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SHEEPSHEAD BAY STAKE RACING. The magnificent Slieepshead Bay meeting will continue willi some events of surpassing interest to be disposed of between now and the close or this week. The culmination will be the running of what should provu the greatest race or the year, for three-year-olds, when the Coney Island Jockey Club Stakes will be contested for the first time next Saturday. The long-oslabllsliod Swift Stakes will be run Wednesday afternoon and should be contested by a choice band of sprinters, Okenlle, Etlion, Sewell, Theyre OIL Kentucky Beau. Faust, Zal. Tony Faust, Superman. Veil, Court Dress, Altuda, Frank Gill. McCarter. J. C. Core, Oraculiim. Charles Edward. Bat Mastterson. Jack Atkin, Electioneer, Dinna Ken and Alcthueo being among the .ligihles. and all able to go a lively seven furlongs. Thursday will be marked by the decision of the Surf Slakes at live anil a half furlongs for two-year-olds and the Slieepshead Bay Handicap at n mile for thrco-year-olils and over. The names of Half Sovereign, Cliapultepec. Ella ONeill. Sudden Start, Sir Navarre, Master Robert. James P.. Brady, Smoker. Golden Pearl, Masque, Transvaal, Jubilee. Wave Crest, Monlclalr, Stargowan, .Ben Fleet and. Beaucoup crop up prominently In the list, of entries to the Surf. The Slieepshead Bay Handicap, has such choice mllers as Etlion. Dishabille. Sewell, Grapple, Montgomery, Tony Faust, Roseben, Suffrage, Grlmalili, Superman, Zambesi. Cot.ontown. Running Water. McCarter, Jack Atkin, Dr. Gardner, Dreamer. Inquisitor, Coy Maid, Bedouin, Bar-bary Belle, Halifax, Wexford. Brookdaie Nymph and many other rapid goers in Its big list or noinina-itions. The Thistle Stakes will be run oft Friday. This is a selling dash or a mile and an eighth, and lias Bad News. Agile, Samson, Hyperion II., Angler, Pater, Orphan Lad, Dreamer. Ben Ban. Lady Navarre, Grapple, Braneas. St. Valentine, Tony Faust, Jocund, Tipping, .Buttling, Masaniello. J. C. Core,, Oraculum, First .Mason, Good Luck and Dolly Span-, ker among Its entries. Saturday will bring about the running of two 5,000 stakes, the Great Trial for two-year-olds and the Coney Island Jockey Club or three-year-olds, it being the first running of the latter rich event. The Great Trial is at three-quarters, and Cliapultepec, Sir Navarre, Colin. Masque. King James, Cohort, Ben Fleet, Firestone. Burgher, Fnl-cada, Beaucoup, Monopolist. Wave Crest and Lady Winifred are among its ellgibles. The Coney Island Jockey Club Stakes is at a mile and a half with some small penalties and allowances. The douglty Peter Pan is in along with his stable mates Superman, Ballot, Court Dress, Philander, Gretna Green, Veil and Mentha, but formidable opposition seems likely froln Etlion, Fountalnblne, Kentucky Beau, Fdust, Montgomery, Tony Faust, Electioneer, Jack Atkin and others. This will be a grand race, and with Peter Pan to carry 129 pounds and Electioneer .110 it seems probable the long chain of Keene Victories in the big stakes may lie broken here.
