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T | ■ * to • J U n I £ b t: L f n t v !? L L. l j= a C * J s 1 J I I C LOS ANGELES MEETING AT | NEW TRACK IN FEBRUARY J ! c NEW YORK, N. Y., June 7.— Californias latest race track venture, the Santa Anita course of the newly formed Los Angeles Jockey Club, will throw open its gates for the first time February 1, 1933, it was an- P« nounced here yesterday by Joseph M. Smoot, Rl president of the organization. ar an The new track is to be located on the Tl Santa Anita Rancho, where the late E. J. v Lucky Baldwin, once raised turf cham- in n pions and where his daughter, Anita M. Baldwin, has continued to breed thorough- " of breds on a small scale. The site of the P track is just thirty-five minutes from the 5 5 Los Angeles-Biltmore Hotel, Smoot said. g The corporation has received its charter from the California State Securities Commission and preliminary work of laying out the course has been started. The underwriting of the venture is in the hands of a 1 Wilkie, Dunn and Luxford, Los Angeles i S bond brokers. A member of this firm, Fred s Wilkie, is vice-president of the Los An- Cl geles Jockey Club, which will operate the track. Other officers include W. W. Mines C and Charles Badd. H Smoot has selected several of his racing ■ officials. John I. Day has been appointed ci presiding steward; J. B. Campbell, racing « secretary, and Marshall Cassidy starter. So S far as possible the former president of the in " Miami Jockey Club plans to duplicate the staff that supervised the racing at the Hia- c leah course under his regime. ■ "We expect to open February 1, next," a as Smoot said. "The California laws will not be violated and we shall not run in conflict with the Tanforan course. I expect to be in Los Angeles by next Tuesday to begin work on the actual construction of the course." . . A .
