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,y * r- ■d to K r" ls r: of * 5 *!; "i % ... , IT JJ *j sp. 5 j,i ,A a 1,1 gs ■ir out tit and id CALIF0RNIANS CHEERING UP VISIBLY. When Emeryville was running full blast a few * years back, it was no uncommon thing to have from 5 i.000 to 1.5410 horses quartered across the bay. Of !r course, there was not such wholesale racing as is promised after the first of the year, but at the same Id time it was well established that thoroughbred horses were more plentiful. This shortage of horses was freely predicted a a vear or so ago bv local horsemen who had the pleas- s" itre of wituessiug the turf revivals in Kentucky • and New York. The thoroughbred breeding indus- "" try had been badly crippled by adverse legislation iti many states. Large establishments went out of business and thoorughbred stock was beginning to , he hard to find. It was especially true in Cali- I "l fornia. formerly such a rival of Kentucky as the home of great race horses, Time was when California recorded a thousand "1 thoroughbred foals every year, and last year there ro were hardly more than a hundred or so turned out. ■ The cold figures stirred the lovers of the thoroughly " bred to action and the revival of racing at the "* exposition track did :i world of good in restoring * local interest in the hrei-ding industry. The last batch of Macdonough yearlings, that for-tts r- uierlv were sent to New Vork every fall, were kept ;it at home and sold to nieniliers of the Goldeu date te Breeders Association. Men who had been out of [ f the sport for years returned and new patrons liued Ml i a ■ i « j t i | t i t j i l j , t • l I I • - • up. Accordingly, California is once again fairly , well represented on the turf. , To add interst to the breeding industry, Ameri- t can turfmen have imported quite a few English and French-bred horses. It is estimated that there i will be close to 150 foreign-bred gallopers si ort- | ing colors before the coming season is finished. 1 Ceorge Wingfield. A. K. Macomlior and Charles W. Clark are local thoroughbred enthusiasts who sent abroad for new blood. | The building up of thoroughbred breeding is i « just beginning and the demand for horses creates i that necessary incentive to induce and make it i worth while to take an interest in the interesting ! i pursuit. Yearling thoroughbreds are again being trained and in the course of a year or so there l I promises to lie some useful aspirants for speed and I i stamina records. i When so much winter racing was first announced 1 t it was thought that it would not be a good thing r for the sport. Race-track wars loomed up, but, , happily, all the promoters seem to be working for • I the best interests of the sport. Manager Winn of :" l Juarez welcomed Tia Juana into the field and I Havana and New Orleans are located far enough ■ away from the others not to provide any opposition. Certainly it looks like racing is coming back i with a bang. The winter tracks are going to run from sixty to one hundred days and then l Kentucky and New York tracks will start to run. In the far west the outlook is brighter than in i years. Reno is figuring on giving another success- - ful meeting in the spring and horsemen are wortc- - ing on a plan to provide running races at the district - fairs along with the trotters. In this way a circuit will be formed to provide places to race * until Tia Juana opens again next winter — San Fran- - Cisco Chronicle.
