The Kentucky Derby has become America's second richest horse race.
Col Matt J. Winn, of the Maryland Racing Association, announced that this year the event would be worth $75,000 and would be run on May 4, 1940. This sum compares with the $50,000 purse of last year's Kentucky Derby. Only the Santa Anita Handicap tops the famous Churchill Downs, Kentucky classic. It is worth $100,- 000. Last year the race meant $40,000 to the winner, $6,000 to the second horse, $3,000 to the third and $1,000 to the fourth.—Reuter.
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