Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1920 — LEADING TURF FIXTURE [ARTICLE]

LEADING TURF FIXTURE

Matt J. Winn, vice-president and general manager of the Kentucky Jockey Club, announces that the Kentucky Derby, one of the leading American Faeest this year will carry $30,000 In added money. Heretofore It had an added money value of $20,000. This would indicate that tlie Derby displaces the Preakness handicap, which carries $25,000 In added money, as America’s leading fixture. Mr. Winn intimated that the probable total value of the race might be in excess of $50,000.