. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. November 16, 1901] l£h* gveeitev mtfc ^poxxsxnaxx | THE SADDLE. | ################## RACING IS FIRST CLASS at the New California Jockey Club's track at Oakland and the attend- ance is improving right along. The touts are very conspicuous by their absence and the tone of the sport is very much improved over that of previous years, and is a complete refutation of the assertions, made so freely in certain quarters last season that an opposition association is necessary to clean sport. President Williams and his associates have given the devotees of the racing game
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. November 16, 1901] l£h* gveeitev mtfc ^poxxsxnaxx | THE SADDLE. | ################## RACING IS FIRST CLASS at the New California Jockey Club's track at Oakland and the attend- ance is improving right along. The touts are very conspicuous by their absence and the tone of the sport is very much improved over that of previous years, and is a complete refutation of the assertions, made so freely in certain quarters last season that an opposition association is necessary to clean sport. President Williams and his associates have given the devotees of the racing game better and higher class racing than has been heretofore seen in California. Raising the price of admission, stopping the indiscriminate issue of badges and barring the touts are three causes of the improved condition of affairs. Sixteen books have been doing business this week and the play was never better. By the time the holiday season is on we pre- dict that all former records of attendance will be broken. It is the intention of Mr. Williams to exercise the utmost vigilance in keeping the sport clean and high class. He wired to Paris this week on reading of the ruling off there of '-Boots" Durnell, and receiv- ing confirmation of the report immediately ordered that all entries of Durnell's horses now at this track be refused. This plan will be pursued in all cases where persons are ruled off reputable tracks for fraud, and none will be allowed to participate in racing here who are not in good standing elsewhere. The receipts for admissions at the track are now in excess of last year's figures at this time. J. B. Haggin Buys Gerolstein. Mr. J. B. Haggin has just secured another well bred English stallion for his American thoroughbred inter- ests. The animal is the brown horse Gerolstein, who is a six year old and has been a frequent winner in the "purple straw sleeves" of Lord Durham. Gerolstein was secured by Mr. John Mackey on behalf of Mr. Haggin-directly
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