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* * NEW LOUISVILLE JOCKEY CLUB CONTINUES ITS USUAL LIBERAL POLICY TOWARDS HORSEMEN f Louisville. Ky.. March 28. Before leaving for New York, from whi.-h city, accomiiauled by Judge Charles 1*. Price, he will sail next Monday tor a three-weeks Invest iga thai in England. Prance, Berlin and Belgium, ol racing rondlrtoBs and tbe operation of Ike pari niui mi system of wagering. Col. M. I. Winn, general manager of the New Looisvlile Jockey t "I ii i . sent to the nominators for the stakes to be ran this spring at Chnrcbill Dowas * letter setting forth the clubs attitude with reference to l recent ruiinjr of the Kentucky State Ka in.r Couunie sion. The communication i- s4-lf-explanat.ry and follows: liui-ville. Ky. March LT. IMS. •Dear Sir On l""lu nary 1. the New Louisville Jockey Club opened ten stake-, ss customary, to be run for at il- -iiin iuc-Iuiu. and closed lln-m on March I. The-- -takes were origlnsllj created la former years for the purpose of covering a period of racing extended over Iwout.v -live day-. ••When tie- spring nwetlag was rednceil to thi.tecn days, the tiiananenunt. wishing lo perpetuate these events, and heiieviug that ten slake- were better than live, and also that it would !»• to I he beat interests not only of the htsrsetnea, hot of the club and the turf in general, decided :•« retail all of them, and apportioned si l.iMhi of added money. which was considered no! on1.. eajaitaMe. Put liberal. ••hurchiil Downs ha; at all times accorded Hie ham in cm liberal and fair treatment, and in pa-i year- baa la na- d it- |torsea and stakes beyond tin- requirement of rule-. It baa always believed |u sharing ii- prosper! tj with those win helped to make it: and in the yi-ais to came thii. -hall he no del iaiion froiu this course. •Since tie dosing of our sprhig s:a!,.-s. |br K-mi tncky State Uacing IaMnmisalou has passed a nil" that ii" -take with the exception of ndlingl s .all be given to which Is aiMril a sum •■•• p-.s than 92.000. The Niw louisrillc -leckey lluh Was als . reipiesleil l». tin p :iin;i — ion to either i.u reuse ibe added moneys to meel such requirements, or to de- clare the -lake- oft "The Former com—-, in Ike opinion of the rink, would he inipra -licahle. and the latter one an in iip-tie,. i i the horsemen, who. belug satisfied with the amounts added, had entered la good faith. The cluh has decided, therefore, to retain six of the , — mp slakes, which shall conform to the rule of the coin -ion. and lo substitute purses of .MN» each for the four which are herewith discontinued, or declared oil. namely, he Churchill Downs Handicap. Louisville Handicap, Bashford Manor Slakes and Debutante Staki-s. "That the horsemen, however, who entered these foiu event- -hall in no wise -ulTcr by such course. the conditions of these purses referred to. and the amounts added thereto, shall be the same in every detail as those of the stakes discontinued. TOO other puises also shall md be limited to tbe 1913.shU0 requirement, hut shall he increased beyond former years. On Barky day a total of $.v:hh» in ad. hd monev shall be given. Including ,000 for the Kentucky Derby, one 00 purse, one *"ih» parse and three 1913.sh00 burses. On each of the other days, in addition to the stakes, there shall Ik- one or more purses ranging from «« to *1.0 K each. "Tho cluh wishes to thank you for your entries to our stakes, and to return to you herewith our check covering your subscript ions to tb.- four which have been discontinued. "Trusting that this course, which we believe to lie not only unseltisb but considerate, will meet with your approval, Respectfully Yours. •NEW KOI ISVII.I.K JOCKEY CLUB. "M. J. Winn. Manager." Colonel Winn said: "The New Louisville Jockey cluh ha- invariably pursued a progressive ami Inderal policy. The club ha- always increased purse- without being requested to do so. Last season we gave f:t,!S! l a day for fifteen days, which was an increase of ,000 a day over the preceding year. The tinal two weeks last year pur-e value- were and in 1911 we increased paints twice darling the year. A few rears ao fall purses were 00. Now we shall give on an average of ,000 each of the thirteen dav of the meeting which begum on May 10. The New Louisville Jockey Club is not only perpetuating the Kentucky Derby and Oaks, but is retaining the Clark stakes as a tribute lo Col. M. Lewis Clark, who did more for racing in Kentucky and the United States than any other American livin* or dead."
