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Show prize no k I California Track Association! Are Making Strong Bid foiJ Best Horses. Bp OAKLAND PREPARING FOR LARGE CROWji Purses Will Range From M to $10,000 in Value; MaiiJ!1 Stake Races. j Tribune Spoclal Sporting Service. nK. NF,W YORK. Oel. ?,. Thomajfp. Williams, president of the Pacific-Cofa! Jockey club, which has urisuictctf over all racing to tho westward ofp Rocky mountains and which will& duct a brilliant meeting at Oaklrd track during the coming winter. 3?$ arrived from the coast and will bejI Nov,' York for a month or more 'tU Because of the troubles of racingg tho east thero will be more and bcKi horses than have been seeu on thoHy cific coast heretofore, and Mr. W illiaK predicts brilliant seasons for Arc55& aud Oakland tracks. W Mr. Williams has prepared for aujKj!, creasn of business at Oaklandag doubling the seating capacity dfsg stand, increasing the area of thc'in ting inclosurc and construcling nufc? now stables. Similar intprovem have been mado at Los Auqelcs tfK winter season on the coast willWjj-longor willWjj-longor than usual, and the atlendai?: chrmlrl lio iinnnnrillv lipfiw. -M?" Recovers From Earthquake. j j San Francisco has recovered aWl pletcly from the fleets of the eaiS quake. Everybody has money $iq racing was always'popular. The,'GL fornia Jockev club will be liberal w4i horsemen. The Burns handicap, q? mile and a quarter, will pay $10.fj in added monev; tho California Dert 5000; Christmas handicap. ,3U00; terhouse cup. $;")000; Ocbbard handi. $2500; Thornton stakes, $.1000; andi Opening Thanksgiving, Put i fie Unif New Year's Follansbeo, Lisak, Psiif' Hotel, Oakland and Sacramento haw caps, and Crocker selling. Hell. Gut and Undine stakes. .2000 each. Mt: California Oaks will pav .3000, am crease of $1000 since last season.W Other stakes increased are the iw terhouse cup, $3000 to $."000; Thof ton stakes, $2,500 to $i000; Oaklif handicap, $lu00 to $2000: Saerame'f handicap, $1500 to $2000; and U Gunst and Undine slakes, each frf $1500 to $2000. m Mr, Williams has decided to abandi tho Portland, Yosemitc aud San .hi? handicaps and Monterey selling slake each of which last season paid $150Q added money, and save the money co tributed toward their maintenance f overnight handicaps. There vdlljj many overnight handicaps at one ny .and 'farther that will pay from $1000; $2000. .,3H No purse of loss than $-100 willJ offered, aud a majoritv of tho raj will range in value from $500 to $10 The dates of the running of tho on important Californian races have ibl fixed as follows: Burns handicap, J5 ary 30; Derby, February 22; Christ! handicap, December 25; Waterliqi cup, March 13; Gebhard handh April 3; Thornton stakes. March! Opening handicap, November Thanksgiving handicap. Novembers Now Year's handicap. January lansbee handicap. ,Tanuar3' 9; CalitOj Oaks, February 27. "'Ii |