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MORE HARLEM STAKES. Nine additional stakes to be Tun during the summer and fall meetings of the Harlem Jockey Club were announced by Secretary Nathanson Sunday. With the exception of one fixture for steeplechasers, the list in names and conditions duplicates the mid-season offerings for Harlem of previous years, but again values have been strengthened. The increase in added money over last year for the same events is nearly 50 per cent., all those previously having ,000 added being increased to ,500, and those of ,500 to ,000 each. With the splendid class of horses now racing in Chicago and with form well defined these stakes will, in relation to future events closing during the winter, attract nominations less In number but higher in average quality. Entries for the nine additional stakes will close Wednesday, July 15. The stakes opened are as follows: For two-year-olds— The Sapling, ,500 added; 1-2 mile. The Forward, ,500 added; 7-8 mile. For three-year-olds— The Oak Park Handicap, ,500 added; 1 1-8 miles. For all ages— The Cicero, selling, ,500 added; 1 mile. The Speed, ,500 added; 3-4 mile. For three-year-olds and upward— The Tecumseh Handicap, ,000 added; 1 3-8 miles. The May wood Handicap, ,500 added; 1 mile and 100 yards. The Prairie State, selling, ,500 added; 1 1-8 miles. The Golf Steeplechase, ,000 added; short course. Seven of the twelve stakes closed in February remain to be run at Harlem, they being the Twentieth Century Handicap, 1 3-16 miles, ,000 added; the Chicago Stakes, 1 mile, ,000 added; the Garden City Handicap, 3-4 mile, ,000 added; the Riverside Stakes, 1 mile, ,500 added; the Youngster Stakes, 5-8 mile, ,500 added; the Proviso Stakes, 5 1-2 furlongs, ,500 added, and the Junior Handicap, 3-4 mile, ,500 added. Blanks for the nine new stakes are ready for distribution. During the remaining meetings at Harlem no purse for horses of fair class will be of less than 00, and overnight handicaps will have from 00 to ,000 added. Further improvements are in progress at Harlem Park. The annex to the grandstand, "bleachers" during the spring meeting, is being roofed, the space under the stand is being increased 20 per cent, by building out into the yard and re-arranging the position of the bar and lavatories, and two barns of unique design with sixty-six stalls are being constructed to accomodate the heavy demand for stabling.
