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0,000 BELMONT STAKES Westchester Association. Raises Values of AH Its Races. Futurity to Be Restored to Old Glory, as Richest of All Two-Year-Old Races. i BY C. J. FIT7, GERALD. NEW YORK. N. Y., November 4. The management of the Westchester Racing Association has determined upon a program of tests for American thoroughbreds, for years to come, which will be in keeping with the quality of the course over which they will be decided. Among the changes are a 0,000 guaranteed value for the Belmontv Stakes, the remodeling of the Futurity in a way that will make it the richest of the two-year-old prizes, and the framing of a great weight-for-age race at two miles, to be known as the Jockey Clubs "Gold Cup. The Westchester Racing Association will not disturb, the condition of the Belmont Stakes of 1921, which is closed, but, following its policy to encourage larger fields and give some interest to the nominator, will independently, after dividing the stakes in accordance with the conditions, present 00 to the second horse, 50 to the third horse, 50 to the fourth and to the nominator of the winner ,000, and to the nominator of the second home 00. . It is fitting that the Belmont Stakes, one of-the oldest of the turf ornaments of this country. should retain its pride-. of place as a tandtr for iwyjw;4.1dsr- 4Tlf H "Isr the lirtenTKfc oV Hie management to, safeguard;, the race and its splendid traditions, isevineed by the fact that the guaranteed gross value of the Tace for 1922 will be 0,-000, of which ,000 will go to the second, ,000 to Hie third and ,000 to the fourth. The nominator of the winner and of the second horse, will receive ,000 and ,000 respectively, whether . they jire the owners of the horse or not when the rare takes place. The- running, of the Futurity of 1923 will be substantially along the same lines as in the early days . of the event. It will have an added value of 0,000, and it is confidently expecjed that the high water value record of 1890, when it was won by Potomac, witli Masher second, both from the Belmont stable, and was worth 7,000, will be surpassed. This will place the event at the pinnacle ot the country and on a par in value with the Grand Prix de Paris. There will be substantial, awards for the nominators of the mares producing the placed horses, ,750 in all going to this fund TO PROMOTE STAYING TYPE. There will be a strong appeal to all horsemen who want to, promote the production of the staying type of thoroughbred in the enlarged Jockey Club Stakes, which in the future will be known as the Jockey Clubs Gold Cup. Formerly this race had an added value of ,000, The Jockey Club and the Westchester Racing Association each contributing ,000, while the distance was a mile and a half. The Wsfchester management approached The Jockey Cltfe With a proposal to increase the added money to .0,000, if the governing body of racing would make "their donation in the shape of a ,500 gold cup. It was proposed to increase the distance to two miles, thus furnishing a stamina test comparative ,to the best of those offered abroad. To this The Jockey Club acceded and, as the race is at. weight-for-age, this is one event which should solve the question of supremacy among the three-year-olds and over every year. The Lawrence Realization at a mile and five-eighths is another Westchester prize, which has been materially enhanced in value. The race for 1923 will have an added value of ,500. The Suburban .Handicap will also have ,500 added value, while the Metropolitan Handicap, as well as the jnwtiUe" and WithersStakes, will each have ,000 added. j lull list of the stakes follows: Metropolitan Handicap, for three-year-olds and overeat one mile, ,000 added. Suburban Handicap, for three-year-olds and over, at ong wile and a quarter, ,500 added. Tobbgan Handicap, for three-year-olds and over, at tjireequarters of a mile,. ,000 added. Ladies Handicap, for fillies and mares, three-year-olds and over, at one mile, ,500 added. Harlem Selling Stakes, for fillies . and mares, three-year-olds and over, at three-quarters of a mile, 1000 added. Juvenile Stakes, for two-year-olds, at five-eighths of u wile, ,000 added. Keene Memorial Stakes, for two-year-olds, at five arid a half furlongs, 500 added. Fashion Stakes, for fillies, two-year-olds, at five-eighths of a mile, ,500 added. Bouquet Selling Stakes, forfillies, two-year-olds, at flveTeighths of a mile, ,000 added. Belmont Stakes of 1923, for three-year-olds, at one mile and three-eighths, 0,000 guaranteed. Withers Stakes, for three-year-olds, at one mile. ,000 added. Lawrence Realization Stakes of 1923, for three-year-olds now yearlings, at oue mile and five-eighths, ,500 added. Coaching Club Oaks, for fillies, three-year-olds, at one mile and three-eighths, ,500 added. Jockey Clubs Gold Cup, weight-for-age, for three-year-olds and over, at two miles, 0,000 and a gold cup of a value of ,500 added.
