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Show TOM lllti DEAD II 1 Famous Turfman oi;, Coast Succumb 4 Long Illness, By International News sm, SAN FRANCISCO, X', , ' H. Williams, for ycats tb ' back of horse racing j, p,' ,: this morning at his home ij !, Long a sufferer from pnt,,.!,! ble, Williams recently bf. 'i with acute heart ailnientf V : 1 tire was the direct eaujt 0; . He was 56 years old. With millions inherited s s father, "Tom" Williams, ' ' familiarly known, made ton. California famous. Himidi, " of thoroughbreds, William heart and soul into tne ipo- .; In 18&8 he was made p ' c the Blood Horse assocititios , came the California Joekt, .: 1890. From that time until L l "Tom" Williama ms tht " head of the club. In the i, . .' Tanforan, Ingleside and lit. - ville were the gathering pit u lowers of horse racing, UjS. '.:, conspicuous figure. 'u He fought hard to sari i: ;i game when the 1911 legiite.j fore it the Walker aotintii He made a speech in tie vi -night just before its final i i still is memorable. Tom Williams was bom it: ; to, December 9, 1859. Hi) lawyer, went to Nevada. Hi: " in lieu of a fee, shares it , claim that later became tti -jJ dated Virginia and Consolt' foruia mines, owned pmc O 'Brien, Mackay and FlooJ. - Thi6 trio or' multi-miliK'iti mately purchased William'-for William'-for $6,000,000. Had he tc shares they would have been'' . 000,000. ' Racing increased the try liams's fortune considerih!-lost considerih!-lost heavily in Mexico at t!- the Madero revolution. He it ' ment concessions in Memo t lost. |