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CONSERVING WESTERN TWOYEAROLDS TWOYEAROLDSKentucky Kentucky Policy in Offering Larger Prizes for Older Hcrsos LOI ISVILLE Ky April 1 It has never been the pylicy of racing associations in Kentucky to tempt horsemen to destroy the usefulness of val ¬ uable thoroughbreds by offering in springtime a great array of slakes of high value for twoyear olds and the Kentucky Jockey Club is not depart ¬ ing from this established lllne Cras custom customThe The new specials that have been added to the program for Kentuckys sixty days of spring and summer racing sixty days of sport that will be signalized by the distribution 11110111 horsemen of somewhat more than S700000 the Proctor Kuott Handicap of 5000 to be run at Churchill Downs and the Ten Proeck and Daniel Itoone Handicaps of 50UO and SNUJOO respectively to be run at Latonia are to be races for horses of mature years and full development Moreover the most notable increases in tin values of old stakes have been in such races as the Clark Handicap which is run annually at Churchill Downs and the Independence Handicap an old Latonia fixture The purpose of tin Kentucky Jockey Club in increasing the values of the Clark and the Independence and instituting the Proctor Kniitt the Ten Proeck and the Daniel Poone is to encourage the saving of promising thoroughbreds for better things than mere twoyearold sprints which oftener than not are decided by the starts The Kentucky Jockey Club makes its strong bid for firstclass twoyear old racing in the autumn when the contestants are sufficiently mature to stand really hard tests testsThe The directors however realize that a reasonable amount of twoyearold racing in spring and sum ¬ mer is essential for the balancing of programs and because of this fact a series of juvenile fea ¬ tures for the Lexington Louisville and Latonia meetings were opened These have filled aston ¬ ishingly well and carry the promise of edifying sport Lexingtons specials will be the Hinata and the Idle Hour sprints of a half mile each with SiOOO added money Churchill Downs juvenile attractions will be the Debutante a vOUO lash of a half mile for fillies and the Itashford Manor and Spring Tril r00 races of four and a half furlongs the former for colts and geldings the last named for youngsters of all sorts Iitonias twoyearold attractions will be the S IW Clip setta fiveeighths for fillies the 100 Harold fiveeighths for colts and geldings and the Cin ¬ cinnati Trophy of fiCOJ threequarters for colts fillies and geldings In all X3li000 out ot a total of 171iIO is not too much to hang up in stakes for the twoyearolds in a season of sixty days of April May and June racing racingThese These Kentucky specials of 1920 have attracted more and perhaps better youngsters than any group of western twoyearold features of past years ever drew The Hinata attracted seventy eight nominations the Idle Hour ninetyseven the Debutante 1U7 the ISashford Manor 147 the spring Trial 187 the Clipsetta US the Harold 145 and the Cincinnati Trophy 1S1
