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PROPOSES NOVEL STAKES .!. N. CAMDEN ORIGINATES UNIQUE PLAN EOR ■ VALUABLE EVENT IN KENTUCKY. Idea Is to Have Scries of Races at Three Kentucky Tracks, with Part of Stakes Accumulative Until One Horse Wins All Three. Lexington, Ky.. December 31. — Johnson N. Camden. Hie widely-known Woodford Count; breeder of thoroughbred horses and member of the Kentucky state Racine Commission, this week mailed to die I cxingtou, Louisville and Latonia race track manager* and « i number "f the leading breeders and ouwncrs of running horses in this section, copies ol i-oudil inns of i lit- "Triple Crown." a new series of stake* that be is proposing. Mr. Cuatati letter I el lows: "Please Hud enclosed ■ suggestion lor a series of stakes io Im inn ai Lexington, LouisrWe and Latonia, Mini to be called the Triple Crown. ••iliis is xenl i" Invite youi suggestions, criticisms mill comment, in the hope thai it will meet with your approval, snd that in the years 10 come it will u-lhei credit upon, and interest in the turf. "I feel that it is important at ihis time to inaugurate some dignified slakes, without bearing to., heavily opou the resources of the racing associations rhemselvas. These events, as von will see, aii in the nature of sportsmens propositions; as each man enters them with a generous spirit of entering his bone, im foregoing something in the Immediate present for the sake of :i more brilliant .11.1 greater future. Vou will see that if this vinU should go for a period of live or ten years, the a • iiiiiulated reserve would In- quite :i fund of money to compete lor: that would encourage owners and trainers to hold on to and take care of a good aged hois... aid from :i breeders standpoint the horse that won tue Triple crown would he the preferred stal-lioii among the young, untried horses. ■li. niv opinion, a race of this character would invite more public Interest In the turf that any soi 1 o| a la • we eould inaugurate, beside belag a ..I- prneti ,.l tost of wh.u,i» UyJie-t borse iu A mrriiii." follow in- «re th condition* of lb new .series of siak- -is proposed h Mr. Camden! TRIPLE CROWN.— For Three-Year-Olds and Upward. Handffep. In be rim al Lexington and Louisville spring meetings, and at Latonia tall merlin:;. I 1 ingi. 111 to add ,900. Louisville to add ,000 i atonfa to add ,5ftft. 1 went? live dollars to enter .Hid -ST-", additional to atari in aaoh race. Race at Lexington to be at 1 1-8 miles. Race at Louisville to hi a! 1 1-1 miles. Race at Latonia to be at 2 1-2 miles. The horse winning al Lexington to be penalised Bvi pound* a- Louisville. The horse winning at I . : vtlh to be penalized an additional ten pounds ai I atoaia. The borse winning the race at Lexington to get two I bird* of the added and stake n y. The horse Winning at Louisville 10 gel two thirds of the added and stake money. The horse winning the race at Latonia to gel two-thirds of the added ami stake money. In ease one borse wins all three races in one ■ eat. 1 e is to receive the accumulated money ai iJextugton, Louisville and Latonia. In ease one horse does no! win all three races in the same rear, the money held out as above provided, is 10 he held in a pool and added to the Triple Crown for the following year, and to b,. run lor annually until all three races an- won by one horse the same year. when he is p, receive all of tin- money for the year ; 1 tvhich in- wins, as well as all money accumulated in the pool from the preceding years, when the I I .■ w ill be renewed. Secretary Garret D, Wilson of the Kentucky s ix-iatiou gives bis approval to tin- Triple Crown, but suggests that it Im- stipulated that the second borse receives 1200 and the third horse 00 out of tie- added money at each running. "In this day ami time," said be, "I leaf it Is not possible to L-, ; I,,, entries I 1 a 1 • ul so thoroughly embodying the principles ol sportsmanship as are manifest in tin winner take all feature of this stake." Mr. Camden invites suggestions and criticisms an. 1 requests tbat they be addressed to bim befon Jauuar 7. since be is intending so lake a trip away II su his home it realties for 1 couple of months. RACING GOSSIP FROM THE EAST. Sew York. December 3L George W. Langdon nicknamed "Whitcy" on tin- racetracks, 1 spending the wintei her after a long camp ign in Maryland and Canada. 1 lugdon i- a typb al »oldier nl for inn.- II hi.- bad so many tips and downs be cannot reuiemlK-i them all. A dozen years ago he was a li.dij.i, • nolo i,cr in tie grandstands of the Xcvt ..ik tracks. Ho had saxed ,000 when lie got a li,, at Mollis | , ■:.. ,,nc d ij thai I he famous io ire Kugeoia Bureh, then a two-year-old. would win I ■ -i to-1 start in. 11 afternoon,. Laugdon wasered all be bad at 13 10 1 and cashed Thereafter in- became 1 1 mgei and before th.- year ended be was compara-, , . rich Li ari later In- was down and out. lb- was engaged by John A. Drake as betting cow in ..per and after several iim- of R 1 fortune 1 I Sbeepsbead Baj White., bad 0,000 in the b nk. Aga , misfortuui bunted him up and he lost steadily and beavily. Bill he had plenty of credit and his :,,,, . - wen- perfectly good. Later on he enjoyed :i .1 streak ol link and wiped out all of His Alligations. Then he married tin- widow of the 1 11 red bookmaker aesar fount and has been L traveling at a moderat pace ever rince. Kntrlee lor ii, Futurity of 1915 of the Coney i Jockey Club are to close Tbnrsdaj al midnight Secretarj V*. 1:. Scbaumberg has alreadj 1 ceTveil a liberal espouse rrom the breeders, and al this time be ha- reason to b. -i i.- •■ that the tinal remits will compare favorablj with those for the Fuiu.iu ■■! lpi ■;. which has an estimated value of S2I 2 ■:". John L. Madden al this time is the most extensive nominator to the 1. li will not he . until tb mail Is : eeived from the outlying in liug farms thai lb.- lull li-i ol entries will he known. Jockej Willis Loun berry, who - ntrscl . t-. im h?ri k lobn on ,s contemplating riding during the ,"ii in. 1 ii lesion meeting provided he i- grant i 1 permlasiofl hj bl employer. Mi. Johnson bought tue . Btracl on !.. .-. herrv from Tlfmas Hatfield al more last spring, bat In- bad little use for the , . services r,,i he has bee t of the saddle .-■ 1 since be suffered a broken Kg by ■ fall at Fort t la ic. glace thai time be has been ai Sbeepsbead l; . H- is sound again and eager t" «• beck in tue saddle. V. I". Batten, who lias a big string iu his ram at t th. Bennitig track, will race at Charleston. He bis , 11, e horses of s. Ross, George P. Kuslis and II. I itxnard, as well as kouii of ins own. s. f ih..-.- . in 1 he atriag are sii.n kletoa. Dr. Ihieuner, Claque, Little Lp. l. 11. 1 ■ .mi-. Best Family. Winbert, a tw-i r n old in Contract, and a yearling blown gelding l : Golden Maxim. Jocke? Charlie Palrhr« tber. who has been spendint ; the holidays at his Brooklyu houic. nrlil be at t t t , . ; t , Charleston for the opening of the season there. He will ride for N. K. Beal. his old employer. Theodore Coles Pas been engaged to train for llnnier Breckenridge the Plncaatle. Fa., sportsman. lie will bare a number of Roehampton twu-yeni o is ,, In lag lo the la.es llevt s -asdll. .I.m -k - .1 Hanover Is bad. fr I he west isiiin-; for the holidays. IL «ay« he .an .1.. 108 niainds md that he will lib- fn*e lame during the coming meeting at Charieetoa. Harrj Shannon, owner of The Gardener ahd i • • Jaiteus. who has been spending the holidays with his famlij in Brooklyn, has gone to Montreal. He intends io remain iu Canada until he takes up his 1 aoraea for their spring campaign. Vincent Powers, a few seasons ago the Iota most l rider m America, is meeting with great success riding i s., c taint r In Prance He reeeutlj wrote a i friend iu New York I tint in- funis plenty to do ami I that ho has freajnently won two ami three steeple .•has,- a day. lini.v .1. Liohoiz. who has a half Interest in old I Superstition, is looking about for suitable horses to add to his string.
