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RENO MATINEE RACING ALL OVER. Regular Meeting of Twenty-Five Days to Open Sep-tomuer 19 Racing Revived at Sacramento. By Peter Clark. Reno, Xev., August 11, 1910. The last day of the matinee racing, that was held here on Saturdays, came to a close on August 12. There will Tie no more held until the autumn meeting, which opens ol September 19, and runs for twenty-five days, closing on October 17. During the meeting manager Seiias has decided to distribute eleven stakes and handicaps, each with a value of 00, the list of which will be published later. The California State Fair will see the thoroughbred i:i action again. The fair will be held at Sacramento from September 2 to 9, with a revival of thoroughbred racing after a lapse of five years. The return of the sport is mainly duo to the untiring efforts of the following gentlemen: George AV. AVingfield.who is at present the largest breeder of thoroughbreds in the far west: John II. Ros-setter, one of the mainstays of tho Xew Golden Gate Thoroughbred Breeders Association; Charles AA. lark, president of the latter association; and AVard E. Hall, a prominent business man of Sacramento. These men are all breeders and impressed tin; importance of the running horse upon the lioarrt of directors and Sacramento will probably have the greatest racing, patrons of the fair have seen, since the attempt to kill the sport was made five years ago. There will be three running races each day during the seven days and ,000 will be given to the horsemen. The following stables will leave here to participate in this renewal of racing: George AV. AVing-filed wiil send seven head; Charles AV. Clark, five; John Lowe, five; AVallhauser Bros., five; George Aau Gorden, seven; F. Rinehart. six; J. II. Ros-setter, three; George Billerman. thrve; T. Hatfield, four; G. AV. Crippon, two; J. M. Henry, Sr.. two, and numerous others will also attend. It is expected that quite a number of horses that are in various parts of California will take an active part, probably making a total of over one hundred thoroughbreds to race. Several purchases have been made during the recent meeting for shipment to Honolulu. Among the buyers were John ORourke. formerly of San cisco. He bought Fair Mary, Lahontan AVater and Mary .Tav. The other two that were sold were Furlong anil Florence Roberts. They were secured by II. M. Ayres, who is the publisher of Town Topics, a weekly review in the islands, and is also the sporting editor of the Honolulu Daily Advertiser. In an interview with Air. Ayers he stated that racing in its small way is in a flourishing condition there. Thev have only twelve days of racing during the year and thev are held on holidays. They run from ten to twelve races on these days, including flat racing and steeplechasing. At present there are about 100 thoroughbreds over there. The racing is i conducted under the auspices of the Hawaiian Polo and Jockey Club. S. S. Paxon is the starter and usus the recall flag system. Two American riders have signed contracts and ivent over with the shipment. H. Donvitz and Patsy Phillips are going to try their fortune against the Kanaka riders. Phillips was considered a fair rider in this country a few years ago. The stake blanks for the .Maryland Fair Association of Laurel for the fall meeting, and the Douglas Park and Latonia stake blanks were received hero and distributed among the horsemen.
