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7 ; j Richest Turf Prizes of 1938 A Nine stake races run this year on American tracks were worth 0,000 or more each. Forty-six in all topped 0,000. Fourteen of those went above 0,000; twenty-one exceeded 0,000, and thirty-one were worth 5,000 or more. Four of the nine 0,000 or more stakes fell to Stagehand and Lawrin, each of which won two. Stagehand won the richest stake of them all, the Santa Anita Handicap, net value 1,450. The Santa Anita Derby also fell to the Maxwell Howard star and was worth 2,350. Lawrin won the Kentucky Derby, 7,050, and the American Invitational Three-Year-Old Championship at Hollywood Park, worth an even 0,000. Next to the Santa Anita Handicap, the Belmont Futurity brought the richest return to its winner, Porters Mite, which earned 7,045 through his triumph. The Preakness was third on the list and Dauber carried away 1,875. War Admiral earned 9,550 in the Widener Stakes at Hialeah Park, and this was his most lucrative victory in the past season. El Chico, Hopeful Stakes, 2,550, and Menow, Massachusetts Handicap, 0,550, were the remaining stars included among the winners of 0,000 or more stake races. Seabiscuits richest victory occurred in the Hollywood Gold Cup, net value 7,150, the stake just outside the charmed 0,000 circle. Stagehand won three of the seventeen most valuable American stake races of the year and was again closely approached by Lawrin, which added the Flamingo Stakes, 0,100, to his list of victories. Stagehands third most valuable triumph came in the Narragansett Special, 6,300. War Admiral appears only once as a winner of a stake race worth 0,000 or more. Seabiscuit appears four times. In addition to the Hollywood Gold Cup he won .the Special against Ligaroti at Del Mar, 5,000; Pimlico Special, 5,000, and Bay Meadows Handicap, 1,270. Following are the American stake races run in 1938 worth 0,000 or more each: Stake. Date. Winner. Track. Value. Santa Anita Handicap ..March 5. ... .Stagehand Santa Anita 1,450 Futurity Stakes. . . October 1 Porters Mite ... Belmont Park 57,045 Preakness Stakes May 14 Dauber Pimlico . . . 51,875 Widener Stakes March 5 War Admiral ... Hialeah Park 49,550 Kentucky Derby May 7 Lawrin .Churchill Downs 47,050 Hopeful Stakes August 27...JE1 Chico Saratoga 42,550 Santa Anitr. Derby February 22. Stagehand Santa Anita 42,350 Massachusetts Handicap June 29 Menow .Suffolk Downs 40,550 American Invitational Three- Holly wocd Park 40,000 Year-Old Championship June 29 Lawrin Hollywood Gold Cup July 16 Seabiscuit Hollywood Park 37,150 Belmont Stakes -. June 4 Pasteurized Belmont Park 34,530 New England Futurity October 29. . . Challedon Narragansett Park. . . 33,410 Arlington Futurity... July 30 Thingumabob . .Arlington Park 31,110 Pimlico Futurity Novembr 12 Challedon Pimlico 28.770 Classic Stakes July 23 Nedayr Arlington Park 27,500 Narragansett Special September 3. Stagehand Narragansett Park... 28,300 Selima Stakes October 22... Big Hurry Laurel Park 25,890 Special Stake Race. August 12 Seabiscuit Del Mar 25,000 Dixie Handicap May 11 Pompoon Pimlico 20,950 Flamingo Stakes February 26. .Lawrin Hialeah Park 20,100 Butler Handicap July 16 Esposa.... .Empire City 19,400 Brooklyn Handicap .June 25 .The Chief Aqueduct 18,450 Arlington Lassie Stakes. July 16. Inscoelda Arlington Park 17,540 Wood Memorial Stakes April 30 Fighting Fox. .. Jamaica 17,450 Suburban Handicap May 28 Snark JJelmont Park. . . 17,050 Lawrence Realization Stakes. .Septembr 24. Magic Hour Belmont Park 16,800 Matron Stakes Septembr 24 . Dinner Date Belmont Park 16.7CC Washington Handicap October 29...Jacola Laurel Park 15,650 Pimlico Special November 1. .Seabiscuit Pimlico 15,000 Withers Stakes May 21 Menow .Belmont Park 15,000 Travers Stakes August 13 Thanksgiving. . .Saratoga 14,400 Chesapeake Stakes April 23 Bourbon King.. Havre de Grace 12,700 Yankee Handicap June 18 Cravat Suffolk Downs 12,100 Bay Meadows Futurity October 29... Bang Bay Meadows 12,025 Marchbank Handicap. ...June 4 Indian Broom. .Tanforan 11,900 Hollywood Derby July 9 Specify Hollywood Park 11,900 Eastern Shore Handicap Septembr 17 . Time Alone Havre de Grace 11,525 National Stallion Stakes June 4 .Donita M Belmont Park 11,330 Bay Meadows Handicap April 16 Seabiscuit Bay Meadows 11,270 Hawthorne Gold Cup Septembr 17. Esposa. . . Hawthorne 19825 Grand Union Hotel Stakes August 20 No competition. Saratoga 10,700 Coaching Club American Oaks. June 2 Creole Maid Belmont Park 10,425 Acorn Stakes May 17 .Handcuff Belmont Park 10,325 United States Hotel Stakes July 30 El Chico Saratoga 10,300 J. C. Thornton Mem. Hdcp August 27 Bull Lea Narragansett Park... 10,220 Junior Champion Stakes Septembr 10. El Chico Aqueduct 10,000
