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IT LOOKS LIKE THE LOS ANGELES JOCKEY CLUB WILL HAVE TO MOVE. Los Anqeles Council Passes an Anti-Bettinq Law — New Location May Be at Watt ? Baldwin Racinq Association Has Done Nothinq at Arcadia. Ijis Angeles, CaL, April I. There is hardly a donhl that there will l.c raring here sexl winter, bill it is the general impreHsiOS that it will not be ai As.-oi park. Last tall the Lot Angeles Jockey lub entered into an agreement with Hie city author ities wkick caused the nspenslon of actios on a pro |M,st ,i ami belting law. the understanding being that tke senses of -»» 1 would lie the mat at Ascot Park. Today tke city council passed an ordinance making it illegal to hold races it Ascot Park in luliire and a misdemeanor to make handbooks or sell pools. The Los Angeles Jockey Club until a fortnight a.» apparently entertained tke notion that another arrangement might U readied whereby Ascot Park COUld lontintle as the home of the sport, bin il is imw states "ii •_ 1 authority that they have chosen a sile at Walts. Which is southwest of this ,iiy and about thirty minutes ride from here. There is s.m.ii lo be a meeting of the track owners n which plana will Ik- definitely outlined and the work of building taken up and rapidly pushed to completion. General Manager p.rooks said today thai he coukl make no positive annoum einent of plans, but he admitted that there is an available I. .ration at Wall- and that the mound had been BUrveyed and esrefalfry gone over. IL- -aid that if there i- to I... a change of location tke sen track will andonbl edtj t - tend] :" the opening in November, Thanksgiving Daj m. .si llkel] The --"i Park -land is :i steel structure and ran be token dows ami re erected in a sl„,rt while. I!u- rebuilding ol the bsms would not take a great while. Tke Los Angewa Jockej lub is now in splendid ■nascisl c, Ithm. It is said by uho should knew thai his ngnrea are peenrate that an imiebt edneas sf S35.SM was paid ,„r .m:,,.|, l llll, ||lM| the Stockkoldera al the same lime received a sivty per cent dividend. Hut things nre not running aa MKMrtbl] as they mlgkt IstcrnsUy. There are three faction- in lb,, organiuatl he Hr.«.ks taction. the llamilloii faction and the Hiimi faction. There is talk here that Brooks may paaa out a-, general manager i.. b,- succeeded bj John Bones, who. as the racing secretory, made a gsod showing last winter. The plans of the Baldwin Racing Association are still on paper. No ground has been broken at Ar radia, and there have been so many postponement - ol tke dale for the turning of the tirst spadeful ..t ■ ith. that it is beginning to look like the proposi lion will go into turf history as "Lucky" P.ahlwins dream. However. Clem leveling slill keeps open the office ami with much apparent earnestness lelht the Occasional Visitor of the great things that are to be done, displaying numerous blue prints and photographs. The plans an- well drawn ami such I track as is proposed would be a beauty to be sure, but it lakes money to build such tracks and then-is the rub. Here i- a diagram made from the blue print of the proposed plant ..f the Bsldwis Racing A-s,,. ia i ion ii Ai endia : A— Start for races of one mile. B — Start fm races of ceii eighth-, of a mil.. C Start for races of three-quartera of a mile. D — siaii for racet • i Sve-eigktks ot a mile, i: Location •• paddock. V Tke linisb ot all races, G Grandstand. II club House.
