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OPENING SANTA ANITA TRACK Course Made Ready for the Early Arrivals on the Coast Numerous Stables Intend to Rest Horses Until Christmas Scheduled Open Ing of Meeting ARCADIA Calif Oct 31 The annual trek of leading eastern stables will soon be on to Santa Anita Park Despite the fact that the fiftytwo day meeting will not open this year until December 31 instead of the usual Christmas Day the trainers want to get on the grounds early to rest up their charges and give them a chance to become acclimated acclimatedThe The main mile track which has been worked over continuously during the off ¬ season is being opened to be ready for the early arrivals The track has been closed during the extensive construction that will add some 350000 improvements to the park parkThe The strings of Maj Austin C Taylor W E Boeing Circle M Ranch A A Baroni and others that have been laying up at Santa Anita have been using the fiveeighths milo training track and have found it satisfactory for light training trainingPorters Porters Mite owned by W E Boeing tha prominent Seattle airplane manufacturer has created wide interest since returning from his victories in the Belmont Futurity and other stakes in the East The success of the westernowned twoyearold has done much to stimulate the purchase of more well bred thoroughbreds by local patrons of the sport sportInterest Interest in the forthcoming meeting Is indicated at this early date by the fact that the roster of the Los Angeles Turf Club limited to 500 is almost filled with prospects of a waiting list listExecutive Executive vicepresident and general man ¬ ager Charles H Strub is again following his policy of getting his staff on the job early to have everything in readiness for the opening openingHis His assistant Gwynn Wilson secretary Hugh Blue racing secretary Webb A Ever ¬ ett and controller Robert A King who main tain yeararound offices at Santa Anita Park have been joined by director of public rela ¬ tions Fred A Purner who returns to his old desk after serving during the Pacific Coast League baseball season as assistant to Presi ¬ dent Don Francisco of the Hollywood Club
