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OLDTIME CROWD TOMS OUT OPENING AT OAKLAND MARKED BY ATTEND ANCE OF SEVEN THOUSAND Oral Bcttine System with Stakeholder Adjunct AdjunctWorks Works Satisfactorily Arasee Scores Scoresin in Opening Handicap San Francisco Cal November 12 With fine weather prevailing and the track in splendid condi ¬ tion the New California Jockey Club ushered in the all forma racing season at Oakland today under most auspicious circumstances Over 7000 people wore In attendance and siwrt of a high order aroused inncli onthiihlasni The situation was in marked initrast to the first day of last season when so much uncertainty prevailed owing to the operation of the WalkerOtis law The knowledge that speculation could go on satisfactorily under the iral system combined with the stakeholder feature was pleasing to those who desired to wager and fourteen layers were unable to accommodate all those who desired to back their confidence in the honors honorsThe The Opening Handicap at one mile resulted in victory for Arasee carrying the colors of Early Wright Spollliound ruled favorite for the event with Bubbling Water and Arasee next in demand Aside from Sea Cliff the1 others were not considered Mrioutily Starter Dwyor sent the field away to a SCHM break and Arasee at once assumed the lead He was never headed and when challenged bv Bub ¬ bling Water in the final sixteenth he drew away to win by over a length Colonel Jack a 50 to 1 chance Mirpriseil by running third Spellbound did not look g xMl going to the post and ran a dull race raceFavorites Favorites did not fare well Eufield which was equal choice with John II Sheohan was the only nn to score Dpncen and Olathe upset calculations The layers in line were George Rose J Ranch Joe Rose Jack Atkin Sam Bradley Frank Bain J Armstrong E Sondheiin Ambrose Dunn Ed Sonic S Cohen and William Engstrom EngstromTwo Two carloads of horses owned by Henderson Ilogan arrlvcd from Louisville Another carload oiisistiiur of yearlings went to Los Angeles In the lot here are fifteen older horses and six year lings President T H Williams cxpresseil himself as tslily iilcatuu with the opening alfil predicts a KUcc CKtnl wagon E C Hopper presided in tlie 4udB V Ktmid with Louis IUgiik xml Martin Nathan son as asadclacs Richard Dwyer scut tlie fields away styleMoon in fine style Moon Johnson has taken up J H Barr which Imri u was turned out all summer ami is galloping him at Oakland OaklandAmong Among the recent arrivals is Clilcago OBrien lie f the most successful oiiemtors on the turf Mr OBrien owns Pluvious and Ossabar which came wesl with the Blakeley stable stableTom Tom Sliaw is txiwcted to come to the coast coastJohn John Lowe Is at Oakland with Soua and Bitter Sir
