Stupendous Turf Prizes: Kentucky Jockey Club to Distribute Over 00,000 Next Fall.; Lexington to Give 5,500, Latonia 39,500 and Churchill Downs 12,600., Daily Racing Form, 1920-07-03

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STUPENDOUS IURF PRIZES Kentucky Jockey Club to Distrib ¬ ute Over 500000 Next Fall Lexington to Give 55500 La ¬ tonia 339500 and Churchill Downs 112600 LATONIA Ky July 2 General manager Matt 7 Winn of the Kentucky Jockey Club has already formulated elaborate plans for the fall campaign of racing in Kentucky which will be inaugurated at Lexington September 18 and finish at Churchill Downs November 13 embracing fortysix racing days daysThe The assignment of dates as announced yesterday is us follows followsI I exington Sept 18 to Sept 2 1 days daysIHitonia IHitonia Sept 29 to Oct 30 28 days daysChurchill Churchill Downs Nov 2 to Nov 13 11 days daysNever Never before in the history of the sport in Ken ¬ tucky have horsemen had the opiwrtnnity to race for greater prizes than will be distributed by the Kentucky tracks The stupendous sums that will be given daily is bound to result in Kentucky becoming the racing Mecca of the country and should result in every crack racer in this country being seen in contests at some time during the various meetings held at Lexington Latonia and Louisville LouisvilleAn An idea of the immensity of the purse and stakes given tiiis year can be gleaned from the fact that it exceeds by 119000 the huge amount given last year and that was u Kentucky record distribu Next fall the Kentucky Jockey Club has ar ¬ ranged to give away 507000 in added money to its stakes and purses Last year 388600 was dis ¬ tributed tributedThe The distribution will be as follows followsLexington Lexington Two stakes having an added value of 7500 forty three purses of 51000 each and five of 1200 each total 55500 55500Latonia Latonia Eight stakes with a collective added money value of Y7r 00 188 purses averaging in added value each 1500 total 330500 330500Churchill Churchill Downs Four stakes having a col Vective added money value of 25000 seventythree purses amounting in all to SSTtiOO total 112tiOO


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