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STAKES FOR MORRIS PARK. The Westchester Racing Association has opened twenty-six stakes to be run at Morris Park this year. Twenty are for the spring meeting- and sis for the autumn meeting. In general they are the old established fixtures with which horseowners are familiar, bat in line with the general trend in eastern turf affairs some valuable additions and improvements are noteworthy. The added money to the Metropolitan Handicap has been raised from ,000 to ,000, a generous addition that will go far to increase the importance of the Metropolitan as the fore-.runner of the Brooklyn and Suburban Handicaps. Last year, The Municipal Handicap, one and three-quarters miles, won by Ben Holladay, was a guaranteed stakes of the value of ,500. This j ear, with ,600 added to a liberal subscription it will be worth far more to the winner. As a mate to this long distance race, the Morris Park Handicap is offered for the first time. It is over the conventional cup distance of two and -a quarter miles. The ,000 added money will serve to make it an alluring prize to the owners of good horses fit to go the route. Another new feature is the Grand National Steeplechase with ,000 added. It is a new thing for the jumpers in this country to have .such richness offered. The crumbs off the racing table have heretofore been their portion, but here is a whole loaf at once. It is an inducement that will cause many fair class horses to be tried out over the sticks to ascertain what may be their promise at the jumping game. The list offered is as follows : For 2-year-olds ; spring meeting: Gaiety Stakes, fillies, 50 added, 1-2 mile. Bouquet Stakes, selling, ,000 added, 5-8 mile. Laureate Stakes, ,200 added, 5-8 mile. For 2-year-olds; autumn meeting: Champagne Stakes, ,500 added, 7-8 mile. White Plains Handicap, ,000 added, Eclipse Course. For 3-year-olds ; spring meeting : Larchmont Stakes, 50 added, 7-8 mile. Baychester Stakes, ,000 added, 1 mile. Van Nest Stakes, selling, 50 added, 6 1-2 furlongs. Pocantico Handicap, ,000 added, 1 1-16 miles. For 3-year-olds; autumn meeting: Jerome Handicap, ,500 added, 1 1-4 miles. For 3-year-olds and upward; spring meeting. The Metropolitan Handicap, ,000 added, 1 mile. Harlem Stakes, selling, 50 added, 1 mile. The Toboggan Handicap, ,000 added, Eclipse Coarse. New Rochelle Handicap, ,000 added, 7-8 mile. Crotona Highweight Handicap, ,000 added, 34 mile. Claremont Highweight Handicap, ,500 added, 6 1-2 furlongs. Van Courtland Highweight Handicap, ,500 added, 7-8 mile. Amateur Cup, gentlemen riders, ,500 added, 1 mile. For 3-year-olds and upward ; autumn meeting : The Municipal Handicap, ,500 added, 1 34 miles. Morris Park Handicap, ,000 added, 2 14 miles. For all ages : The Manhattan Handicap, ,500 added, Eclipse Course. Steeplechases and hurdle races : St. Nicholas Hurdle Race, 00 added. 11-2 miles. Knickerbocker Hurdle Race, 50 added, 1 34 miles. New York Steeplechase, 00 added, about 2 miles. International Steeplechase, 50 added, about 2i miles. Grand National Steeplechase, ,000 added, about 21 miles. Entries close February 7 to Clerk of the Course, H. G. Crickmore, 173 Fifth Avenue, New York, and entry blanks can be obtained at this office.
