. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. ffije gvee&ev onto *&povt&m<txu [January 6, 1900 THE WEEKLY BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN F W\ KELLET, Peopeibtob, TbB Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast. — OF PICK — 22 1=2 QEARY STREET, San Francisco. P. O. BOX 2300. C. E. Goodrich, Special Representative, 31 Park Row, New York. Terms—One Year S3, Six Months , Three Months 81, STRICTLY IS ADVANCE. Money should be Eent by postal order, draft or by registered letter addressed to F. \V. Kel ley. 22M Geary 3t. San Fi ancisco, Cal. Communications must be accompanied by the writers rame an
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. ffije gvee&ev onto *&povt&m<txu [January 6, 1900 THE WEEKLY BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN F W\ KELLET, Peopeibtob, TbB Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast. — OF PICK — 22 1=2 QEARY STREET, San Francisco. P. O. BOX 2300. C. E. Goodrich, Special Representative, 31 Park Row, New York. Terms—One Year S3, Six Months , Three Months 81, STRICTLY IS ADVANCE. Money should be Eent by postal order, draft or by registered letter addressed to F. \V. Kel ley. 22M Geary 3t. San Fi ancisco, Cal. Communications must be accompanied by the writers rame and address, not recessarily for publicalion, but as a private guarantee of good faith. _^^__ San Francisco, Saturday, January 6, 1900. THE GREATEST MISTAKE made by the District Fair Associations of California has invariably been in failing to make an early official announcement of the date of their meetings and the amount of purses to be ottered. While this entirely unnecessary delay on the part of the associations has led to some inconvenience and loss to trainers and horse owners, the loss to the associations themselves has been far greater, and in many cases has resulted in making their meetings fail- ures and sometimes necessitated their being abandoned or declared off entirely. It is to be hoped that the year 1900 will not see a repetition of this error on the part of the district boards. The time for these officials to get together is right now and every district in the State should be ready to officially announce by February 1st, whether it will hold a fair and race meeting during the year, where it is to be held and what dates are claimed for it. It is not necessary to name the date of closing entries. The Board should be able to decide by that time how many days' racing it can give, how many purses and of what value, and on what track they will be decided. Let us take the Solano District as an ex- ample. The Directors of that association could meet this month and
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