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THE CALIFORNIA TROUBLE. Mayor Phelan of San Francisco has signed the ordinance which was published in yesterdays Daily Racing Foeh and passed by the supervisors of San Francisco. To stop racing in the San Francisco field the Oakland track must also be "legislated" a good modern term for the ignorant, sometimes, and often corrupt action of political bodies against racetracks within their districts. The bad men in such bodies usually regard racing organizations as oysters, to be opened with the bad law knife. It is a pity that such a high class organization as the Pacific Coast Jockey Club should have been pinched by the ordinance passed and signed Monday. If compelled to close the Ingleside track the officials of tha Pacific Coast Jockey Club will use the Oakland track of the California Jockey Club, under an agreement made between the clubs nearly three years ago. Ingleside raced yesterday, but tha police appeared and there was no public betting: after the third race. The new ordinance evidently went into effect at once. One of the best men in the Pacific Coast Jockey Club wired Daily Racing Fobit last night: "It looks bad at present. The old fight is renewed. Oakland is safe."
