. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. XXXVII. No. 18. No. 36 GEARY STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1900. SUBBCEIPTIOir THREE DOLLARS A YKAB. SCENES AT OAKLAND TRACK. President Tfaos. H. Williams, Jr. THE GATES WILL OPEN at the Oakland track to- day for another great season of racing in Cali- fornia with an excellent program The California Jockey Club has everything in readiness and there are more good horses on the grounds than at the beginning of any previous meeting. Those who enjoy legitimate sport will be pleased to note that the rules against the touts are to he more strictly
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. XXXVII. No. 18. No. 36 GEARY STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1900. SUBBCEIPTIOir THREE DOLLARS A YKAB. SCENES AT OAKLAND TRACK. President Tfaos. H. Williams, Jr. THE GATES WILL OPEN at the Oakland track to- day for another great season of racing in Cali- fornia with an excellent program The California Jockey Club has everything in readiness and there are more good horses on the grounds than at the beginning of any previous meeting. Those who enjoy legitimate sport will be pleased to note that the rules against the touts are to he more strictly enforced thiB season than ever before and all know that President WilliamB and his corps of able assistants in the directorate will leave nothing undone toward making racing over the Oakland track as high elasi as possible. California is really the only place in America where racing of that description can be given during the winter season, and the leading turfmen of the East are testifying to Jthia fact and their approval of California as a racing centre by bringing their best horses here in greater numbers than ever be- fore. The meeting that opens to-day will be of unusual in- terest to California followers of the turf, inasmuch as form players will be very much at sea, and figuring winners will be a very difficult matter. It is this un- certainty that adds greatly to the pleasure of the sport* The judges that will act in the Btand during the winter at Oakland are Joseph A. Murphy and E C Hopper. These gentlemen, with Chas F Price, will be the act- ing Stewards, Mr J "VV Brooks will do the handi- capping and James F. Caldwell will actaB Starter. The program for to-day is as follows: First Race—For all ages. $400. Five and a half furlongs. Second Race—Tor two year olds. $350. Futurity Course. Third Race—The Opening Handicap Purse $1500. A handicap for three year olds and upward. One mile. 60 entries. Fourth Race—For three year olds and upward. Selling. $400. One
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