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PLANNEW1000OOOTRACK NEAR OAKLAND CALIFORNIA INGLEWOOD Calif July 26 Word was received at Hollywood Park today that a group of East Bay sportsmen in the San Francisco district who have banded together as the Golden Gate Turf Club had obtained a twentyyear lease on a 300acre site on the Bay Shore Highway hear Point Fleming and would soon begin work on a 1000000 rac ¬ ing plant plantThe The ground which has been leased from the Santa Fe Railway Company is within a few minutes by automobile from downtown Oakland and the Bay Bridge which connects the east bay with the city of San Francisco FranciscoThe The Golden Gate Jockey Club if present plans go through intends to hold its inau ¬ gural meeting of thirtyfive days during Au ¬ gust and September of next year Later they plan to stage regular fiftyday meet ¬ ings during the fall season seasonThe The wire states that Val Paul former gen ¬ eral manager of the Universal Company and now manager of the United Artists Studio is expected to act as temporary chairman of the board of directors and that the list of directors to be announced later will in ¬ clude men prominent in both Northern and Southern California business and social circles