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LINCOLN FIELDS PURSE BOOST PLEASING TO HORSEMEN HORSEMENCRETE CRETE 111 May 29 As was to be ex ¬ pected the voluntary increase in purses for the next tenday period of the meeting made by the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club met with nothing but praise among the horsemen horsemenMost Most realized that the gesture was an ef ¬ fort on the part of the management to share some of their burdens because while the trend has been upward during the current meeting Lincoln Fields business still does not correspond with that of some of the other tracks in the country During countryDuring the first ten days of the meeting the budget called for purse disbursements of 75100 while under the new arrangement 88600 will be disbursed during the second tenday period Col Matt J Winn executive director of the track has also gone on rec ¬ ord as promising the horsemen another in ¬ crease during the final third of the thirty day meeting if business warrants it
