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A WORD FKOK HBMFKI8. ItEUPHia, Tenn., Dseembsr SO. The New Memphis Jockey Club stakes for 19C0, and the Tennessee Darby and Oaks for 1901, close tomorrow, January 1st. They are all added money fixtures and will be worth more than ever before. Following is the complete list: Gaston Hotel Btakes, 1-2 mile. ,000 added, colts and geldings; Ardelle Stakes, 4 furlongs, ,000 added, fillies ; Memphis Stakes, 5 far-longs, ,000 added; Lnmbsrmans Stakes, 44 furlongs, 00 added selling; Tnrf Congress Stakes, 1 mile, ,000 added; Montgomery Handicap, 1 1-16 miles, ,060 added; Peabody Hotel Handicap, 1 1-8 miles, ,000 added; Tennessee Brewing Company Stakes selling, 1 furlongs, ,000 added; Cotton Steeplechase Handicap, about 2 miles, 00 added. For 1901 For throe-year-olds, the Tennessee Derby, 1 1-8 miles, ,000 added; for three-year-olds fillips, the Tennessee Oaks, 1 mile, ,500 added. Tbe epring meeting will begin on Thursday, April 5, and continue to Friday, April 27, inclusive. There will be no purse less than 00, and they will range from that to 00. During the past summer many improvements have been made on the track, and it is in excellent condition. Two new chutes have been put in, one at tbe seven-eighths and one at the six furlong post, which will prove an advantage to the starter in sending the horses away quickly and on even erms.
