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CALIFORNIA RACING SEASONS INAUGURAL FEATURE Under conditions thai augur well for the rehabilitation of the sport in that farwestern state the California racing season of 101011 will be auspiciously inaugurated at Oakland track this afternoon As has been the case since the opening of the track in 1SUO the Opening Handicap will l e the stellar feature of the inaugural card On account of the peculiar conditions attending last seasons opening at Oakland following the enactment of the WalkerOtis law by the California legislature the preceding winter the Opening Handicap of 11HK fell below the standard of previous years both in value and quality of its con ¬ testants This year however with racing in California once more on the road to prosperity the Opening Handicap assumes much of its oldtime importance Its value 1000 will still be far below the standard of tins prosperous years of California racing preceding the enactment of restrictive legislation but it will nevertheless compare favorably wMh the early period of its history when good horses ran for less monev than in more recent years It will be the fifteenth running of the stake the list of whose winners includes such notable names as Satsnma Recreation Ilagerdon Corrigan Eonic and San Nicholas It is a mile dash and its fastest running came in 1KS when Eyebright equaled the track record of l3Sf in winning it The record of Its running is as follows Year First Age Jockeys Wt Second Age Wt Tlilrd Age Wt Val Time Time1896Tbelma 1896Tbelma 5 H Brown 90 Torslna 3 107 Chartreuse 5 97 665 l41j l41j1S97 1S97 Satsuma 5 E Jones 110 Libertine 6 112 The Roman 3 103 C63 l39f 1898 Recreation 3 J Woods 98 Grady 5 110 San Venado 310G 915 141 1899 Cromwell 7 Macklinll7 The Fretter 3 88 Rosinante 5 109 665 141 i 1900 The Fretter 4J Martin 110 Modrine 3 117 Flush ofGold3103 1150 1411 1901 Hagerdon 4 VltitoelOG Obia 3 101 Rosormonde 6101 1150 140J 1902 Corrigan 3 Ranch 113 The Fretter 6 114 Flush of Gold 5 110 2050 142 1903 Eonic 5 Chandler 99 Schwalbe 4 104 Kenilworth 5 119 2660 143 1904 Gold Money 4 Domlnick 116 Ananias 3 107 Fossil 4 Ill 2410 l40i 1905 San Nicholas 6 W Davis 110 High Chancellor 5 108 Terns Rod 3 97 2450 140 1906 Corrigan 7 Sandy 100 Logistilla 4 116 Ruby 4 114 2340 140J 140J1J 1J 07 Jack Nunnally 3C Miller 102 Montgomery 3 11 Acrobat 3 101 2220 139 139inflS inflS Eyebright 4 KirschbaumlOO Dandelion fi M10 Neva Lee 6 102 2070 138 1009 Fantastic 5 G Archibald 108 Follie L 4 100 Blackford 3 103 323 l42i Called Inaugural Handicap this year
