The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-11
THREE -YEAR-OLD THOROUGRBREDS
 COME INTO OWN

With $50,000 added to the stakes Ill the Kentucky Derby $40,000 in the Preakness and $50,O0O promised for fu ture closings of the Belmont, not to men toin numerous other valuable fixed events like the Latonia Championship ($35 ,0O0), the Latonia Derby ($2O,OOO and ahe Lawrence Realization ($2OOOO) 1t looks as if the three-year-old race horse was at last coming into his own on the American turf. All too long he has been compelled to play second fiddle to the new matched, unhedged tWo-year- old as a money winner.
 After the first Futurity was run at Sheepshead Bay in 1888 that event for juveniles far exceeded in value any race for three-year-olds, and the winner of the Futurity was usually the leading money winner of the season. This often gave false distinction to a colt that never trained on to fulfill the promise of his first seasons feats of sprinting, and in so doing 1t belittled the more impor- tant achievements of thoroug ghbreds old enough to undergo real racing test.
 When the value of the Hopeful Stakes was increased to $30,000 and several other juvenile races came to be worth $1OOOO or more, after the revival Ot rac- ing in New York, the tWo-year-old was more than ever king of the turf from a financial point of view, as shown by the winnings of Campfire in 1916, Sun Briar in 1917 and Eternal in 1918, all of these youngsters having led the list of money winners in their respective years.
 Inauguration of the Pimlico Futurlty, with $400O0 added to the stakes ot ] $l ,OOO each, will still further augment the possibilities of the woyear-olds, but the present trend is so strong in the direction of larger stakes for three year-olds that when Saratoga, Aqueduct and some other associations fall 1n line the older colts will at least have a fair chance to head the seasons list of winners.
 In England the largest prizes have always been offered for three-year-old and older horses. There are no enorm- | ous stakes for two-year-olds, the Juv- emile being subordinated to the older horses in this respect as they are Ill the public attention given to their perform ances. The classic races almost mOnOp- olize discussion i'll the newspapers and among turfmen, and the classics are all for three-year-o Also, they are races in whic hall starters carry scale weights and, with the exception of two early spring events, races in which the | SNAANA half. In none of the classic races are there penalties and allowances, which savor of handicapping the starters i'll SC many three -year-old races here, ano when the last of them has been run the British turf. world Is not often left IT doubt as to which is the best colt oi the year.
 England's richest races for three vear-olds are the Epson Derby and the Doncatser St. Leger, each of which hac value of $32, ,25O last season, reckoning by the normal rate of exchange. Or the basis of exchange as it is the Ken lucky Derby will be the richest stake in the world in 1921, exceeding even the Grand Prize of Paris, which held the place of honor last year,
 When the increased value ot the Bel mont takes effect it will be possible for colt good enough to go through the season unbeaten to start Ill a Louisville in May and by winning the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, the Withers, Belmont, Dwyer, Laton1a Der by, Latonia Championship, Miller, 1raV CTS Realization and the rest, earn more money than any thoroughbred has ye won in one campaign in fixed events or the American turf.