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STAKES TO BE DECIDED AT BRIGHTON BEACH. Some Capital Racing During the Week The-Brighton Cup Should Produce a Grand Contest. With racing at Gravesend disposed of for the present year Brighton Beach comes In for a week of activity and then the scene of operations shifts to Belmont Park. Although the Brighton Beach autumn meeting is a short one It is marked by the decision of some highly important, stakes and some capital racing will come off between now and, next Saturday night. Tomorrow afternoon the rich Produce Stakes, for two-year-olds, will be run, In two races; one for the fillies engaged and the other , for the colts and geldings. The names of the probable starters appear in the entry lists published today. The conspicuous feature is- the absence of. a J. Jt. Keene nomination to the colts division of the big .race. Tuesday afternoon will be marked by the running of the Cup Preliminary. This is a mile and a half dash, uxclusively for horses engaged In the Brighton Cup and affords an interesting tryout for the greater event. Long distance races are usually contested by small fields, but the Prellnilnary has quite a number of horses eligible that are ready to race" and more than an . ordinary number may go to the post on this occasion. Proper, Oxford, Flip Flap, The Picket, Brancas, Lady Savoy, Merry Lark, Dolly Spanker and Bight Royal are all in condition and among the other eligiblcs are Alwln, -Santa Catallna, Agile, Kurokl, Sir Huon, Disobedient, Tradition; Cairngorm and Mohawk II. No horse appearing to overshadow the others, may very well encourage owners to take a chance that will result In the best races ever run for the Preliminary and the Cup also. The stake for Wednesday is the Mercury Handicap, for two:year-olds and over, at three-quarters of a mile. Lady Amelia, Diamond, Jacobite, Tiptoe, Ormondale, De -.Mund, Dcutsebland, Inquisitor, Vino, Pautoutkv First Premium, Pater and Haudzarra are prominent among the swift ones liluiPwlJI- -be. -jruH. Thursday. v.-This is a valuable race and was designed us .a test fotf the slayers. Last year was its first running, Lotus Eater then winning. De Mund, Peter Pan, Jack A t kin. Don Enrique, Roseuiount, Pauuiouojk, Fpun-talnblue. Prince Hampton, Montgomery, Conville, Golf Ball. Gretna Green, Frauk Gill, Charles Ed ward. Bat Masteison, Dlnna Ken, Rufus-and Ale-tlieuo .should furnish a Held superior to that which -contested the Triumph last year. Fridays at Brighton Reach arc always devoted to overnight purses. Saturday will have two stake races on its card. The Chantllly Steeplechase and the 0,000 Brighton Cup, at two miles and a quarter. John M. P. is not In the Chantllly. but bis stable mate. Desert Chief, is, along with Champs Elysees, Mackey Dwyer, Expansionist, Kernel, Delcauta, Jimmy Lane, Grandpa, Paul Jones, Commandant, Her-culold, Balzac, Coiumoudalc and Caller. The Cup entries are nearly the same as the entries for the Preliminary, the exceptions being that Oiseau, Holscher and Klauiesha are In the Cup and Holscher may start in addition to those mentioned in commenting on , the preliminary, in which case the probable Cup starters seem Proper, 124; Flip Flap, 10S; The Picket, 124; Oxford, 124; Merry Lark, 124; Holsciier, 111, and .Brancas, 121, or Lady Savoy, 121. It is to be hoped a good day and fast track await the race.
