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CALIFORNIA STAKE DATES. Next Saturday will "witness the decision of tho California Oaks, for which Honiton, Organdie, Gaviota, Mary McCafferty, Esherin, Dainty, Sylvia Talbot, Gorgalete, Gravina, Nlgrette and Ball Room Belle are expected to go to the post. The distance is 1 1-8 miles, with ,000 added. The remaining stakes on the California Jockey Clubs program and the dates set for their running are as follows : Burns Handicap, February 7, at Ingleside ; mile and a quarter; for three-year-olds and upward; ninety-five entries ; 0,000 guaranteed. Palace Hotel Handicap, February 14, at Ingleside ; mile and a furlong; seventy-one entries; for three-year-olds and upward ; ,500 added. California Derby, February 23, at Ingleside; mile and a quarter; sixty entries; for three-year-olds; ,500 added. . 1 Thornton Stakes, March 7, at Oakland; four miles; iwenty-four entries; for four-year-olds and upward ; ,500 added. Bell Stakes, March 14, at Oakland; five furlongs; seventy-two entries ; for two-year-olds ; ,750 added. Waterhouse Cup, March 21, at Oakland; two miles and a quarter; thirty-six entries; for four-year-olds and upward; ,500 added. Gebhard Handicap, April 4, at Oakland ; Futurity course; seventy-six entries ; for two-year-olds; ,750 added. The Thornton Stakes will be reopened for supplementary entries fifteen days before the date set for its decision.
