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Show CALIFORNIA RACING IS DOOMED Present Season Marks Passing Pass-ing of "the Sport of Kings." San Francisco. Jan. 24.-That racing in the state of California is doomed and that the present season nt the famous Emeryville and Santa Anita courses will mark the passing of -the sport of kings" Is the opinion not only of he majority of followers of the turf bu. of others in touch with the situation at Sacramento. The passage of tho Walker-Otis anti-race track bill by an overwhelming majority In the lower branch of the legislature was a grea. surprise to both friends and opponents oppon-ents of the measure and the result of tho vote ha6 spread consternation in the ranks of the latter. Although an adverse ruling was expected In the assemblv by the enemlen of the bill, inasmuch as no fight lmd been made in that body, nothing like such a sweeping defeat was looked for and the moral effect of the assembly's action ac-tion will have much to do with stimulating stimul-ating the ultimate passage of the law. The scene of battle will shift this week to the senate where a last stand wjll be made by the opponents of the proposed law to ward off defeat which at this time seems inevitable. The Mil. as passed by the house, will come up for action in the senate on next Wednesday morning. Its pro- visions are similar to those ot tne Hughes anti-race track bill which has suppressed pool selling in the state of New York, with the one exception thnt the pool sellers In California will be allowed sixty das in which to wind up their afairs. As this extension will date the time on which the governor's gov-ernor's signature is penned to the document doc-ument In the event of Its passage by the senate, It Is reasonable to presume pre-sume that the law would not become operative until veil Into the spring. The effect of the closing of the race tracks In California will be widely felt and incalculable. Not only will the Immense modern courses at Em-eryvlle. Em-eryvlle. Ingleelde. lanforan and Arcadia Ar-cadia suffer, but the county fairs nt which troting meets are annually held simultaneously in various parts of the state during the summer months will be forced to abandon these event 9 which havo been conducted with, great profit since time immemorial. Toolrooms also will come under the ban, and as there are hundreds or these being conducted both openly and surrcptiously in this city and elso-where, elso-where, their closing down will add largely to the idle population of the state. The great breeding farms wiich have made California famous the world over will receive a blow, the race followers assert, that will sound 1h deathknell to many of these Institutions. In-stitutions. . Thomas H. Williams, Jr., president of the California Jockey club, which controls the racing plants at Ingle- plde Tanforan and Emeryville, and who' is also interested In the Santa Anita track, of which E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin Is presumed to be the dominating domin-ating factor, is, it is understood, marshalling mar-shalling his forcps at the capital and will organize the most bitter fight that has ever been waged for or against a public measure in this state. The president has been keeping in close touch with the situation nad has personally directed the fight for the interest which he represents. In tho event of the closing of the racing establishments in this state, it Is fairly certain that racing will be shifted to Nevada or Lower California. Negotiations. It Is generally under-r under-r stood, have been under way for soma time with a view of erecting and maintaining courses on the Nevada side of Iake Tahoe and near TIa Juana, just across the boundary line In Lower California about twenty miles south of San Diego. |