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NEARLY HALF MILLION DOLLARS ALREADY. Close to a half million dollars in stakes and purses have, been distributed to the horsemen since the first of the year. Tlie Business Mens League of New Orleans contributed SINK. 410 of that sum luring the forty -four days of the third suecessful meeting held under its auspices at the old Fair Grounds track. The Cuba -American Jockey Club, which operates beautiful Oriental Park at the outskirts of Bavi ina. aha. is responsible for 1121,900, while the Lower California Jockey Club curving on a most successful meeting at Tijuana. Hex., across the bonier from S.-m Diego. Cab. has given a number of valuable stakes and a daily program of 00 purses, to the value of jITt.Wt The Juai •z Jockey flub. vl tea was bread to abruptly terminate its meeting owing to adverse conditions along the harder, contributed S35.RM4. Propitious indications indeed to support the belief and prediction of lead ing turfmen that the year 1917 will go down in turf history as the most prosperous and successful since n-orossioiiary laws nearly killed the sport a few years back.
