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CALIFORNIA MAY HAVE BREEDING BUREAU. Twenty members of the Golden Gate Thoroughbred Breeders Association met at the St. Francis Hotel last night and decided to purchase a number of thoroughbred stallions to be distributed throughout California. With the surplus in the treasury, derived from the race meeting at the exposition, horses will be bought and placed at the disposal of the breeders throughout the state. The idea is to stimulate interest in raising horses. The breeding industry in California has fallen off almost to nothing and the association realizes that it will have to take action or stand by and see the standard of the thoroughbred horse go by the boards. Horses of good pedigree will be bought, according to the plans outlined last night, and can be mated with thoroughbred matrons free of charge. President Charles W. Clark presided and outlined his views for the reviving of interest in racing, which is the means of encouraging the breeding of horses. He proposed among other things, that some action be taken to try and secure some favorable legislation when the legislature meets in the spring. Clark is in favor of a state racing commission to control the sport with the pari-mutuel form of wagering. Ways and means were discussed by the members for the elhniantion of many of the evils that brought the sport into bad repute. It was argued that the placing of the sport in control of a state, racing commission and the using of the machines would do away with the bookmakers. Having only thirty-day meetings in the spring and fall would also abolish the harmful practice of continuous racing. The meeting, the first held since the race meeting at the exposition, was adjourned until two weeks from last night when it is hoped there will be a more representative body present. At that time the plans for the purchase of the stallions will be settled in detail. San Francisco Chronicle of October 20.
