Hawthornes Stake Offering, Daily Racing Form, 1903-01-11

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HAWTHORN tS STAKE OFFERING. The Chicago Jockey Club last night made public the conditions of twelve stakes to be run during the Bpring and summer meetings at the Hawthorne course. Principal among them are the Hawthorne Handicap with a guaranteed cash value of 0,000, and the Northern Handicap with ,000 added. The Hawthorne Handicap is for horses three years old or over ; the distance being one mile and a furlong, and will be run May 23, the opening day of the spring meeting.. The conditions provide for ttio announcement March 2 of the weights to be carried. Any person desiring to withdraw from the race may on or before April 1 declare out their entry for a nominal sum. Winners of ,500 and upward after the announcement of weights are penalized, the penalties applying to only a modified extent to horses handicapped at 116 pounds or more. The Northern Handicap is also for three-year-olds and upward at one mile and a quarter, and will be run during the summer meeting, which begins July 20. The added money, entrance and starting fee will give it a gross value of nearly 0,CO0. a The remaining stakes havo an added money value of from ,500 to ,5CO, and, with the entrance and starting fees, will have an actual value ranging from 5,C00 to ,000. No material change has been made in their conditions from that of last year. The time set for the closing of entries is February 7, and as the entrance fee is only a nominal sum for; each event, they are sure to attract a large entry list. An additional list of valuable stakes to.be run at the summer and fall meetings will be duly prepared and announced to close in July, and a material in. CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE. HAWTHORNES STAKE OFFERING. Continued from First Page. crease will be made in tho value of purseB and overnight handicaps throughout the season. Following is a summary of the stakes: FOE THEEE-YEAK-OLDS AND UPWARD. The Hawthorne Handicap, 0,000j guaranteed; 1 1-8 .miles. The Northern Handicap, ,000 added ; 1 1-4 miles. Superior Handicap, ,500 added ; 1 l-2imiles. Flight Stakes. ,500 added ; 3-i mile. Prairie Stakes, ,500 added; 2 miles. FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS. Excelsior Handicap, ,000 added; 1 1-8 miles. Premier Stakes, ,500 added ; 1 mile. FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS. Lassie Stakes, ,500 added ; 5-8 mile. "Vernal Stakes, ,500 added ; 5-8 mile. Juvenile Stakes, ,503 added ; 5-8 mile. Competition Stakes, ,500 added ; 5 1-2 furlongs. Monadnock Handicap, ,500 added ; 3-4 mile.


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