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Show 1EW STAKE FOR LITBIIET Pick of Three-year-olds to Compete in Race Worth $50,000. LOUIS VI L1,E. Ky., Dec. 21. What may easily bo the largest s-LuUo c-vtr contc-strd for on an American nu i; courso is the La ton la champion stak'-s fur foals of J!l6, which will ho run for thn fir.it time at the Jitonia track next full. The.e colts, ftldnifrs and fiUic-s will all be 3-yr-nr-olds at the top of ihoir form by next October. t.'mior tlic terms of thi strikes, for Tvhich there are still more than :Jj5 elii-foies. elii-foies. owners who wish to leelai c their h'jr?-es must pay S-'O for c-ach entry before be-fore January 1, IP 19. Thus f;ir 112 have dfciarert out at enrh, ami about thirty oiryirs at ?.",0 eaeli. On J;muary 1 a j.-ay-rynt of $100 for entry in duo. and the ad-JfTiional ad-JfTiional sUwtinir fee will be 52. jO. May Run Over $50,000. It may Pe seen that if 3U" remain in the Pt-'tkr-s January 1 it will mean that S.10,-fiot) S.10,-fiot) will be paid to the association to swell the amount already received for declarations, declara-tions, and for th-i original subscnpiior. of i J 1 o each, which by Ihis time must bo v- close to $10,1.100, whicli, wiih the Sbj.OOo Hfloed money, means that tne stake may run as liipli as $.",3,000 or Sr.ii.iioo. The ei-earii of the 2-yi-ar-oiilp of 1'JlS are Included in the list of putties. Practically Prac-tically every breeder who had a horse of any promise entered it as a wanlinn, the entries closing on Jluivh 1, 1917. Eligibility to this stake undoubtedly en-' nances the. value of any colt or filly which is placed on the market. War Pennant Eligible. Arthur K. Ma--ember, the California turfman., lias thirteen elipjliles to this stake, fill of them named "War." hein-ninp hein-ninp mith War pennant and iuHudincr (with th same prefix) Tos, Smoke, Txan, Victor, Jtovket, Idol, I'lunie, Prize. Mask, Torch, Wonder and Spirit. War Pennant was one of the most useful 2-year-oids r .icing' in 1H1 S, i-nd regarded qs distinctly 1erby material. Kternal and The Wanderer, the srreat pair now wintering" in Fayette county, also are eligible. Eternal was Hip- champion cham-pion of lf-is nmoiiK the 2 -year-olds. iJe is a brown colt by' weep-Hazel url;e. Harry I'ayne Whitney has an even dozen, iiviudinj? the highly-tried Cirrus, which may be one of the real stayers next season. The distance of this event, a mile and three-nuarters. will lost the endurance and stamina of the winner to the utmost, and will stamp this victor as the real ch.impion. Tlu'ie will be a. $1000 pold cup, the gift of certain members of the Thoroughbred Horsemen's association, in addition to the sweepstakes. |