The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06
HISTORIC STAKES
Will Be B {: Renewed [
Several Classic Events Scheduled
for Greatest Harness Meet
Of Country.
THE FUTURITIES ARE Li&lTED
Secretary Wilson Interviewed As
to System Which Will Be
i'll Vogue.

$ LEXINGTON, KY. May 5.-The direc-
tors OF the Kentucky Trottlng Horse
Breeders Association have authorized
Z Secretary Horace w. Wilson to announce
the renewal for the coming season OF the
hostoric stakes of the association, the
s entries to which will close on June !.
4 The following are the classic events Of
The greatest harness meeting OF the coun-
try:
NV. futurity, 3-year-old trottcrs.... $l4no
XIV. futurity, 2-year-old trotters... b,NN
Ky. futurity, 3-year-old pacers...... 5GW
Transylvania, 2:l2 class, trotters.. o,WV
Mcdowell. eos class, trotters......, SW
Walnut Hall Cup, 2:l5 c., trotters.. S'oVo
ctoll2 90 ,Inss' strotters 1900
Johnson. 2:24 class. trotters........ wv
y.aet o.ao 'c1as trotters 1000
\ Kentucky, 3-year-old, trotters...... 2,pOv
" Lexington, 2-year-old, trotters......, .rC ol
Tennessee, 20G class. pacers........ S,o,O
,r,ison $50 class. necers 1000
S#5t Total..............h.... 80. *fo,"''
The total amount remains the same as
8 last year, but three of the class have been
changed from last year. the Tennessee
f being lowered from 2:cS to 2:6, the Nc
4 Dowell from 300 to 2:0S, and the Wilson
from 2:2O to 1912.
The fnturities are limited to eligible
4 colts. while the Transatlantic and the
Tennessee are subscription stakes IN
which starters are not named until three
weeks before the races in October.
Referring to the system Of racing which
will be In vogue this year at the big
meeting, Secretary Wilson says:
a 5''Our races will as usual. be contested
under National Association rules. which
3 lprovide for heats. hest three in I'VE and
4 two in three. This, however, is already
generally understood, and has been an-
Z proved nv the large majority Of conf
Il peting horseren throughout the conn-
try. In fact, have heard favorably from
nearly every one who will send q stable
OF good horses down the line this year,
and they will all enter here. They ren-
lie the conditions under which we are
j working, that we cannot afford at THIS
" time to make any change in our methods,
and. to tell the truth, they are about as
we'll satisfied with those methods as we
are conndentally anticipate larger
entry in our races this years than IN
* 1906.
&"1 will give you some figures Of our
+ 'old-fashioned' system, which may con-
vince your readers that we have made
a pretty good record for fght-to-fnlsh
racing, with the rules applied, and an
honest effort to give everyone square
deal. :
I'm the past three wears we have mao
lust 1o4 races. requiring "5l heats. or an
average Of fraction over three heats
n "a a ra &C. Sixtv-sevcn OF these races
VI nearly OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES decided In three
heats or less. Elghtyseven. or over four
tifths, were decided In four heats or
less. scventy-Hve of the 1oa races, were
4 for the hest three in five heats, and OF
4 these. forty were decided In three heats.
f,ftv-eisht IN four heats or less, and
twelve Of the remainder In FIVE heats:
40 Won will see that In three years racing
we have had but five races out of 104
over our track requiring more than I'VE
heats ] think that's pretty good rec
ord for hght-to-a-flnish racing, With the
rules applied, and an honest effort to