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SAL ATTICUM MAKES IT THREE STRAIGHT C W Clarks Colt Is Only Successful Favorite at Oakland No Racing for Santa Anita San Francisco Cal March 0 Sal Atticum was the only favorite to win at Oakland today and he was at oddsou Owner Charles Clark and his friends hacked the colt extensively and lie had no trouble in lx atiug those opitosed to him In the last race Followers of first choices started off badly when Redwood II ran away two miles before the start of the first raw The field was sent away without him and Galvanic proved the winner winnerOne One of the best finishes came in the twoyearold race when Peecavi well handled by Taplln got up to beat ludora a head Thanks to Vospers out ¬ riding of Gargan the fifth race went to Hush Money II s appeared beaten a sixteenth from home but Vosper put up a vigorous finish and lauded him first wliile XJargan went to pices on Miss Picnic Coppertown and Elizabeth Harwood were most fan ¬ cied for the feature race but Balronia won wonJ J F Mcore has arrived from Juarez with Geuova Camera and El Perfecto PerfectoJockey Jockey Thomas was suspended for five days for misbehavior at the i ost in the fourth race raceGeorge George Hose and Barney Sehreiber today denied a report that there might be racing at Santa Anita this year Mr iKose said There positively will l e no racing at Santa Anita tills year and it is almost certain there will be none next year President yearPresident Thomas II Williams of tho New Cali ¬ fornia Jockey Club has granted Tex Kickard per ¬ mission to use the Oakland track for the Teffries Johnsbu championship fight July 4 providing the town trustees grant a license which they will likely do as Mayor Christie feels that the people of the city of Emeryville are in favor of permitting the championship contest to be held there 1 have always been against the idea of using the race track at Emeryville for anything but racing events said President Williams but the JeffriesJohnson fight is a sporting event of national imiwrtanee and for that reason I liave given my consent that the men meet within the jockey dub grounds All I ask is that the track be placed in order after the fight is over The arena for the contest probably will be constructed in the center field of the track enclosure enclosureIf If the blockaded line to Salt Lake is opened to ¬ morrow as expected Starter Richard Dwyer will resume his interrupted trip to Utah leaving Jake Iloltninn to do the starting hero for another week weekF F A Forsythes contract on A Thomas does not go into effect until the first of May and the prom ¬ ising lightweight will likely finish out the season at Oakland track trackTrainer Trainer G Strtte has turmxl out Palo Alto for the summcr on his farm in San Mateo County The colt spread a hoof In his last start and hail been going along so slowly in his work that it was decided hest to give him a long rest