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CRESCENT CITY DERBY TO BE WORTH 0,000. Louisville, Ky., September1 8. Nineteen stakes aro announced by Martin Natbanson to be decided during the Crescent Cit- Jockey Clubs meeting of sixty-one days at the old track In New Orleans next winter. Fifteen of them will close" November 10. The other four are for two-y ear-olds In 1907 and will close in January. With the exception of the Crescent City Derby, all lirive added monev values ranging from ,000 to ,500. The Derby has n fixed value of 0,000. Here is a list of the stakes to close November 10, together with the dates on which they are to be decided, the distances and the money added: November 24 Inaugural Handicap: 3-4 mile. .,500 November 2! Thanksgiving Handicap; 1 1-1C miles 1,500 December 1 Crescent City Stakes; 1 1-1G miles 1,000 December 8 Preliminary Derby Handicap; 3-4 mile 1,500 December 24 Gentilly selling; ,1 3-lG nilies. 1,000 December 25 Christmas Handicap; 1 1-16 miles , 1,500 December 29 Speed Handicap, 3-4 mile 1,000 January 1 New Year Handicup, 1 mile and 70 yards 1,000 January 5 Magnolia sellihg.-l mile I,-Q00 January 20 Merchants. Handicap, 1 mile 1,250 February 2 St. Charles Hotel Handicap, 1 1-4 miles 1,500 February 23 Bush Cup Handicap. 2 1-4 miles. 1,500 March 2 New Orleans City Railway Handicap. 1 1-16 miles 1,000 March 23 Crescent City Derby, 1 1-8 miles... 10,000 March 30 Audubon selling 1 1-10 miles 1,000 The Inaugural Handicap, Thanksgiving Handicap, Gentilly Stakes, Christmas Handicap and Speed Handicap are for all ages in 1906; the Crescent City Stakes and Preliminary Derby are for two-year-olds in 1906; the New Year Handicap and Crescent City "Derby for three-year-olds in 1907; the Merchants Handicap, St. Charles Hotel Handicap, New Orleans City Railway Handicap, Audubon Stakes, Bush Cup and Magnolia Stakes are for three-year-olds and upward in 1907. The following arc the stakes for two-year-olds In 1907 that are to close In January: January 30 Premier Stakes. 1-2 mile ,000 February 22 Martha Washington Stakes, 1-2 mile 1,000 February 27 Carnival Stakes, 4 1-2 furlongs.. 1,000 March 20 Rosebud Stakes, 5-S mile 1,000 The officials for the meeting are announced as follows: Clarence McDowell, presiding Judge; Frank J. Bryan, steward; A. B. Dade, starter; J. L. Hall, paddock judge; Alexander Brewster, patrol Judge: Rufus C. Bush, entry clerk; John Carey, clerk oc the scales; M. Nathanson, racing secretary and han-dleapper.
