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I * v : it J I I 1 1 x :l 1 8 is a I 1 :l " " n I ii t i . li p t h p r I KENTUCKYS RICH STAKE PROGRAM Racing Associations of Blue Grass State Make Formal Announcements of Valuable Events. Elsewhere in ihis edition of DaUy Raciag Form will be found formal advertisement of Hie conditions of the -tak-s for spring racing offered by ihe , u Louisville Jo.ke.v club. Uouglas Park Jockey Club mii.I Latonia Jockey Club. Collectively they are :i distinct Improvement iu value over the Kentucky stake program of last year. The most radical change in the proposal- ,,t the senior organzatioii. he .New Louisville Jockey lull, is in connection with the time-honored Kentucky Derby. Since istn;. 10 and including lasl year, this event ha- been of ihe guaranteed value of ,000, of which the win n.-r- portion was |4,850. Tula year it is of the added value of ,000 and it is quite probable thai may in -t ihe winner more than in anv year marking hs previous history, this being Ihe ,460 whi.-h fell io ivd Corrigan in I8N0 when RUey came home first in advance of Hill Letcher and Robes pi.ri.. That year, it had but 500 added and had 1 . ;-t;li i: s. :f v.l-irh . ihiy mi piil f. if.-it - and :ne wms void. It is in keeping with the historical dig-uily of the race thai il- value -hould be increased and it is to Ik.- hoped that nest year it may l.e -fill furthet advanced. The other events offered by the club are tbe Ken lucky Oaks. Clark Handicap, Louisville Handicap. Churchill Howns Handicap. Frank l.-hr Stakes. To-bnrco siak.-. Bashrord Manor Stakes, Debutante Slakes and Juvenile Stakes, lo each of which .ihih added. Entries to all of the stakes offered close at midnight of Saturday, March 1. and are to be mailed io Lyman ll. i avi-. •ecretary, Louisville, Ky. Kentucky racing is secure I.v established and pi-ot. . t.-d by law, its returns In stake- and nurses are good and the advisability from a business point of vi.-w of making liberal nominations to the stake-now offered is Mo obvious as o call for not especial urging. John Hachmelster. general manager of both the Latonia ami Douglas Park tracks, recently electri Bed horsemen by the announcement of stake programs f.,r ihe coming si, ring meetings at the two irack- far in advance of anything lhat had been expected. The practical result will he thai Hie borses raced over the Kentucky tracks in 1913 will probably win an aggregate in money in exec-- of that won in any previous year of KeatUCfcy racing. Mr. Hachnieisii-rs move was sagacious ami for the lieiieniien of racing. Such liberality is always ap-preciale.l by Ihe racing public and increased gale receipts will .- certain to attest its punwhuity. four -lake races have been provided for the Douglas Park spring awe* lug. the ■anal important ami t I i I i ! I i I t i • i i i I I i tin- ino-t valuable lew event instituted in ibis conn ir.v in many years is the Kentucky; Handicap at i mile and a quarter for three y.a: olds and UVwr, with SlO.lHHi added. This will Is- sure lo attract ihe cream f the handicap borses of lie- ITnlted siaies an. I an attendance rivaling that ol Kentucky Derby dnv. The Spring Trial st.lkfs for twoyeai .Id-, with .."ilh added, will be the Holiest Loiii-ville event for horses of thai age ami should net the winner done lo ,000. ihe oilier two .vent-. the Memorial Handicap and the Speculation Siak. -each have the good endowment of ,500 add., I The Latonia slake program has been .hanged i .ml enriched in quite reaaar table fashion. From ,500 * added lasl y.ar. the i.aiouia Derby has been ad I van. i-il I.. 1913.sh,000 added and should receive the noiui nation ..t every good I hree-yeer-oid in the conn try. Tbe Memorial Handicap ot la-i year has disappeared. bin its plao i- taken i.v the Inaugural Hamli.-ap at the -am. distance, with sl.m.ii added. The ur k -tep Handicap, with ,000 added. Valuation Siak -. wiih si. .-,uii added, an. I ihe Independence Handicap. wiih .5011 add.. I. ale important neu addition- t" the ira.k- -lake program and such old-established favorites as the Harold Stakes. Cllpsetta Stake- and inclnnail rropby have each had their endowmeni in add.-.i i ,- v exactly ihtublMl. Tti ejdtomiae tin- matter. Ihe l.,ioi,ia J,, .-key i Inh added ,500 lo the si stak.-s of iis -priug meeting last year. To it-nine stake races .-i ilu- years spriag meeting, it add- 2,500. "Fair Latonia. is one of the tine-i race tracks in the country and i- now coming int.. n standing h should iiav-- attained long ago. The entries to both the Douglas Hark ami Latonia events close fot entries, Satnrday, March K. The comtit ,oiis oi the -takes are printed in the advertising department of lotlays Daily Raciag Form and they are oiilall- i oiiinieii.il .1 lo owners and trainers east ami west.
