoga association might have Is
open days. and the Saratoga associa-
ton has been compelled TO modify a
brilliant program announced last
winter.
Only seven old time specials will be
run this season at undiminished value
Several notably the Great Republic.
$4,000 race only few seasons back,
have been cut off entirely. The Sara
toga association might have preserved
its name on the program, but the idea
of giving mere $500, all the associa-
ton can afford just now. for a race
that had paid $4,000 in brighter days,
was too ridiculous TO be seriously en-
tertained.
Information reaches here from Wash
ington that Uncle Joe Cannon is to
have hard fight for reelection as
speaker. He has not only incurred the
i'll Will OF the labor unions but a fer
tile source of opposition to him is to
be found in the temperance and anti
liquor element throughout the country.
It is no secret that he has stood in
the way Of legislation wanted by these
elements. For instance it is well
known that the district of Columbia
committee last winter was so made up
as to make it impossible to get anti
liquor legislation for the district of
Columbia reported out of the COM
mittee.
1t is in the west that the antagonism
TO him is chiefly felt, and is now being
manifested. In a number. of districts
pledges are being exacted of repubI-
can candidates for the house to the ef-
feet that If elected they will not sup
port Uncle Joe" for the speakership.
In several of the Nebraska districts
such pledges probably will be exacted.
In Kansas the same movement is on
in part OF the districts. In one or
two Iowa districts there has been talk
OF exacting such pledge.
General John Tyler Cutting. former
member OF congress from San Fran
cisco, now a resident of New York,
dedicated at Westport. n. Y, on Thurs
cay the town hall and library, (which
viii be known as the John Tyler Cut
ting memorial hall. The building was
given by the general to his native
town in memory of his mother, who
died when he was years old
The general is self made man. At
the age of 10 he ran away from the
home of his half brother with moth
ing but the clothes on his back He
made his way mostly on foot out to
the golden west, where. after a great
many hardships. fortune finally smiled
upon him. After serving through the
civil war he went back to California
where he was elected to congress, rep
resenting that state through the fifty
nrst session. On his return east he
enlisted in the national guard. His
superior ability as a leader was soon
made manifest and he became brigadier
general. He is now with the Oldsmo-
bile company Of New York as its pres
ident
President Horace A de Lisser of an
automobile company of Trenton and
New York has just Returned from, a
flying trip to the Pacific.
He says: I'm Los Angeles found
things booming. and an astonishing
thing to eastern people. as seen in
San Francisco, is the fact that the
small runabout and popular priced cars
have little footing. and it is the higher
priced cars that sell there"
A. H. Babcock and wife of San Fran
cisco were at the Hotel Belmont this
week. Z. H. Lyman and Mrs Lyman
of San Bernardino were at the Seville.
Mrs. @. +. Granger and Miss Granger of
Pasadena at the Park avenue. Mrs.
Distil and daughter at the Murray Hill
and Mrs. Timson of Santa Barbara at
the Seville.
Among the Californians registered at
the eastern bureau of the California
Promotion committee during the past
week were the following:
San Francisco - Herman Wertsch
Katherine Baldwin, Blanche Baldwin,
ginia Bradley. Sidney M. Rogers.