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HARIE3I STAKES CLOSE MONDAY MONDAYEntries Entries for twelve of the Harlem Jockey Cinbs spring and summer stakes will close Mondaj Feb ¬ ruary 10 which fact owners and trainers will do well to bear in mind mindIt It seems certain tho entry lists will be very large as Secretary Nathansou returned from California a week ago with a goodly number and immediately went to Memphis whence he brought back another big sheaf yesterday Meanwhile Clerk of the Scales P P Pomeroy has been gathering them in at Nashville Louisville and Lexington and Dick Stebbius has corraled a quantity at New Orleans OrleansFive Five of these stakes are for threeyearolds and upward namely the Twentieth Century Stakes worth 7500 the Harlem Handicap worth 5500 the Chicago Stakes the Garden City Handicap and the Austin Selling Stakes A mile and an eighth is the distance for tho Harlem Handicap and for tho rich Twentieth Century half a furlong longer longerThere There are two good threeyearold events among these stakes the M Lewis Clark and the Riverside Selling Stakes The former is set for Juno 14 and constitutes a fine public trial for American Derby candidates It is at a mile and a quarter will bo worth about 3300 and the winner will not incur any penalty for the Derby which makes it doubly attractive attractiveThe The remaining five stakes for which entries are about to close are for twoyearolds The Petite for fillies tho Graduate for colts and geldings and the Youngster the Proviso selling and tho Junior for both sexes In all selling sweepstakes more than two horses can bo named by the same nominator but only two in the same interest can start startEntries Entries should bo sent to Secretary Nathanson 815 Merchants Loan and Trust Building Chicago
