Passage: At its inauguration in 1873, the Preakness carried a value of $1,000. The first major increase occurred in 1919 when the race had a $25,000 value. It climbed to $100,000 in 1946 and in 1959 was raised to $150,000. Subsequent increases occurred from 1979 to 1989, when the purse rose four times from $200,000 to $500,000, before going to $1 million in 1997. On December 12, 2013, the Maryland Jockey Club announced for the 2014 running of the Preakness the purse would be increased from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
For how many years was the Preakness race value at $100,000 before it was raised to $150,000? For how many years was the Preakness race value at $25,000 before it increased to $100,000? For how many years was the value of the Preakness only $1,000 before it was increased? How many dollars did the value increase by in 1959 from 1946? How many dollars did the value of the Preakness increase to from its inauguration in 1873 to its first increase in 1919? How many dollars more was the Preakness value in 1919 than 1873? How many dollars more was the prize package in 2014 compared to 1997? How many dollars was the increase in prize value from 1873 to 1919? How many more dollars was the Preakness purse in 2014 compared to 2013? How many times was the value immediately raised by 500,000 dollars? How many years after 1919 did the value increase to 100000? How many years after The Preakness began did it have a first major increase in prize money? How many years after its inauguration did a major increase occur in the value of the Preakness? How many years after its inauguration did the Preakness increase in value by 24000 dollars? How many years after its inauguration did the Preakness value rise to $1 million? How many years after the inagural Preakness, did the value become $1,500,000? How many years did it take for the prize money to go from $100000 to $150000? How many years was the purse $1,000,000? How many years was the time span with the purse rose four times from $200,000 to $500,000? In what year was the value of the Preakness increased to $1,500,000? Over how many years did the value of the Preakness raise 4 times from $200,000 to $500,000? What was the highest amount of the purse for the Preakness? What years first saw a value 200,000 dollars above or more? Which year did Preakness have a higher value, 1919 or 1946?