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URGING INCREASE IN DERBY PRIZE. "The presi i t allfon la Derby is below the staad-■id of -take events given by tiie California Jockey Club. Ra.ing here baa outgrown i Derby which yi Ids Hi, v, i ft ■ paltry |3.000," says the San Ti m ■;-... Chronicle, "What is needed bj a Catlforala Derby which will take the place Of the American Derby in a measure. ll will lake a little time to build up such an event bur the | net eased value w. nil come back to the California Jockey Club t»0 fold. "The objection hai been urged that weigh; for sige races have leal their poptdarit] and that it is dttVult to secure good-siaed fields. The America i Derby always brought oat i grand ti.d.l. and if the Derbya aroand st. Louis, Latoala and LouisvIQe did retrograde from year i. year, it must not be eeer-looked thai the mooe] eoasMeratloa was taaigatf-cant. "Thoie hai been a cry from car to year formorc high class liois.s. I he best way to secure the most-to he-desired horses is to offer tempting stake hidit. i m. nt -. A Derby witii something like ;OOfl i would probably -. , in .oo entries and woirtd doubtless be wotih s 1 1 , . i .i m i or 7,000. Bach an event weuhl attract many of the beat oiiug horses iu training throughout America. Saui Iliblieth. when approached about the matter. 6uid; If the California Derby was made a valuable erent, I would buy two ac throe colts t.« bring out here every year jtwi to try for the Derby. Other owners would do likewise. "R.irney Schreiber is another one who favors a valuable Derby. He thinks that the California Jockey Club would make a big bit net year by giving such an event and promises to nomin.re every good two year old that be owns at the time of the closing ,f the entries. Tom Oriilm. .lack Keene. Tacky Ryan and other prominent owaaua ■poke enthusiastically aboin a big California Derby. Griffin said: The stakes of the California Jockey Club are very liberal except the Derby. There is no ....son why the California Derby cannot be made i. take the place of the American Derby. All that is needed is to hang up the money and the trainers and owners will do the rest. "
