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HAWTHORNE STAKES. Entry books for the first weeks meeting at , Hawthorne, which opens Monday next, July 23, , will be distributed today. Three of the new r eummer stakes will be run at this meeting, as follows : Monday. July 23 — Lassie Stakes for two-year old fillies. Five furlongs. 00 added. Penalties and non-winning allowances. Thursday. July 2t* — Monadnoek stakes, selling sweepstakes for 3-year-olds. One mile. 00 added. Horses entered to be sold for ,000 to carry weight for age. Saturday, July 28— July stakes, a sweepstakes for 3-year-olds and upwards. Six furlongs. 00 added. Penalties and allowances. Liberal entries have been made for the twelve stakes to be run at Hawthorne between July 23 and September 1, the average being thirty to each event. Considering the fact that only two weeks notice was given to horsemen, and that only animals in training have been named, the result is very gratifying to the Hawthorne management. The fields will undoubtedly be quite large in each stake, as horsemen have named only such of their candidates as are in shape to start. The lists are now in the hands of the printers and will be published in a few days. In addition to other changes in the Hawthorne steeplechase course several of the jumps have been removed to other positions in the field. Horses will now be started at the extreme western end of the infield and run southeast on a straightaway course for nearly a sixteenth of a mile before taking the first jump. This does away with the dangers of a short turn that existed on the old course and gives the horses a chance to get into full racing stride before taking a jump. Names of horses, weights and jockeys will be posted on a big blackboard in the betting ring at 1 oclock every afternoon while racing is in progress, so patrons may get the latest information of this nature without going to the judges stand. The Hawthorne people are still working hard to secure the special stake for two-year-old colts and fillies for Saturday, July 28. Garry Hermann has been shipped to Saratoga, but before leaving Mr. Smith said he would gladly send the colt back to Chicago if the race could be arranged. The only formidable obstacle seems to be the doubt of other owners as to the kind of weights they might get in the handicap.
