Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-28
INTEREST IN RACING
IS INCREASED IN 1922
Records Made in Distribution OF Stakes and Purses
Better Competition and Bigger Crowds Feature
Turf Pastime This Year

! DACING in America has taken on an
~ importance never before reached.
! That ia true in tho amount 0f money
| dstribuicd in stakes and purses, in the
number OF horses in racing, in thc'at'
! tendance Mt races. in tho now stables
added 70 tho sports and IN the largo
number Of two year olds making high
records for speed and money winnings
There was no Man o War developed.
II may BE- years before thcrc Is ona
TO compare with the peerless racer.
| but the general average is raised TO its
peak since the .Clvil War.
| To illustrate that point. there were
thirty two -ycar.olhs Of 1920 TO show
, superior speed TO Norwich. the champion
two -year-old OF 1921. OF the lot.
Snlly's Alley was tho leader. She won
93.447. She was only surpassed By
Pillory as the biggest winner OF tn"
year.
Sally's Alley won the Belmont Park
Futurity and the second division Of the
Pimlico Futurity. which bad SO many
entries that it had hc run in two races
and the stake doubled.
Dvnlin ranks scrond q. n tro-
| vFNT-OfU. "IlH u Fth''g' W
,cith Blossom Time close h"d r'"
! SiA1Ij,
Donres. Oui Quo. Enchantmcnt. Cos
hawk. Martingae and Iev each won
above 500, 900. While no particular
one OF this division so greatly outranKs
the others, they oil average high, snow
ing the greater competition. IN breed
ing.
Three. Year Division
The three year old tii.c has changed
nj almost every big stak" contest.
When Norwich early in the spring FOL.
lowed up his sensational o-year-o'd
form by winning the rich Kentucky
Derby az three year OLD. though not
in remarkable time. he was hal led as
the coming champion, but his laureii
soon fnded. He was ccllpscd uy
Whiskaway. Rockminister and others IN
easy fashion.
1t would ba hard 70 name n cham
pion in the three ycar-o'd DIVISION.
Pillory won the preakness and the Bel
down S93. 100. Whiskaway Won the
Carleton Stakes ard the Kentucky Spc-
cial. SiS.GIn Norwich took down
SJ1 40 RurkminSter' chief stake
was the Iatonia Special. making his
total S31 $50. His race in the special
c1ualcd the world : record. He was
not highly regarded as two year. OLD.
Older Stake Winners
Tho turf hero OF III" year was old
i EXtcrininator. in racing sc"en years.
winning S7l.oIj in 1922. bringing his
total winnings for his brilliant career
up to S244,2lG placing him second to
Man O. War in winnings. This re.
markable gnldnd son of Mcticr has
great stamina. and his winning days
are nor over. The greatest reception
given any horse was extended TO tx
terlnirator at Chicago. where b" went
, ucroly to encourage the sport that had
mad. him great in q city where racing
was being revived.
! Mad Halter. six. y"ar-old, Won
several races. his total being S43,SJO.
, Firehrand. n four -y"nr-nld, after a
had beginning. won S%4,l5n. Captain
= .\lc0ck showed n remarkable come
back. getting away with So. $50. Grey
7 Lag pulled down more than S2J. 900.
The oHi "ampaignor Bonifacc went
! abov" the $50 ,O00- mark.
the upseter Of tie pea. rns
, Oceanic. o~ncd bv 5. n. Riddic, Of
; PhiIudelphio. He shoura his re-
moyLnbh ci0"s b. dcjc0tjnc tho Jess
~ the Woshjngton HcHdicap at
: LHurUi ior S?3 IN 0Dd "n",iug right
hp"a al Bow'', !Gking me Ro~jP
HdndirUp. he ,ron S9G.f2D. In thr
mntn"is h' 'o"tin"'d to pay nigh
odds.
Lucky How observes csNtcia, ncu-
tion. With all his bad luck and illness
he battled r"Soutoly for the top Of the
three year-oII division, and succeeded
in winning $3.50, Bunting and
IL.