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WONDERFUL STAKE ENTRIES — ♦ — Kentucky Jockey Clubs Lavish Offerings Bring Big Response. Kentucky and Latonia Derbys Have Nearly Same Entry Lists — General Increases Shown. Money tells in raeiag as in other pursuit*;. The munificent stake offerings of the Kentucky Jockey club for the approaching spring ateetings at Lexington. Louisville and l.atonia have received entry Uata t ■--1 i ty inir abundantly to high appreciation on the pari f mtin, ai expn mi d in lavish snaai-lutioa* ■Wnea those nomination- arc ready far publication, us tiny aaaa will In-, it will be disclosed that nearly every desirable bane in the land is ini linlcd. the mc conspicuous except tea betas M:in o War. which lias been received for eastern raeiag. However, thai rircamstance is nut without its oi ui]iensatinn. in that it makes the rare* for l line year-olds more open affairs. One noticeable feature that the Kentneky and l.atonia Derbys have- praetieally the samri aaaaher of entries and bath show a ileeided gain over last year. Another is thai the atake race* for two-year-olds show great 1 1 1 re. isis oer ISM, a sufficient answer to fear expressed in vome quarters of a shortage of horses at thai age. The eontrast between t lie 147 tiomina- lions ,,r lasi rear to the jarea tity Handicap far tuo real olds at a mile and the 288 of thi- rear i- ipiite strikiag. This raee will be run at the I i Ionia autumn meet In**. I he new laces. Hie lice lor Km, it II lie:. p. at Churchill Downs and the l.atonia Oaks. Daniel Rootle Handicap anil Ten Jiroeek Ilandieap at La-tniiia. have drawn quick recognition and big entry list-. U.-i i-in-JT the Independent e Haniiieap from its .MMI addeil of last year to its 5,060 added of this year has hail iis due effect in an entry list ..f IM hors, -. a gala of forty-eight over 101!. It is pretty safe to saggcsl that it will take a higher rlaaa harae than lira-tie to win this now richest handicap of the American turf this year. To the winner will fall something in the eeighhur-i oid of 7,000 next July :i or •".. The l.atonia meeting will be a creat magaef this year. It could hardly I bitwise, with the following grand raaaparatiTe thawias of entries tor 1!»1! an I 1930: LATONIA. 191a lnjn. Iliisettil Stakes, two-year-olds fillies .111 W- Harold Stakes, two yea,- ..Ids ! • 143 , tiariaaati Trophy, t wo-yenr-old- US 181 l.atonia Derby, three ye-ir-u Ids 71 1 " ■ i l.alonia Oak-, three-year-ld fillies 88. ; Ten Broeck Handieap. three-year aid*.. .. 88 i lndepcn.ienee Handicap, three-. ear Id-am! over 83 108 i Daaiel Boone Handicap, three year-aids and over Ml Knquirer Handicap, three -year-aida ami ,.ver M Vi: . : Quickstep Handle:, ii. three -year obis anii arer •"".» 108 I Inaugural Handieap, three-year-olds anil over T.i 11! 1 Queen City Handieap, two-year-old* 1 • -••• Total number of entries S.M 1..M I I ■" i i— t running of the folk-wing stakes: The Luti.uia Oak-. The Ten Itroeefc sink.-. The Daniel Donne Handieap. c.m para lively the Churchill Down* patronage i-•ii a par with thai awarded Latntaia, and its enlr.v : 1* are: CHURCHILL DOWNS. IMS. 1820. Deluitante Stakes, two-year-old fillies. ..100 121 r.a-hfor.1 Manor Slake-, two -year-old eolt- !U 117 Spring Trial Rtakee, two-year-old* 127 182 , Kentaeky Derby, three-year eld- 7." kit Kentucky Oak-, three-year-atd fillies... . go 88 1 rod or Knott Handicap, Hire e-year old- . 77 Kentucky H dp. three-year-ohls and ever .".1 MO i I. nk Handicap, three real olds and over M 118 , Total numbi !• of eatrlea 580 !-l i First running of the Proctor Knot Handicap. No comparative atatesaeat is made for Lexlagtaa It- -take race-- an important aa.i keenly careted, but in a way the Lexington racing i- a preparation i -eiiool for the creator doing* to follow at Churchill I How n- and l.atonia. Tbone most vitally coneemed I .n itenl lu hare it so Lexington entries are • everything thai eouid be expected and. numerically, an-: liniaia Stakes, two year old Bllie* 7s I Idle- II.. in Stakes, use year-old* !»7 [ .-hlancl oaks, three-year-old till;.- :.:• ; Dine ilia-- stake--, three year old- •;:. : II a All II. nidi, .re :: year ■-!..- and over 08 ; Iamdea Handicap, three rear-olds and over 02 _. Total iiomber ..f eatrlea 100
