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lo P It v * .I. ■ " " " :l a it it in ii , tl • . c h t q v i b a FAMILY CLUB HANDICAP. PRESIDENT WILLIAMS ANNOUNCES THIS AS NAME OF NEW STAKE. Is to Be a Consolation to the Burns Handicap and Will Be Run February 16 — Oakland Racinq. Oakland. CaL, January 2.— President Thomas II. Williams announced today that the New California key Cluh will establish a new ,000 annual stake fixture at one mile and a quarter tor three year olds and upward. This ra.-e, which is Intended to lw a .•insolation prize for Barns Handicap rligibteo, has been named the Family cluh Handicap, in honor of famous social organisation of San Francisco, .-nut ■ inaagural running ..n naraary u mtxi will probably mark the height of the local season of racimr a soeial way. Mild, clear weather ami an interesting card on-tribnted to attract a big Monday crowd to the course is afternoon. J. o. Keeaes stable furnished two i he winning favorites on the days card in Ba contour and Bogusa. Colli were at odds on in the betting, and Waller Miller scored his only success of the afternoon on the last named. Van Ness was the third public choice lo win and showed that he was quite at home on a aloppy, hard bottosaed track, not- , withstanding the excuse offered Cor his tegterhnaa recent defeat under exactly the same conditions. C. C. McCafferty was taken suddenly ill and during d~ absence P. Wilkerson handled his twa starters Nine Spot and N.-nie Lucille, bath of which performed poorly. Blcbard Dwyer upland Jake Holt-man as starter today.
