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AT WORK IN CALIFORNIA. Influential Citizens of Golden State Back Movement : for a State Racing Commission. , Shii Francis, o. Cal.. March 25. — Backed by some of - the neost influential men in California, the movement : intended t.. neare another trial for racing in this ; slate is gaiaiag headway. A petition will be pre pared shortly, asking for the repeal of the auti-l-.tling law and the substituting of one making • the wii-i iiiutm-1 system legal throughout the state. • 11, is will !»■ presented to the Legislature of 1913. : according to the present plans of the men behind • the plan. According to prominent local horsemen, the movement, which is state wide, is intended to pave the •ray far B grand meeting in .San Francisco during the • P nama-Pacitie International Exposition in 1915. as ; weii as to pal the "sport of kings" oa a aew basis - here, controlled by a state racing commission, pattern. • ! after that of Kentucky. The big rii.-n l.ehind the movement are optimistic. • They beftere that by the time the next legislature • lenes they will have secured a following that I • irry much weight with the lawmakers. "It is • to 1h- a hard flgbt, said one of tliem. "but 1 wi expect to win. All we ask is a trial, and I can 1 ~. BO reason why we should BOt have it."
