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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. A couple of racetrack bills are said to be in preparation for Sacramento. One bill limits racing to the summer season, which, if passed, would kill the bport. To maintain the high-grade sport we now enjoy eastern talent must be imported to help out. It would be a foolhardy policy to try and compete with the great eastern tracks. With all their capital and population to draw from it can be readily seen that California would have to play second fiddle. The coast is distinctly a winter-racing country. In this capacity it has no worthy rival. New Orleans imagines that it is in the Bwim, but there is as much difference between the two sections as there is between Mojave desert and the Santa Clara Valley. It is not possible that the legislature will pass this bill, which would surely kill a great industry. The second bill calls for only 60 days racing, which are not enough. Eastern owners could not afford to ship 8,000 miles to race a couple of months. The expenses would be too large. In fact, the owners would lose on such a trip. California can support five months racing, no less, no more. Six months and a half, which we had last season, are too much. The season should open on November 1, as it does now, and close on April 1. Such a season gives the visitors time to ship out and ship back without loss of time, and at the same time gives them a chance to make a bit of money. San Francisco Bulletin.
