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AT OAKLAND FIBBT. I I Emeryville track will be the scene of the open ing of the California winter racing season next month instead of Tanforan as at first announced. Saturday, November 2, will be the opening day. This announcement was made last Tuesday after a meeting of the directors of the New California Jockey Club. The change 1b made to accommodate the large number of horses now quartered here and en route from the east, as the track across the bay has greater facilities in the matter of stabling and other details than has Tanforan. The racing will continue about thirty days, when the scene of operations will be shifted to Tanforan. It was determined to- insert the claiming clause in half the selling purses and to eliminate it from the others, thus giving horsemen an opportunity to exercise their choice, in Buch races. All jockeys and trainers will be required to make application for license from the New California Jockey Club. This condition is enforced by all other turf bodies in America and other countries. Jockeys and trainers will not be permitted to pursue their respective vocations on the California tracks until such license is granted. Hereafter the judges will not have the power to suspend nor rule off. They will report all cases to the Board of Stewards, who will act thereon. The Board of Stewards will be composed of C. H. Pettingill, Thomas H. Williams, Jr., Colonel D. M. Burns, Charles F. Price and F. E. Mulholland. Ban Francisco Breeder and Bportsman.
