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Here and There on the Turf Classics and the Turf Influence on Breeding Matt Winn Builder Stakes at Lincoln Fields Such races as the Kentucky Derby the Preakness Stakes Belmont Stakes and Lawrence Realization Stakes are reasons for the tremendous and constant ¬ ly growing popularity of racing They are the races that make the turf endure and they are races that will ever have a tremendous and direct effect on the thoroughbred breeding industry that is back of the whole scheme Apart from this big solid thing the industry they are races that show the sport in its best guise and races that will ever make racing the greatest of all sports sportsNot Not a turfman but places the glory of a victory far an away over the pecuniary gain that comes from taking the race and not a turfman but would spend twice the rich award to breed or purchase a colt worthy of winning They are races that have attracted men of wealth to racing and races that have induced the importation of the best thoroughbreds available availableBoth Both stock horses and mares are sought with the sole purpose of be getting a winner of such a coveted race and thus it is that the whole scheme of the production of thoroughbred horses is benefitted beyond measure There never has been a breeder no matter how small who has not dreamed of producing a champion and these are the races for champions The winning post is the only test and there is only one Kentucky Derby one Preakness Stakes one Bel ¬ mont Stakes and one Lawrence Realiza ¬ tion Stakes each year but many are bred in the hope of taking one or all of the races Thus it is that even those who strive earnestly only to be beaten re ¬ main sterling horses and horses that carry on after their racing days are over in the hope of begetting the winner of the same great race in which he himself failed In this fashion there is a constant cycle of effort in the thor ¬ oughbred world with the racing so closely intertwined with breeding the wonder of it is that there ever should be found any one anywhere who could conscientiously oppose the racing of horses It is too big as a sport and too big for all that is back of the sport to be the subject of attack from fairminded Matt Winn who has done so much for racing everywhere that he has applied his talents and his untiring energy has built an enduring monument to his genius nt Churchill Downs in Louisville Year after year this wonderful racing ground has been enlarged and beautified until each year it seems impossible that more can be accomplished yet the fol ¬ lowing year it is found that it has been done doneWith With an uncanny skill in utilizing every foot of space and the acquiring of adjoining property new stands appear while the old ones are remodeled look ¬ ing to the better comfort and convenience of the crowds This year vast improve ¬ ments appeared and already Colonel Winn is busily planning for other changes that are to appear for the 1928 racing And it must be remembered that all of this is done for one day of rac ¬ ing The entire course is built around Derby Day It is the only day in all the racing year that there is reason for such vast accommodations but Winn is noth ¬ ing if not thorough and he is always striving to take care of the peak crowd with the greatest comfort for the crowd that is possible possibleWith With the tremendous appeal of the Kentucky Derby it is hard to keep apace with these crowds each May but Winn has done so to a full degree than ever seemed possible and he will continue to build and improve for this one day in all the year yearAnnouncement Announcement that has been made for the stakes of the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club at its Chicago course makes cer ¬ tain racing of the best character in this city through the thirtyseven days of the meeting that continues from July 2 until August 13 There are eight big stake races in the list and nominations are to close with the club at Crete 111 on June 8 8The The big race of this meeting is the Lincoln Handicap at a mile and a quar ¬ ter to which 25000 is added and it is for threeyearolds and over overThe The La Salle Handicap at a mile and threesixteenths also for threeyearolds and over is second in importance while the other special features each have 5000 added and they include three spec ¬ ials for twoyearolds twoyearoldsThere There is no stake race exclusively for the threeyearolds but doubtless better results will be obtained by inviting them to race against the older horses And it is commendable that in the stake list there is only one race for other than twoyearolds that is over a lesser dis ¬ tance than a mile mileCol Col Matt Winn and his associates have made elaborate preparations for this second meeting at the beautiful Lincoln Fields course and with the other meet ¬ ings at Washington Park and Hawthorne Chicago will be furnished with racing such as was seldom offered before even in the old days of turf prosperity when Chicago was one of the most important of racing points
