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SX. LOUIS FAIR STAKES. Next to Chicago St. Louis is the most important xacing point in the west and a favorite field of operations for many owners. Last year the St. Louis tracks produced a harvest of nearly a half million dollars to winning owners and will do better this .year, in evidence of which attention is called to the big.list of stakes advertised in this issue by the St. Louis Fair Association. The list is as follows : To be run in 1903: FOE THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD. The Inaugural, ,5C0 added; 1 mile. Tho Mississippi Valley, selling, ,CC0 added; 1 mile. The Press, selling, ,000 added; 5 1-2 furlongs. The Country Club, handicap, ,0C0 added; 3-4 mile. The Memorial, handicap, ,000 added; 5 1-2 furlongs. The June, handicap, ,0C0 added; 1 mile and 70 .yards. The Club Members, handicap, ,000 added; 1 1-4 miles. Tho October, selling, ,000 added; 3-4 mile. The St. Louis Fair, selling, ,000 added; 1 mile and 70 jards. The Laurel, handicap, ,CC0 added ; 3-4 mile. The Final, selling. ,000 added; 1 1-16 miles. FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS. The Debutanto, fillies, ,000 added; 4 1-2 furlongs. The Kindergarten, colts and geldings, ,000 added ; 5-8 mile. The Junior Championship, ,200 added ; 3-4 mile. The Native Nursery, ,000 added; 5-8 mile. The Wm. J. Lemp Brewing Co., handicap, ,000 added; 3-4 mile. The Forecast, handicap, ,C00 added; 1 mile. FOR TAVO-YEAE-OLDS AND UPWARD. The Criterion, handicap, ,000 added; 1 mile. To be run in 1904 : The Worlds Fair Handicap, 3-year-olds and upward, value 0,0J; 1 1"1 miles. The St. Louis Derby, 3-year-olds, ,500 added-1 1-2 miles. To be run in 19C6: The St. Louis Derby, three-year-olds, ,500 added; 1 1-2 miles. Of most immediate interest to owners are of course the stakes to be disposed of this year, but easily the most important feature of this list is the Worlds Fair Handicap. Its 0,000 guaranteed value makes it the richest and most attractive handicap for three-year-olds and upward that has ever been proposed in this country. It will no doubt attract a huge entry list and is bound to be one of the main features of the racing of 1904. The Derbys of 1904 and 1906 are also in this offering and attention is directed to the fact that tho added money to thi3 irr utant fixture has been increased from ,000 to ,500,
