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CONEY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB STAKES. The opulent and always progressive Coney Island Jockey Club has announced a very enticing list of stakes to close for entries Monday, January 4, 1904. Included are such famous fixtures as the Futurity, the Suburban, now made a 0,000 guaranteed stake; the 5,000 Advance Stakes, the 5,000 Great Trial Stakes, a new handicap at a mile and a quarter, the Commonwealth, with 0,000 added; the Double Event, raised to 0,000, that is to say, 0,000 guaranteed for each half; the 0,000 Flatbush and many others, the least valuable being sufficient to excite covetous emotions in the mind of any horse owner. The executive officials of the Coney Island Jockey Club have always given money boldly and abundantly and the returns of each years racing serves to show how well this policy pays. They know that after all it is the public that pays these rich prizes and the race-going public of New York and Chicago will always repay at the gate the endowment of the great events that excite general interest. The stakes now offered are: June meeting of 1904. Two-year-olds: The Great Trial, guaranteed value 5,000; 3-4 mile. The Double Event, first half, guaranteed value 0,000; 5 3-2 furlongs. The Double Event, second half, guaranteed value 0,000; 3-4 mile. The Zephyr, ,000 added; 5 1-2 furlongs. The Spring, ,000 added; 3-4 mile. The Vernal, fillies, ,000 added; 5-8 mile. Three-year-olds: The Swift. ,000 added; 7-S mile. . The Spendthrift, ,000 added; 1 1-S miles. Three-year-olds and over: The Suburban, 0,000 guaranteed; 1 1-4 miles. The Commonwealth, 0,000 added; 1 1-4 miles. The Advance, 5,000 guaranteed; 1 3-8 miles. The June handicaps: The Coney Island, ,000 added; 3-4 mile. The Sheepshead Bay, ,500 added; 1 mile. The Long Island, ,000 added; 1 1-8 miles. The Equality, ,000 added; 1 mile. The Thistle, selling, ,000 added; 1 1-8 miles. Steeplechases: The Beacon, ,000 added; about 2 1-2 miles. The Independence, ,500 added; about 2 1-2 miles. Autumn meeting of 1904. Two-year-olds: The Flatbush, 0,000 guaranteed; 7-8 mile. The Great Eastern, ,500 guaranteed; 3-4 mile. i The Autumn, ,000 added; 3-4 mile. Two-year-olds and over: The Flight, ,000 added; 7-8 mile. Three-year-olds: The September, ,000 added; 1 3-8 miles. Autumn meeting of 190S: The Futurity, 0,000 added; 3-4 mile.
