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/ j , i i i GOOD NEWS FOR HORSEMEN OTHER ASSOCIATIONS WILL E0LL0W EXAMPLE SET BY DOUGLAS PARKS MANAGER. Directors of Kentucky Association at Lexington De. eide to Increase Stake Values for Spring Meeting — Churchill Downs to Follow Suit. Lexington. Ky.. Iehruary 1.1. — The executive committee of th - Kentucky Association, at its meeiiuK thi- morning, ratiaed the action of Secretary j. I . Wilson in raising ihe added money to four of the. stakes announced for Ihe forthcoming -priug men meeting from . i. ni -,, 30 i. conform with the Kentucky Stan- Baring Commissions proposed rule. fin- oiin-i stakes are for ,008 added. li was -lated lure today that President Charles P. Grainger ha- -aid that the New- Louisville .loekoy Club will also announce an increase in added mouey lo Its spring -lakes t.. coine within the provisions of tin- proposed rule Horsemen ami turf devotees generally in tlm section speak in highly t iimmi nilatmj terms of tU» voluntary action of Ueneral Manager John Hach-meistec in tin- inciter of the increases to the stakes announced last Sunday for the Latonia and Dongla-i Park -pring meetings. "Not so long ago." said Chairman Milton Young of the Kentucky State Racing Commission, "virtually everv horseman in the slate wanted something fearful lo happen to the Cella-Adi.-i I ill.— combination ami nearly all of the ran* goers in lliis section of the state were for runaiug ■hem mil of Kentucky. Now Mr. Hachmeister come- to the from with the most liherai stake offerings ihat have ever heen made hy any Hack management in the state and he did not have io lie goaded to ii."
