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RETURNS OF 1919 RACING % i Vast Sum of ,642,865 Distrib- . uted During Past Year. _ — * Increase in Values of Stakes and Purses Over 1918 More Than a Million Dollars. ♦ Ill. most remarkable feature in tlio racing era -paiea of 1919 was the vael Increase in tin- value of -lakes and panes .Ml- !!! . Ill gross this ; 1 1 1 1 « 1 1 1 1 1 • I t.i considerably more Una ■ million dollars, of the more important racing organisations the only one to know .i railing oiv in distribution, as compared with 1918, was the Baslaes* Mens League :it Hot Springs.. Ark., lmt the difference there was so small Hi ta I"- in gligible. Williont oxiH.it ion the others substantial lacrcaaea. Luteals lapping them all aaaa.fojx, lmiiv than doubling its tot.il of ,-899 in litis. It is no wonder that eastern owners I..11111I occasion to send their stars west in que-; at tin ricli pickings at l.atonia. The baU policy tried ill there brought abundant reward. The American public responds quickly to a bis: thing and. per-ii iving I bit; thing in what was being done at La-loiiia. thronged through its gates in Bach multitudes as lo bring in a big iirotit over ami above the lavish outlay there. As area the case in litis, the racing Was restricted to the tracks of the Caited Slates and tuba. There w:i. sume hone that the sport would he resumed in Canada, at least to the extent of fall meetings, but the autliorilies were adverse and nothing was done. It is expected that the track* acraaa the bonier will i e in ape ra visa in 1929. T.i- gales of Tijuai a hi r • kepi cloved by passport restrictions, but it is now announced that an extended meeting will begin there early la 1939. If the Canadian tracks do come in there will be a total distributed among winning owners nearly tin to the proaperoaa figures af MM and liioT. There was a geacral Increase la the aatpat of money in stakes and parses, number of racing ilnjs and number ef races run. A comparative statement of the three items dace l! a" follows: Year. Distribution. Kacing Days. No. Knees. IPUt M.M2.M3 9M 4.498 mis S.425.S47 919 SJhSfl 1P17 1.099,253 992 MM litDi :!.sij.iti 1.095 ti.iiits mi:. 2,959.987 899 5.4M HI14 2.994.525 iMti; :..s4!t Dti:j 2.920,993 999 i.. lof lata 2.391.925 959 ."..sttt; mil 2.337,957 1.M7 ..-sit 1919 2.942.833 l.Mi 9.394 1Mb 3.149.093 734 4.510 l.xts 4.SB1.991 821 s.aaaj 199? 5.375.554 1.M4 ti.-VJ v.tiiii :..4jii.:;si l.Mi MM From the above tabulation it will be observed thai the increase in money won over litis is the great sum of ,217,318, and the total distribution was mole than in any year since l!ll7. It will be .1 interest to learn the part played by the various race eaaraea in making possible the distribution of su -h a vast sum during the course of one years va.ing. The largest sum given at any one meeting in IMS was at Latoaia 52,899 being distributed during the period of racing from Jaae 4 to July ... Laurel wa I s, coml in this resnect. giving S.Us.:!s4 .lining its October meeting. The following tabulation gives the details of the number id days of i ach meeting in Htlil. number of races run and the total money distributed at each: -• % § Track and Date. ?2 = v od Now Orleans. .Ian. 1 March 4.. .".4 :!7s $ 206,950 llavuna. .Ian. 1 -April 0 80 S01 283,393 Jefferson 1ark .March 5-13 10 »i!l S0.5M tlaklawn. March 13-Aaeil Is... :!» isn 114.IMHI Howie, April 1 April 15 1:1 il 7-"..4Di llav. de Grace, Anr.M-Aar. M. U i»l M.M8 UMlBStoa, April L4-May s l:| PI S.t.lt::! lim;ico. May I -May 17 15 103 138,562 Churchill Downs. Mav lO-Sl... 10 134 225,000 Jamaica. Mav loMay 21 li * IM51 Arlington. Va.. May HO May M •"• I* MM i.eiitlenieus Driving lark Baltimore; May Lit-04 ., S3 M.tKMI i.eliiionl Park, May 22 June 11. 1s Ills 1H4.4SJ V Ibin- lark Tor. t Mav L I 1 1 3.370 llag.rstown. iMil.l May 27 31 . .". :4 11. Hid i larksburg. W.Va.i Jaae :. 7. •". 21 OJMO l.ai.nia. June I .Inly .". Ls lilt; 132.860 Jamaica. June 12 June -Jl !t 1 79,341 1. Iinont lark Term.. June 14 June J! 2 12 11,023 A.|iicduct. June 2:1 July II 17 192 133.017 Iidii.ali Kyi. July :; July 5. :l 13 2,750 l.ibertwille. July 4 July St :! is 7.77.41 i inipire it.. lul.v 12 -inly :tl . . 17 192 lu7.lt::i Mt. Sidling K..i. Jnlj 23 2ii. 4 11 1.723 .sai.itoga. Angus! 1-AiiaiM :5ll Lti 1".s Ills.::-,, lheri*nae Wyo.l, Aug. 2 28... 19 US 27.390 Uhbutd iKy. i. Aug. i:;-Aug 10 4 11 1.800 Lesion on K ..l.K liri.Aug 1s-l:i 8 Is 3.330 r.elmon; lark Terminal. Align, i :;n Sept m i»r •; i 12 0.939 1 : 1 1 1 • I.ollliels iM.mt.l. Si pi. 1. 1 2 950 iivingion ir.lue tiraaa Fair, September 1-9 • 32 16.2M I .uioiiium. Sept. 1 Sept. li -". :;.", l!J.12i IV luiont lark. s,pt. I -Sept. 13 12 72 149,813 Havre de Grace, Sept. 11-30... 17 11!l 183.823 Lexiactao, Sept. 13-Srpt. 29... 7 l".t .4 :;«!2 i:. in. Sept. 13-Oct. 4 Hi 1-2 26.359 Aipieduct. Bept. I.", s.pt 2. ... 12 72 104 ISO Latoaia, Kept. 21-tict. is 22 154 316.432 Jamaica. Sepi. 29 -Oct. 11 12 "- 86,325 laurel, let. I -Oct. 11 27 ls;» :ls 3g| Richmond ia.i. Hit. 7 Oct. 11 5 22 7.72.i Umpire City, Oct. 13-Oct. 23... 12 72 ss.m Ki.se Tie. Pa. I, Oct. 22-23. ... - Ht 3,150 hiiichill Downs. Oct. 23-Nor. 1 it »$ 82,840 limlico. N.iv. 1 Nov. IS 11 77 197,513 Bowie, Nov. 14 Nov. 2!t 14 its 111.95] Total* 080 4.408 ,042.Mi5
