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1 1 1 j , 1 , : • ARRANGING SAN FRANCISCOS PROGRAM. Secretary James C. Nealon of the Golden Bate Thoroughbred Breeders Association is busy these days outlining a tentative program of races lor the running meeting that will commence at the exposition track ..n AngUSl 21. The card for Hie open ing ila lias already been trained and will he pre seiilcd p. the board of stewards at the weekly meeting of the association on Wednesday night. Six races, ranging in distance from a five ■ i l- 1 1 1 i i -" dash to a mile and an eighth, have been planned. but the size of the pulses and the amount set up lor tin- stake has not been determined upon as yet. Announcement is to the effect that no purw wdl 1.:- fir less than 00 and a number of hand caps and -takes to he worth from ,000 1. ,000 guaranteed will i ffered. The tentative pro gram is: lirst Race — Five eighths for two-year-olds. Second Race Three-quarters for three-year-olds and over: for non-winners of three races. I bird Race— 1 Mile lor three-year olds : for non-winners of a stake. fourth Race— 1 l-W Miles lor three year-olds: for non-wianers oi si 100 since January l. Fifth Knc — Seven-eighths for tour-year alah ami f over; weight for age and sex. Sixth Race— 1 l-s Miles tor I hree ear olds and over. ii is probable that the third race for three-year • dds will he made a handicap to feature the card. Secretarv Nealon i: counting on attracting a number of high-class thoroughbreds that will be eligible to He- event. Pi-e-ident Charles W. Clark, ieorge Wlngfield, Mr. Kerrigan and a number of bor attain wh.- are coming with their strings have some promts in- three-year-olds. Telegrams giving assurance that there will be horses per., i, an the east were received yesterdaj al the associations headquarters, which have been opened in the Balboa building. Latonia guarantees thirty-eight head, with a possibility of loo being in tin- shipment, and two carloads are going to start I loin New York. Deiiv-r will furnish 250 head and BOO over 450, so that there will be pleuly id horses to till the events planned iik- Uoltman, who will likely officiate as pre Riding judge, is expected to arrive fr..m Reno any day. Dick Dwyer, the leading candidate for start r, is already here. Quite a little work will have to be done to the trick to gel il in condition for the runnels. The gallopers require more of a cushion than the trotters, anil the course will have to be plowed nil. Superintendent W. I. Maxwell is an old tune run nlng horseman, who acted as trainer for Lawrence , Comatocks select string lor years, and he ha-promised to get everything in readiness. Thoraagh-hreds are expected within the next two weeks and then Hie railbords can get on the Job and clock the bangtails. — San Francisco Chronicle of July M .
