(See below.) For several months in 1942, over 18,000 people lived in horse stables and military-style barracks constructed on the site, including actor George Takei, then a young boy. Santa Anita was used as an "assembly center" for Japanese Americans excluded from the West Coast. In 1942, racing at Santa Anita was suspended due to the Second World War. In 1940, Seabiscuit won the Santa Anita Handicap in his last start. The unique downhill turf course includes a section where horses have to momentarily cross the dirt track The race's $100,000 purse, largest of any race ever in the United States until that time, produced its nickname the Big 'Cap. In February 1935, the first Santa Anita Handicap was run. Architect Gordon Kaufmann designed its various buildings in a combination of Colonial Revival and a type of Art Deco known as Streamline Moderne, painted primarily in Santa Anita's signature colors of Persian Green and Chiffon Yellow. These two groups combined and the newly formed Los Angeles Turf Club opened the present day track on Christmas Day in 1934, making it the first formally-established racetrack in California.
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In the Los Angeles area, a group headed by movie producer Hal Roach was in need of further funds. Charles H "Doc" Strub was having trouble locating a site. In the San Francisco area, a group headed by Dr. In 1933, California legalized parimutuel wagering and several investor groups worked to open racetracks. In 1912 the racing facility burned to the ground. Similar in its goal to New York State's 1908 Hart–Agnew Law, the California law resulted in the permanent closing of the Baldwin racetrack. On Februthe California State Legislature passed an anti-racetrack gambling bill known as the Walker–Otis Law. Baldwin became a successful breeder and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses and in 1904 would build a racetrack adjacent to the present site in what is today the city of Arcadia, outside of the city of Los Angeles. The property's most widely known owner would be multimillionaire Lucky Baldwin, a successful businessman in San Francisco who greatly enhanced his wealth through an investment in the famous Comstock Lode. The ranch was later acquired by rancher Hugo Reid, a Scotsman. Santa Anita Park was originally part of " Rancho Santa Anita", which was owned originally by former San Gabriel Mission Mayor-Domo, Claudio Lopez, and named after a family member, "Anita Cota".
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