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HAVANAS RACING PROGRAM Book for First Ten Days of Winter Racing issued Purse Offerings Tell Story of ofGrowing Growing Importance of ofCuban Cuban Racing Cincinnati b Octolier 31 Martin Xathansyn of Chicago racing secretary for the CiibaAmcricnn Jockey Club whose winter race meeting of one hundred or more days duratioil has been announced to begin on Thanksgiving day November 2S at Oriental Park has issued the program book for tin first ten days of the meeting meetingThe The purse offerings tell the story of the rowii importance of Cuban racing in a striking maunei Tin minimum purse in accordance with the recent announcement of General Manager II D Brown advising American horsemen of a generous increase in all purse and stake values at the Cuban trarlv luring the approaching season is fixed at 530 Kit this by no means is the limit For instance on the opening day the offerings include one purse f SMIO and two of 000 in addition to the tiiiee of tin minimum value bringing the total for tin day entirely in overnight purses to s3500 s3500Kilt Kilt this even does not represent the maximum tally offering On the tenth day of the meeting i which falls on Sunday the purses will aigregac sHUWt un V the aggregate for the ten days covcCJ1 liy Uie liook is exactly 30200 entailing a daily average of slightly more than 3000 This word make all tin purses average over SOOO and the average is likely t increase as the meeting pro ¬ gresses so that taking into consideration the add1 tional distribution which will be made through the valuable stake program the running of which will not begin until Christinas day it may conservatively figured that the horsemen who patronize Culuin rciiig this winter will share in the distribution of a sum not falling far short of 400000 if the season runs for only the hundred days announced is the minimum If it should l e continued Inyond ihc hundredday minimum which was the case last winter it may exceed 40O WO WOAMERICAN AMERICAN COLONY VTXLL BE LARGE LARGEIt It is no wonder with the incentive offered by this tempting program to say nothing of lie pleasures ind other advantages held out by a sojourn in the Meal winter climate of Cuba that American horse ¬ men are planning to participate in Cuban racing this year in greater numbers than at any time since the introduction of racing in Cuba under its present auspices in 1915 Almost to a man the Americans who participated in last years successful meeting at Oriental Park are planning to return to Cuba nnd they will IK reinforced by many who have lieen vop over by the glowing reports brought back to this oiintry by Hiose whose privilege it has been to pass a winter in Cuba CubaGeneral General Manager II D Brown who has returned within a few days from a trip to Havana where he inspected the progress of improvements under ¬ taken during the summer for the further embel ¬ lishment of the lieaiities of Oriental Park is now circulating among the horsemen and conferring wMh them over plans for the transfer of their stables to Cuba during the next few weeks He has sent vord of his intention to make a trip west to eou fer with horsemen quartered in Kentucky in the near future futureThoso Thoso horsemen contemplating a trip to Cuba should not overlmik the fact that thirteen valuable stakes ranging in added money from 1200 to 2000 will close for entries on Monday next Jaui s Milton assistant manager of Oriental Park i attending to the interests of the association among the horsemen racing in Maryland while Frank J jnioii is performing a similar service at Latonla
