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THE LATONIA CHAMPIONSHIP Kentucky Jockey Club to Make It Americas Leading Race Breeders and Racing Men Wide World Over Aroused by Its Promise LOUISVILLE Ky July 12 With the running of the Latonia Championship at the Mllldale course next fall the richest turf event of this continent will l e decided This race for threeyearolds has an estimated value of 50000 and has no close rival on the American turf It soon will eclipse even the Kentucky Derby in importance in the opinion of Col Matt J Winn vicepresident and general manager of the Kentucky Jockey Club ClubThe The originators of the race have endeavored to keep pace with the growing desire for longdistance racing This desire has come from the knowledge that long route competition will improve the thor ¬ oughbred and the recognition of the love of the public for contests at longer distances than sprints sprintsTliis Tliis race in the fall will serve as a test of en ¬ durance similar to that provided by the Derby in the spring There will also be no excuse as to lack of condition as the starters will be thoroughly sea ¬ soned by spring and summer campaigning There will be no allowances colts and geldings will carry 122 pounds and fillies will have up 119 119In In many of the prominent stakes at shorter dis ¬ tances racing luck often figures A quick starter with an early turn of speed often goes out and beats superior opponents that suffer from inter ¬ ference But at one and threequarters of a mile staying capacity will tell The winner truly will be champion of the year yearWith With the announcement of this race in 191C breeders and racing men throughout the world were aroused over its promise Nominations came from every section of the United States and from Eng ¬ land and France It may have been counting your chickens before they hatch but breeders realized that the value of good performers would be greatly en ¬ hanced by eligibility to this rich stake Foals of 1910 were named and 471 nominations were made when the entries closed March 1 1917 1917INCREASE INCREASE VALUE OF THE ENTRY ENTRYAs As an example of the effect of this fixture on the value of a thoroughbred take the case of Eternal If owner McClelland was figuring on sell ¬ ing the son of Sweep would not the fact that he has a royal chance of annexing this 50000 race add thousands of dollars to his value This fact was foreseen by breeders of thoroughbreds and those 471 nominations were made with a subscrip ¬ tion of 10 accompanying each nomination nominationTo To this original subscription of 4710 is added 15000 by the Kentucky Jockey Club Other con ¬ ditions are If declared by January 1 1918 25 each if declared by January 1 1919 50 each all remaining after January 1 1919 100 each 250 additional to start startThe The second horse will receive 2500 the third 1000 and the fourth will save his stake The original nominator of the winner will receive 1000 the nominator of the second horse 500 and of the third horse 250 In addition to the huge values the owner of the winner will receive a gold cup valued at 1000 a gift of the Thoroughbred Horse Asso ¬ ciation by private subscription of certain of its members membersThis This stake was inaugurated by the Latonia Jockey Club and with the purchase of that organization by the Kentucky Jockey Club it was taken over witli a view to making it Americas leading fixture It is sure to prove the chief battle ground between the east and west Many owners do not care to hurry their charges for long route racing in spring but with a date such as that for the Latonia Cham ¬ pionship threeyearolds will have matured and will be seasoned for a real test of their speed and stamina
