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Show BIG PURSES FOR NEXTJEASON Five Thousand a Day to be Distributed Dis-tributed Among Horse Owners in 1914. Saratoga, Iff. Y , Dec 11 Saratoga will ofter larger pursos next summer than were given last season, proving conclusively that racing Is still popular. popu-lar. The Saratoga Racing associa Hon distributed $127,060 during Au gust of this year. Next year the checks to horse ow ners will be larger. Thla ye-r the program called for purses and stakes worth f:4000 a day Next year 600G a day will be distributed distrib-uted among tho tunmen. This In crcaao of $1000 a day shows better than words can tell that the meeting 'In 1013 was a profitable one profit :ible beyond the anticipations of the stockholders Of the $127,050. $8. B00 whs donated bj the Owners fund and $2000 contributed by the, citizens of Saratoga The remainder of the money paid out to the owners came out of the treasury of the association associa-tion So li will be seen from this that the association was well patron Izcd In order to meet that big outlay and to reimburse the association for other necessary enpendltures. Tessimlsts during the two years the race tracks In this state remained closed, raised the cry that racing was dead that the former patrons of the sport took no interost in its proposed revival and that the breeding of thor oughbrcd horses in this country was practically wiped out. The crowd of 26,000 people that attended the opening open-ing day at Halmont park, and the 15, j QOfl spectators present at Saratoga during the raeo lor the futurity were the answer to the cry of "no Interest in the sport." The recent nomlna tlon of muny horses to the stakes offered of-fered by the Saratoga Kaclng association associ-ation vvlpes out the Idea that there are only a Few thoroughbreds In this country. In the golden days of the turf when the Orand Union and United States Hotel stakes were guaranteed to be worth $10,ooo each there were something some-thing like 152 nominations lo each ovont. Tu the nominations Just received re-ceived by the association for these stakes each has received 148 entries And this In the face of tho fact that each stake has only 11000 added to it, making the value of the event, plus forfeit monev, about $2500. This large entry list tells the present strength ot (he thoroughbred breeding Interest in the United States. |