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CUBAN GOVERNMENT TO ENCOURAGE BREEDING BREEDINGOF OF THOROUGHBREDS BY ESTABLISHING A ARICHLY RICHLY ENDOWED ANNUAL STAKE FEATURE 15y J R Jeffery JefferySaratoga Saratoga X Y August 22 II D Brown gen ¬ eral manager of the CubaAmerican Jockey Club who has iHcn spending a few days hereabouts has been busily engaged while here in conferring with horsemen who are anxious to race in Cuba during the coming winter At this time it looks as if the movement of horses to Cuba in will be a recordbreaker Some import stable whose colors have never been seen in Cuba are among those for which reservations have al ¬ ready btn besjioken Their owners have either investigated for themselves the advantages of a winter in the ideal Cuban climate or have been influenced to plan a winter campaign there by the glowing reports of those who have participated in Cuban nicing nicingManager Manager I5rown brought back from Cuba the news of an exceedingly important movement on the part of the Cuban government to establish and endow a rich race for the purpose of encouraging the breed ¬ ing of thoroughbreds and the building up of a breed ¬ ing industry on the island towards which a start has already been made by President Menocal and other influential Cubans CubansA A bill appropriating 10000 annually for a race to be known as the Cuban Grand Xatkmal Prize has already passed the senate aiul has gone to the loyer house of the Cuban congress for concurrent action when that body resumes its sittings in November next This bill provides that the race shall In rur in Xovcml er of each year and that during its first thrcu years duly registered thoroughbreds from any part of the world will be eligible to compete except that geldings are barred and no contestants may be more the five years old It is further pro ¬ vided that to be eligible for this race candidates must be registered in the office of thoroughbred records which it is proposed to establish under the supervision of the Cuban secretary of agricul ¬ ture commerce and labor in February preceding the running of the race Proof nyijt be submitted of the thoroughbred descent of such horses from sires and dams of at least three generations generationsAfter After the Cuban Grand National Prize has been run three years it is provided that the contestants shall be confined to Cubanborn thoroughbreds not older than four years having a complete pedigree of their thoroughbred lineage for three generations properlv registered within thirty days of their birth at the Cuban thoroughbred records oflice As during the three open runnings of the race geldings will be barred It is provided that horses having won another such national event either in or out of Cuba shall not be eligible to enter for this race The minimum weight to be carried is fixed at 115 pounds Fillies and mares will receive an allow ¬ ance of five pounds Horses owners trainers and jockeys participating in the race will bind them ¬ selves to all conditions of the special law establish ¬ ing the race and to observe all rulings in connection therewith made by the management of the tnick where it is run Tins secretary of agriculture com ¬ merce and labor is empowered under the provisions of the bill to appoint an authorized representative to act for him in all matters connected with the running of the nica nicaThe The nresident of the republic is deputized to des ¬ ignate annually the track when the race shall be run If there is no racing in Cuba the bill confers UIMIH him the authority to select a track in the United States for the decision of the race Im ¬ mediately the official verdict of the stewards of the track where the race takes place is given the president of the Cuban Republic or his authorized representative will present the purses to the owners of the winning horses The pnrse money is to lie divided as follows 10000 to the winning horse 4M0 to the second horse 1500 to the third horse and 500 to the breeder of the winning horse horseIt It is the expectation of the backers of the bill who include some of the most influential leaders of the Cuban Republic that it will bo enacted into law in November and that it will give a decided impetus to thoroughbred breeding on the island which is the object aimed at It affords an eloquent testimonial of the hold thatrthe racing md breed ¬ ing of thoroughbreds has gained in Cuba in the short time since the introduction of the sport there in imr
