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Sportsmans, HBP A, Reach Purse Agreement for Fall An agreement between the Sportsmans Park management and the Horsemens Benevolent and Protective Association has been reached on purse distribution for the fall meeting at the half-mile track. William H. Johnston, president of the National Jockey Club, operators of the Cicero course, announced here Saturday. The agreement calls for a minimum daily purse distribution of 8,000, with an additional ,000 in purses for every 0,000 in mutuel play when the daily average handle reaches 50,000. Johnston said that the agreement covers the spring and fall meetings of 1953 as well as the fall session this year which opens on October 13. Terms of the settlement-are similar to those arrived at between Lincoln Fields and the HBPA. In the latter instance, the horsemen are guaranteed a daily purse outlay of 4,500, plus ,000 for every 0,000 in handle starting at 50,000. A dispute on purses kept the Sportsmans Park track closed the final week of its recent spring meeting, the sport resuming last Monday at Hawthorne where the Lincoln Fields meet is being conducted.
