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INCREASE OF 00,000 OVER 1934 Churchill Downs and Latonia Offering Richer Prizes This Year Latonia Derby to Be Mile and One-Quarter, With 5,000 Added LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 5. Increases in stakes and purses at Churchill Downs and Latonia this spring, announced here today by Col. M. J. Winn, president of the American Turf Association, will add approximately 00,000 to the aggregate for the two tracks over last year. "No purse at the two Kentucky tracks will be less than 00 and the Value of the Latonia Derby, tentatively scheduled for renewal on Saturday, June 1, will be 5,000, an increase of ,000 over last year,". Colonel Winn said. Some time ago announce- Jment of a 0,000 increase in the added value of the Kentucky Derby was made by Colonel Winn. The famous Churchill Downs race, which will be run on Saturday, May 4 will have an added money endowment of 0,000. The 00,000 additional in purses over last year will be about evenly divided between the two tracks. Churchill Downs will run nineteen days, beginning April 27, while Latonia opens May 24 for a meeting of thirty-seven days. Purses for the first seven days of the Churchill Downs meeting will aggregate 7,100, an increase of about 24 per cent over last year, when 6,100 was distributed during the first seven days. The minimum for an eight-race program here will be ,300, but the daily average will be around 2,000. The schedule of purses for the first seven days here follows: First day: Three races of 00 value, three of 00, one of ,200, and one of ,500. Second day: Three of 00, four of 00, and one of ,000. Third day: Four of 00, two of 00, one of ,000, and one of ,500. Fourth -and fifth days: Same as the second day. Sixty day: Three of 00, four of 00, and one of ,000. Seventh, day: Six of 00, one of ,000, and the 0,000 Kentucky Derby. On account of the early date on which it will be run, the distance of the Latonia Derby will be one mile and a quarter, instead of one mile and a half. The race has been decided over the longer route ever since it was inaugurated as the Hindoo Stakes in 1883. It was given its present name in 1887. The customary ,000 additional to the Latonia Derby winner, if he or she has won the Kentucky Derby, again will be offered by the Latonia Jockey Club. Bluebeard, three-year-old star of William R. Coes stable, was the only Kentucky Derby candidate called upon for speed at Churchill Downs today. Some rain fell, but it held off until shortly before noon, Continued on twenty-second page. INCREASE OF 00,000 OVER LAST YEAR Continued from first page. and the Coe hopeful was favored with good underfooting. Trainer Clyde Phillips sent him five furlongs in 1:03, the quarter in :24, arid half mile in :49, and he galloped out three-quarters in 1:17. Tomorrow is workday for J. E. Wideners winter book choice, Chance Sun; J. J. Flanigans Chanceview, and Jouett Shouses Weston. James W. Parrishs Jawapa and Mrs. Hollis W. Ruders Blackbirder are the latest Derby nominees to reach this section. The latter arrived at Douglas Park yesterday, and the former, accompanied by nine stable companions, is at Churchill Downs, having unloaded about the same time. The two candidates last campaigned at Miami. Others in the Parrish stable, which is trained by John Goode, include the Kentucky Oaks candidate Scarp, Double R. and the two-year-olds Johnny Tight, Tenace, Morlute, Parrish Roach, Satin Wood and Grey Nose. The three-year-old filly Stricken and three unnamed two-year-olds come over from the Parrish farm at Midway tomorrow. Additions to the division of the William R. Coe stable that Clyde Phillips is training at the Downs include the youngsters Reunited. The Gong, Pompeys Squaw, Gorgeous Hussy, Primulus, Herondas and Pompeys Pillar. Others in the string- are the crack handicap racer Ladysman, which finished second in the Santa Anita 00,000 Handicap; Bluebeard, one of the ranking choices for the Derby; Semaphore, Fom-paria, Clean Out and Squeezer. Schooling of two-year-olds at both Churchill Downs and Douglas Park is under way. Starter William Hamiltons assistants yesterday inaugurated this tedious and important work. More than two score youngsters visited the stalls at Churchill Downs, and about half that number had. their first barrier lessons at the Beechmont course. Jockey Glen Fowler, who needs no introduction to racing fans, is slated to do the riding for the stable of racing commissioner William E. Smith. He reported to trainer Jack Weaver yesterday and will assist in preparing the large Smith string for the season. Likewise, Sora, King Cicero and Felawake, the latter a half brother to the "morning glory" Knockaway, are among the ten horses Weaver is conditioning for the president of the Standard Oil Company of Kentucky. Mrs. F. C. Mars Milky Way Farms Stable, headed by the Derby eligibles, Whiskolo, Gallaclay, Blue Armor and South Gallant, and the crack filly, Wise Daughter, is expected here from Arlington Downs within a few days after the close of that meeting. Trainer Bob McGarvey hopes to win the Texas Derby with either Whiskolo or Gallaclay. Harry S. Hart, with Leo J. Marks large stable, is another coming here from that Texas track. He may, however, take the stable to Lemar Stock Farm near Lexington before moving into the Downs. The potential handicap racer, Peace Chance, winner of the coveted Belmont Stakes last year, is among the twenty-six horses trainer Pete Coyne left at Joseph E. Wideners Elmendorf Farm. According to Coyne, Peace Chance is something of a "cinch" to stand training and racing this year. He is well engaged for the season. E. L. Fergusons Vitamin B., as grand a lokoirig horse as is in training or racing today, is at the head of that owner-breeders stable here. Fergusons son Charles is directing the conditioning of the menage. Vitamin B. was trained for the Derby last year but had almost every chance ruined when he ran loose practically all night following the stable fire on Derby eve.
