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,000 IS MINIMUM PURSE Offered by Thistle Down Jockey Club for Their Initial Meeting Next August. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 25. One thousand dollar purses will be the minimum that horsemen are to race for at the initial meeting of the Thistle Down Jockey Clubs meeting next August. This statement was made today by J. McMillen, local contractor and turfman. In addition to the minimum purse offering, Mr. McMillen stated that the offering for handicaps and stake events will range from ?1,500 to ?10,000. Quarters to accommodate S00 horses are to bo provided at the new course. It is Mr. McMillens intention to make the plant one of the best in the west, and he stated that no expense is to be spared by the new association in their efforts to attract the best class of thoroughbreds available to tho first meeting. It has been decided to make the course 90 feet across on the front stretch and 75 on the rear straightaway. It is believed by oflicers of the new organization that this space will provide room for as many as twenty horses to start in a race. Provision for the grandstand, to seat G.000 spectators, as well as 3,500 more in the clubhouse and on the lawns and benches, will be made, according to Mr. McMillen, who is the principal owner of the Thistle Down Jockey Club.
