The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20
Racing Worlds
EyeSA Today
On EmeryyilIe
Good Fields Entered for All the
Events, With Ten Out for
Opening Handicap
By E. w. CLARKE

When the bugle blows for the first
race at Emeryvine this afternoon Cal
tfornia's annual winter racing viii be
launched for success or failure. In pro-
sramming a co day meet, with the ricf
fixtures eliminated, the jockey clul
was bent upon a double purpose-pre-
serving the life of the sport and the
value of its own plant. and testing the
force Of the Walker-Otis anti-betting
law, passed at the last session OF the
legislature.
The club management has announced
its purpose to abide by the law. Those
10 whom gambling is the chief end oi
racing have planned TO evade the stat
ute, in line with the decisions Of the
Kew York courts. by making oral and
unrecorded bets. without the public
display Of odds The authorities say il
is up 10 The jockey club to maintain
racing legally. The spectators say il
is up TO the authorities 10 define the
legal limitations Of their operations.
SITUATION Is UNIQUE
The situation is as novel as II is un-
Uertain. lt viii add piQuancy TO the
sport itself. II means that three eie-
snen7s VIII watch the decision of to-
days card with conflicting emotions
There VIII be those who care Tor horse
racing. whether gambling Is permitted
~ not: those who are curious TO sec
she unusual conditions in the bettinG
sing and those who are anxious FOR a
sgufck test Of oral betting. that they
may know how. when and where to
get their bets down.
AS far as the racing goes, the rain Is
q spoil sport Good fields are entered
FOR all six events and the feature race
draws 10 fair performers. Last year
the opening handicap carried $1,000 IN
added money This year S325 will 60
10 the winner.
BOGGs LEFT ON TOP
Hsndicapper Nathanson allotted tor
Feight-1l5 pounds-to Arasee and the
honor was declined, leaving Boggs on
Top with ll2. The Keene colt has a
Thomas in the saddle viii probably De
the favorite. Follie L comes IN with
109 pounds and Coburn will ride Colo
mel Jack with Fischer up. and Black
ford. with Glass astride. are both fan
cied. Selden viii ride Roy Junior al
IS and Gaines horse is looked upon as
a n unknown quantity. backed by touf
Straight victories in the north. Van
Dusen will probably ride John LOUIS
Mathews on Silver knight, Archibald
on Fantastic. Callahan on st ANao
Gig arlighter rounds out the neld.
Twelve year olos are carded 10 start
for a FIVE furlong purse and the last
race is made up of a clever Dunch OF
sprinte.s-
Jockey Merritt Buxton was at the
track yesterday. having just returned
from Z seven months trip TO Russia.
He viii ride here next week. Buxton
rode at Moscow. St Petersburg and
Rostoh. winning IS out of his is
mounts at the latter place. He says the
game is good there. betting, by parl
mutUei. being lively and the class OF
horses good The distances are longer
than here. > year olds being sent SIX
furlongs on their FIRST start Buxton
spent three weeks in Germany and saw
Walter Miller Reif, Radke- Shaw and
CORDS. an doing we'll Miller, who is
now in New York. viii 20 back, having
q contract of $4,000 a year.
T. stock viii ship Sir LynnWooo from
Arcadia and J. A. Bell viii send his
string from Fresno in charge OF R. I.
owen The horses are Billy Sanders.
lack Robert. Satsuma II. Cameo and
Who.
Doctor Gardner. manager of the Ar
cadis track AT Santa Anita, was at the
track yesterday and viii attend the
opening today.
Arragowan viii be shipped from Los
Angeles to be trained h. Edward a.
Never.
Fordeuo worked six furlongs in
l.I64-5: Fuletta the same distance IN
I-21. breezing: OreliO a half in 100 and
Cloudlight five furlongs in :03 %.
A car is on the way from ogden with
Cobbleskiu Pretension. Banita, Rob-
erta. Anna May and Charles Green.