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CALIFORNIA BREAKAGE BREAKAGEINGLEWOOD INGLEWOOD Calif May 6 Governor Olsen refused to sign the Emergency Bill that would permit race tracks to operate on the system of breakage that has been in effect since racing in California was legal ¬ ized seVen years ago it was revealed by chairman Jerry Giesler of the California Horse Racing Board this afternoon afternoonThe The announcement came at a meeting of j the racing commission commissionThe The Governor while refusing to sign the bill that would permit racing to be con ¬ ducted along present lines until December 25 also stated he would not veto the bill which means the measure will automatically become law aftera lapse of the necessary ten days Giesler explained explainedThe The racing commission thereupon passed a new resolution extending the resolution recently passed at Sacramento that would have forced California tracks to break to the penny pennyIn In view of the fact that Santa Anita and Bay Meadows have already operated this year on a system of breaking to the dime instead of the total amount bet and that racing would have had to be called off at Hollywood Park for possibly a week chair man Giesler felt he was perfectly justified in introducing the emergency resolution
