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ENTRIES FOR TWO 10000 RACES AND OTHER RICH KENTUCKY STAKES TO CLOSE TOMORROW Cincinnati O March 5 Entries for the richest list of stake events ever offered at one track in Kentucky will close Monday The Latonia Jockey Club has offered nine stakes to be run during its coming meeting carrying an aggregate added value of 27500 In addition to the Latouia stakes those at Douglas Park will close ou the same day Four stakes are to be decided at that meeting the feature being the Kentucky Handicap 10000 added addedHorsemen Horsemen who possess any horses of class can not afford to ignore the Kentucky circuit this season A man who owns a threeyearold capable of winning in good company would be displaying bad business judgment if he did not enter that colt or filly in the Derbys to be decided at Louisville and Latonia Not only has he a chance to win two 10000 Derbys but he cau run his horse in the 10000 Kentucky Handicap which is open to threeyearolds and over In addition to these stakes there are numer ¬ ous other fixtures which carry 2000 and 2500 added money that will be worth anywhere from 4000 to 5000 There is 110 other circuit in America which can show such attractive offerings and it is likely that practically all the really great horses of the country will be seen in action iu Kentucky this season There really seems to be good reason for expecting that it will turn out to be the banner year for Kentucky racing Sixtyone days of the sport have been sanctioned by the Kentucky State Racing Commission divided as follows followsLexington Lexington Thursday April 22 to Wednesday May 5 12 days daysChurchill Churchill Downs Saturday May S to Friday May 21 12 days daysDouglas Douglas Park Saturday May 22 to Saturday June fi 13 days daysLatouia Latouia Tuesday June S to Monday July 5 24 days daysFor For the Drst time in the history of racing in Ken tuck two Derbys each carrying au added value of 10000 will be run the first at Churchill Downs and the second at Latonia In addition to these two big stakes the Kentucky Handicap to be rim at Douglas Park ou Saturday May i also wirries an added value of 10000 Here is 30000 which one horse may win But the stakcs are nwt the only big prizes ou the Kentiiek circuit No purse of less than 000 is given at either of the Louisville tracks or at Latonia This gives the sellins platers a chance to do as well proportionately as the high class racers racersThe The nine stake events to be decided ab Latonia are areInaugural Inaugural Handicap threeyearolds and over one mile and onesixteenth 2000 added addedLatouia Latouia Derby threeyearolds one mile and cue half 10000 lidded liddedClipsetta Clipsetta Stakes twoyearold fillies five furlonirs 2000 added Merchants Selling Stakes threicyearolds and over one mile 500 added addedHarold Harold Stakes twoyearold colts and geldings five furlongs 2000 added addedQuickstep Quickstep Handicap threeyearolds and over six furlongs 2000 added addedValuation Valuation Stakes twoyearolds five and onaluilf furlongs 1500 added addedIndependence Independence Handicap threeyearolds and over one mile and threesixteenths 2500 added addedCincinnati Cincinnati Trophy twoyearolds six furlongs 4000 added addedFour Four fixtures are to be decided at Douglas Park during the spring meeting They are areKentucky Kentucky Handicap threeyearolds and over one mile and a quarter 10000 added addedMemorial Memorial Handicap threeyearolds and over six furlonirs 2000 added addedSpring Spring Trial Stakes twoyearolds five furlongs 2500 added addedSpeculation Speculation Stakes selling threeyearol Js aud over one mile and onesixteenth 1500 added addedManager Manager Haehnieister has representatives at Ha ¬ vana Juarez New Orleans Lexington and lioulsville to receive entries
