The San Francisco call., 1908-09-06
Jockey Club Will Bar
Certain Stables
Undesirable Trainers and Jock
eys Also to Be Kept Away
From Track
By J. K. Jefery

SEATTLE, Sept 5.-The officials to
whom President Thomas H. Williams
of the New California jockey club has
intrusted the conduct of the approach
ing, winter meeting at San Francisco
are formulating plans designed to pro-
vide the host of racing enthusiasts in
the California metropolis with the
cleanest and highest class racing that
the west has ever known. The peculiar
conditions existing at present on the
American turf will permit the consum-
nation OF arrangements by which none
but the most desirable stables, book
makers, trainers and jockeys will be
privileged to participate in the sport
on the New California Jockey clubs
tracks. Alive to the opportunities that
the demoraliZed condition of the sport
in other sections of the country pre-
sents to them, the jockey club man
ayers purpose to take full advantage of
the situation, quite as much in the
interest of the perpetuation of racing
in California as for the immediate
benefit of San Francisco patrons of the
sport.
While racing as conducted on the
New California jockey clubs tracks
has been clean sport in the main,
thanks to the vigilance and vigorous
been a few isolated exceptions to the
general rule of honesty and honorable
dealing. 1t is to decrease the Likelihood
of scandal tending to bring the Cali
fornia turf into disrepute that Pre-
siding Judge r. c. Hopper and Racing
Secretary Martin Nathanson. who will
be in charge of the details of the rae
ing. with the sanction of President
Williams, have quietly determined upon
thorough house cleaning in San Fran
cisco turf circles this fall. Horse
men whose records are at all unSayory
or whose horses have achieved repu-
tation for chronic in and out running
will find no welcome at the Emeryviile
track and will be told plainly that
their room is preferable to their com
pany. 1t is hinted that the list of
owners who will be persona non grata
embraces several of the big fellows,
as well as numerous smaller fry.
Especial attention will be bestowed
upon the jockeys and only those boys
in whom the officials have confidence
Vile. After the meeting opens there
will be no half way measures in the
melting out of such discipline as may
be necessary.
PLANS OF THE HORSEMEN
With the close of the summer meet
ing at The Meadows only few days
removed. owners and other turf fol-
lowers who have participated in the
sport here are making their plans for
the winter campaign. Those owners
who contemplate making San Fran
cisco the scene of their winter opera
tions are sensible enough to realize
for the cheaper sort of horses at EN-
eryville, in view of the probable exo-
dus to the coast of eastern hOrSemen
with formidable strings. Consequent
iy most of them are planning to dis
pose of their poorer performers in this
locality to save expense of shipment
back to California. Some of them will
be campaigned over the bush cir
cult embracing Spokane, Walla Walla
North Yakima Boise and other inte-
rior points, with the idea of finding
purchasers. Most-sof those who plan
to race at Emeryville will ship thither
as soon as The Meadows meeting is
over. while those who are counting on
racing at Santa Anita will remain in
their, present quarters until the Area
dia course is available for training
operations. Report has it that this
will not be until October
1t is the general expectation that
the Santa Anita meeting will open on
Saturday November 4. one week later
than the date of the opening at En-
So far as can be foretold at this
time. the division of the principal sta
bles now quartered here will be some
thing like this:
EmeryviIle--W. r. Applegate. W. r. Fine
W. NJ. Caine. Maple stable, Fleur de Lis stable.
William cahiH. A. J. Jackson. ID. A. Ross. I'll.
G.. Bedwell. J. o. and c. IL. Keene. Rudolph
Spreckeis. William Fisher. Ed Dealy. Charles
Sanford. H W Hoag & Co.. Edward Trotfrr.
NJ. ]. Hayes. II. A. Cotton, r. s. chids. Steele
Riley William Durker. Jim Neil. o. Turek.
n. D. Miller, Al coney. G. Mcneil. James
coffey. W. p. Magrane. r. G. Lynch. Harry
Santa Anita-wiliam Walker. s. c. Hildreth-