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BIG SANTA ANITA ENTRIES. OVER 1,650 HORSES NOMINATED TO THE CLUBS RECENTLY CLOSED STAKES. Sam Hildreth Heads, the List Season Boxe3 Selling Fast Golden Pearl, Tom McGrath and Not-asulga Among Late Arrivals. Los Angeles, Cal., November 10. E. C. Smith, racing secretary of the Los Angeles Association, arrived here Saturday night from New York and at once got busy with the big entry list of nineteen fixtures, which totals about 1.C50 nominations. The last entries came in today from the St. James Stable, which sent in sixty-two entries. Sam Hildreth heads the list with 14S. Mr. Smith will be busy in the next few days getting out the book of conditions for the first two weeks. George Rose, one of the prime factors in local racing and a big stockholder at Santa Anita Park, got in last Friday night. lie emphatically denied any trouble with Cy Merrick regarding the field book privilege and says that this matter will be amicably settled in a day or two. Rose, contrary to his usual custom of booking the first few weeks at Oakland, will not go there this year, but will remain here and look after his interests iu the local track. He expects twenty books to draw in here ou the opening day. The season boxes in the grandstand are fast being taken, Charles G. Gates, son of John W. Gates, being the latest to procure one, getting loge 5. exactly opposite the judges stand. He says his father will be here all through January. The latest eastern arrival Is John Powers from New York, who brought a carload of horses with him. In the band were Yankee Daughter. Trois Temp and Saracinesca, belonging to Archie Zimmer; Heknows. Yorkist and a Lamplighter filly owned by T. W. Coulter: George P. Braziers Tom McGrath and Notasulga. Golden Pearl, Top Note, Berger and Beauclere. Jack Atkins, who will represent Barney Schreiber at Santa Anita this winter, returned here from Oakland this morning and says that at least thirty books will draw in there by the end of the week. Ho claims that the scarcity of books there at the second cut-in was owing to heavy losses by a number of the pencilers, who withdrew. Many eastern bookies are expected there in the next few days.
