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I TALKED ABOUT AT TIJUANA SUIT FOR INTERPRETATION OF BETTING RESTRICTIONS MAY BE BROUGHT. Maud Bacon Not to Bo Raced in the East — J. J. Ho.tman Trying to Lease tho Reno Race Track — Gossip of the Day, Ry J. R. Jeffery. San Diego. Cal., February 12.— While it has been definitely decided that the time is inopportune for the pressing of tin- plan for legislative relief for racing in California, on aremmt of the strong opposition that followed the announcement of the purposes of these behind the movement, there is -Mil a chance that racing will be revived in California in the- no distant future-. It is learned that an effe.rt will be made- to clearly establish what can and what cannot. 1m- elone in the betting line under the- laws already on the statute books of the State, with the idea that a plan of action may lx-evolved that will permit the resumption of racing an a substantial basis. In the furtherance of this idea, test eises will be entered into shortly, it is learned, by which it is hoped to establish the legality of the- New Orleans method of speculation in this state. If this can be brought about, there is no reason why San Francisco and Los Angeles will not assume- their old time Importance ns racing Centers, It is prabebte that one of the mixed trotting and running meetings which are conducted so freely throughout the state will furnish the test on which the hopes of prominent California racing men are now centered. The Tijuana meeting is geeng in a way quite satisfactory to the manug laaent. The attendance of late, thanks to the influx of tourists, has been better than at any time since the- early part of the; season. The ranks of the layers of odds have contracted as a result of e-ontinued losses, but those who have persisted in remaining upon the firing line are now reaping their reward, having had plenty of breaks in their favor of late-. Tijuana Form Reversals Arc Many. Form reversals hive be-on pb-ntiful enough recently and the public- has had anything but an eaay time in landing on the winners. The ring is still being pro-rated at 2.2."0 per elny. but the layers have made a slight change in their methods of operattag. All of the layers now take turns iu lending the ring. They meet eai h morning to decide upon the price-s to be quoted against the various horses curded to start and scrupulously follow out an agreement in this reaped, which keeps the ring well unde-r tiieir control at all times. iarnet Ferguson, also in the days when racing nourished at Oakland, was the owner :f am.li well known homes as III an alcliri. Military Man and The- Mighty, has been here for a few days reviving old friendships among tic- hors una ami e-n.jin lag the apart. He is a son of the once promine-nt starter James R. Ferguson, and i now prosaicaBy engaged in business in San PrandSCO. He is one of those who | Hardly hopes to see racing restored to favor in California ore- long. Maud Bacon Not to Come East. The- three-year old filly Maud Racoa, in the string of O. W. RRbimnn, who races under the asm eh- course of tie- Ayennbe stable, is highly regarded by the horsemen here. When she was being saddled for the Pallbrook Handicap, in which she- was victorious e/ver Redlanel after having been hacked into favoritism. J. L. Pan] offered .. "00 for her. Mr. Rilhrman declined to consider tin- offer. He has no desire to part With the filly, which he regarda as tic best racer he has ever possessed. lie had some idea of engaging in a Kentucky campaign this year and nominated the filly for the Kentucky Oaks, but recent developments have about Influenced him to abandon the trip eis*. He figures that his horses all need ;i rest at the- end of their long winter campaign. James McTlrmey. known fir and wide on the turf under the nickname of "Jimmi" Hungry." is an inmate of a San Diego hospital, aeriously sick For in in;, yean he has been a familiar figure at western tracks and is eapeeteUy well known among jockeys, nt Ing had supervision over their uunilm at nearly every western point where racing has been conducted in recent years. Firmer starter J. J. Holtman has returned from San rrandaee and Sacramento, when lie spent several weeks in an-effort to help along the cause of reviving racing in California. He is negotiating for a lease- on the Reno. Nov., track, and will condnd a meeting there if the negotiations are successful. Gossip of Lower California Course. W. T. Amteresa has te mporarily, at least, been deprived of the raring sen lees t his good thnc year-old. Dandy Dude, the pick of the stable, which he brought west. The e nit. while- working recently, net with nnd fe-n one one of the ah-struethna placed on the track in wet weather to keep horses away from the rail. Be emerged from the- mishap in such condition that it is feared his usefulness as a racer m.iv be perminently tmpnired, if not entirely destroyed Judge Pettingill has been commissioned by an eastern owner of prominence to select an np-ii:e mice rider for him for tin- caning season na the New York tracks, but promising ride-rs of that class are few til far between at Tijuana. In fact, it cannot be said that the meeting has developed a single new rider of any proadse. C. C. MeC.ifferiy. of Dr. LeggO fame, is om-e more figuring aa :m owner. His stable randan of tie- man Letltm and will be added to if fortune smiles upon, the efforts of this oB*e prominent trainer with the man. Rd Soul", who is the biggest operator in the Tijuana ring, is having a prosperous serison here. It is s;iid of him that he has ■UCCeeded in winning at every meeting in which lie has taken a hand. Tlier- probably is no more painstaking hanilicapper in all Auu-i-h -a than he.
