Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-03-11 | Page 18 | Vast Wealth in Purses

VAST WEALTH IN PURSES I More S. S Offered Oil on lit Turf i in ill America la hi in HIli New f W 1 York orb March i 1 It O. It may open the eyes of man many to lint knurl that In this country there hers wits was hung up ul for comp competition com com- p petition oh on the American turf in nr the tits enormous amount o of 51 f U By rea reason on of or ho tilh legislation racing racing rac rac- ing int was wd Interfered with at fit Chicago St. St Louis LOllis Kan Kansas as City and in Indi Indi- Indiana ana ann but for which It is asserted an additional million and a a. quarter would ha have hae e been heen offered As 8 a a. matter maHel of df Interesting comparison comparison com conn- parison the following n figures are arc given given I en In f showing money distributed in Great Britain In En England 1507 1597 i races c in Jn In Ireland races lG In tn Scotland tOS snags ra rac es lH total d. d 2021 n races race f American racing statistics arlan arranged ed ell in older as to amounts distributed are Itte IK IM follows Coney Cone Island n. n 7 New Nl California i 15 Westchester Racing Brooklyn lyn 1 14 PI 5 Brighton J I Crescent City a L i. i Saratoga i n 10 City Park Puk q 10 ti Lo Ios Angeles Angeles' 11 lil Pelmar Delmar 1 New low Memphis Metropolitan Queens Queen's County 12 New Io Washington 0 Kan Kansas City IHO American hi Racing A sn Fort Foit Erie Erio n r. r r.- r. n Buffalo Racin Racing As n O I Hot Springs a Ontario Oaklawn J I St. St Louis Fair Fall 4 I Tennessee ee Breeders Breeders' Ui Iii Park ParI t. t Narragansett Breeders Breeders' An 49 toO New Tew Louisiana I f ii n Maryland Windsor I i Kentucky Racing n Country Club Brookline Massachusetts Ins ch r. r Arkan Arkansas C I United Unite Hunts Racing Ass Ass' Miscellaneous t l OO rand Grand total Out of or a gross glo total of fIr if ra rae races s son on In th the that nut there W were ivere I more mine than thun 5 at fit H it mile or 01 under or 7 73 per percent II cent of the thc total I