[1] An ethnic Croat in modern terms, he was a supporter of King Alexander I's unitarianist policies, and considered himself a Yugoslav and a Dalmatian.

[2] Račić was born on 5 August 1868 in Vrbanj (part of Stari Grad) on the island of Hvar in the Kingdom of Dalmatia and studied in Prague, Graz and Innsbruck, where he attained a doctorate in 1900.

[3] He oversaw the start of hospital modernization in the city, and began the forestation of Marjan hill.

At the beginning of World War II Račić was appointed by Draža Mihailović as Chetnik Povjerenik ("trustee") for Dalmatia.

[4] Račić worked closely with Chetnik military commander Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin.