The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-01-21
NOMINATIONS FOR
FUTURITY OF 1923
SETS new RECORD
Total Already 1902 and Promise
Biggest Year in American
Racing History.

If The Futurity is the barometer by
which the thoroughbred racing seasons
to come are judged, then 1923 will be
the biggest year the American turf has
known in more than a decade, for that
fixture for two-year-olds closed last
week with 1,402 nominations.
This breaks all records of entries for
the race by III, and with the added
money value increased to $4,000 it is
possible that in richness it may equal
that mark set in 1890, when the elder
August Belmont's Potomac carried off
a purse worth $67, 675. The race last
made, carried no added money, but had
guaranteed value of $4,000, was
worth $35,87O to the winner.
Every section of the United States
and Canada where thoroughbreds are
bred is represented in the list of 100
breeders. Of this number "A have
named a single mare, while p have
nominated two. H. P. Whitney heads
the list of nominators with 80 entries,
with John E. Madden, who in other
years used to be first, next with 81. A.
B. Hancock is third, with So, and
Major Belmont next with 40.
Jimmy Rowe, trainer for H. P, Whit
ney, has named one mare, and Jack
Joyner also has made a single nomina-
ton Sam Hi1dreth, whose stable is
growing to be one of the most pretenti
Gus in the east, has made IS nomina-
tons. Admiral Cary H. Grayson also
has joined the ranks of the breeders
and made seven nominations. A. X.
Macomber, although his racing interests
in France are extensive, retains his in
terest in the sport here. He has made
+1o1,, he foil
Californian, J. H. Rosslter, at whose
breeding farm Friar Rock is standing.
The number and character of the
nominations for The Futurity and other
fixtures of the Westminster Racing As
socation and of the Saratoga Assoc1a-
ton for the Improvement of the Breed
of Horses brought the following COM
ment from Major August Belmont,
president of the first named organlza-
ton and chairman of the Jockey Club.
The history of racing in the past
has shown a periodic shifting Of au-
thority and variation in public support
and interest. The foundation of the
turf must therefore be looked after
carefully, so that as an institution the
sport can go on with great fixtures such
as these, which can be counted upon
as enduring.
~ his stake system is pest 1OI Tic
breeding industry, as a definite and
prospective engagement attached to a
horse carries a vital interest to both
the owner and breeder. I
"A good deal can be said for the
J comfort, profit and ease of mind of the
owner racing under the Maryland plan
of stake offering in which the obllga-
ton of the horseman is reduced to a
minimum, and in most cases he has
none beyond the naming of his entry
for the race. On the other hand, a
MARYLAND association, desiring or being
compelled to liquidate, could and would
go out of business without having any
obligations to racing as a deterrent
from dropping out of the sport. That
system offers no assured prospect for
vearlings at our sales, the future de
pending solely upon the prosperity OF
the associations in question.
under the stake methods we offer
in New York and in vogue i'll all coun-
tries having great turf history, pros
poets have been built up so1idly, giving
definite values to the thoroughbred
This carries with it obligations on the
part of racing associations which call
for the greatest sacrifices in order that
those obligations may be fulfilled. They
| bind the breeder, owner and racing
associations together in a bond of com
mon interest The Maryland system is
a stimu1ant I admit, but ours is a
wholesome and steady diet"