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OFFER 00,000 IN PRIZES Fair Grounds Plans 113 Bays of Racing During Cold Months. Purse Money Well Spread Out to Take Care of AH Classes of Horses Expected to Participate. NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct. 10. An aggre- gate sum of 00,000 in purses and jprize money will be distributed by the Louisiana Jockey Club in its 1938-39 winter meeting in New Orleans,, according to an announcement by general manager Robert S. Eddy, Jr. This will include twenty-three stakes, which range from ,500 to ,000 in value, and the Louisiana Derby, at 2,000 added, which is run on the last day of the meeting. The meeting runs over a period of 113 days, beginning Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24, and is expected to attract some of the leading stables of the country, according to the advance list of reservations in the hands of the management. The re- j quests are larger than any of previous years, racing secretary Dick Leigh says, due, no j doubt, to the desire of horsemen to race at this point, where there is an evenness of purse distribution. PRIZES FOR ALL. j Instead of a major stake at tremendous outlay which usually is captured by some of the richer racing establishments, the money is spread out in a finely divided purse arrangement which includes all horses, from the ,000 plater to the high-class handicap performer. This makes it possible for the many useful stables racing at the major tracks during the summer to pay expenses. It is pointed out that the total output by the Louisiana Jockey Club management approximates ,000,000, which is distributed in salaries, maintenance, purses and upkeep. This is subsequently spread around by horse- men, employes and others in the various business establishments of New Orleans. This figure does not include the added money j brought in by horsemen from other points j or by numerous tourists who come to the J Crescent City for the winter racing season. I It has been suggested by general manager . Eddy to the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association that it include a Sugar Bowl Handicap among its offerings during Sugar Bowl Week, which immediately precedes the new year. Eddy said that racing, which has been a tradition in New Orleans for 100 years, was part of the winter entertainment of the city and opined that racing would round out splendidly the already fine sports program. The sports program includes the annual football game, a tennis tourney, golf, track and field, and regatta offerings. I LOUISIANA DERBY. I The Louisiana Derby, which is one pf the j first of the important three-year-old events of the 1939 season, has received its f "st and second nominations. First is Torch Stick I fleet juvenile daughter of Torchilla, which ,has won four races in as many starts this year and runs under the colors of the Old iFoxStable, trained by the Dallas turfman E. E. Irby. The other nominee is Brodea two-year-old son of Brother Joe, one of the Idle Hour Farms former studs, which now is the property of Joseph Cattarinich, Canadian breeder. Brodea, which is a combination of Brother Joe and Dearinez, dam of the colt, has won three out of five starts this year and is being rested for the winter campaign in New Orleans. Racing secretary Dick Leigh announces that the condition books will be distributed during the coming week to horsemen around the country, and that the Fair Grounds will be open to receive horses October 15.
