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Kohout Issues Statement StatementJoseph Joseph Kohout vicepresident of the cen ¬ tral division of the Horse Breeders Protec ¬ tive Association issued the following state ¬ ment Monday MondayWe We won recognition as a negotiating agent and established a precedent for all Illinois tracks tracksWe We have made an approach to our plan of a percentage formula by establishing a sliding scale in relation to increase in mutuel handle to be distributed on a per ¬ centage basis so as to increase the daily purse distribution distributionFor For the first time track management has recognized the little man by agreeing to establish a 2500 minimum purse Rec ¬ ognition of the little man has long been overdue in Illinois racing racingAny Any shortage in the condition book due to races that do not fill must be made up within 48 hours 24500 minimum purse distribution per day Stakes to remain the same 1000 to be added to the daily purse purseContinued Continued on Page ThirtyNine HBPA Lincoln Officials Agree on Purse Outlay OutlayDaily Daily Distribution of 24500 More if Play Reaches 750000 Continued from Page Three Threedistribution distribution after 750000 mutuel handle plus 1000 additional after 800000 and 1000 for each 5000 thereafter thereafterRacing Racing secretary may only set purses at less than 2500 minimum with the ap ¬ proval of the HBPA executive committee committeeI I feel that the valuable assistance given in the eleventh hour negotiations by Stuyvesant Peabodys attorney Joe Solari and Joe Brpderick the secretary of the racing board in breaking the deadlock de ¬ serves only the highest praise and appre ¬ ciation of the horsemen horsemenBroken Broken down the plan means that in comparison to the 600000 in purses that the horsemen received last year on a 694 000 average this year it will shape up as follows Mutuel average 700000 daily purse distribution 24500 total purses 735000 percentage of increase 22 per cent centMutuel Mutuel average 800000 daily purse dis ¬ tribution 26500 total purses 795000 per ¬ centage of increase 32 per cent centMutuel Mutuel average 900000 daily purse dis ¬ tribution 28500 total purses 855000 per ¬ centage of increase 42 lk per cenjj cenjjJohn John Manufso of Chevy Chase Md na ¬ tional advisor of the Horsemens Benevo ¬ lent Protective Association who with national president Robert O Read of Col ¬ umbus Ohio participated in the long drawn out negotiations over the weekend stated It is my opinion that the Illinois situation presents the need for Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois to appoint a completely neutral and independent com ¬ mittee without racetrack affiliations of any kind This committee would study the purse distribution requirement along the lines of sound economics and recommend to the governor a fair daily minimum purse distribution which could be introduced to the next session of the legislature It is a recognized fact that 99 per cent of the problems existing between management and horsemen are the direct result of purse negotiations To eliminate this problem once and for all a fair minimum daily purse distribution should be established which would prevent the loss of revenue to the state which frequently accompanies purse negotiations
