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MARYLANDS RICH FUTURITY English Critic Likes the Mare Faiffrf Clause of the New Two-Year-Old Stake. The Pimlico Futurity, entries foriSdvhich closo November 8, continues to attract attention abroad, as the following article in the London Sportsman from the pen of "Special Commissioner" will be of particular interest cn this side of the water: It will be noted that the criticism of -making . barren mares liable for entrance fee has beeii met I by a ruling of the Maryland Jockey Club that "should a mare entered, in the Pimlico Futurity of 1923 prove barren, slip foal, or not. produce a live foal, fees paid on such entry will be refunded, provided proper notice is sent to the Maryland Jockey Club. Commenting on the clause; Mr. Allison says: "Writing of yearlings and foals, I am reminded that an attractive race in the United States of America is advertised by the. Maryland Jockey Club. This is the Pimlico Futurity Stakes, with 0,000 added, to be run in the autumn of 1921. This Is for now yearlings to enter by November 1. For the corresponding races in 1922 and 1923 entries can be made for now foals, and for mares in foal, the . latter being entered, of course, as for a Produce 1 Stakes. "The entrance fee is 0, the only charge except I the starting fee. American buyers of young stock have been much in evidence during the last few I years and only the other day Mr. John Sanford bought two high-priced yearlings, so that it may be good policy for breeders to make entries for this race. The conditions are interesting, involving as they do a triennial scheme, but always for two-year-olds; whereas our old-fashioned triennials I rarely, if ever, work out satisfactorily, the third j year being only too apt to result in a walk-over or , J a mere semblance of a race between two or three .runners. I commend this American scheme to the I I attention of clerks of the course In this country. If I may criticize the American conditions of the race, I it would be to suggest that, so far as brood mares go, the entry fee of 0 for the third rotation of the , , race is a mistake. , They sliould not be liable for any payment unless they prove to be in foal, that being the invariable rule iii our produce stakes. If it is possible, in the time, this part of the scheme ought to be altered, as I feel sure that so far as entries of mares in England go the third year of the race will be a failure. Ten dollars is not a I large sum to pay, it is true, but as Angus McAllister says in Engaged, Twa puud is twa pund especially when paid out for a mare which may prove to be barren. The average breeder likes to have a foal in existence before he pays for having entered him."
