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RICH STAKES TO CLOSE NEXT WEEK. Owners and trainers are reminded the great midwinter lists of stakes annually offered by the Coney Island Jockey Club, Brooklyn Jockey Club and Brighton Beach Racing Association, close for entries at midnight of Thursday, January 2. There is almost a bewildering proffer of rich and tempting events for owners to consider and the task of making entries intelligently is by no means a trilling one. With such grand prizes of the turf involved as the Brooklyn, Suburban, Brighton, Commonwealth and Invincible Handicaps, the Advance Stakes, Brighton Cup, Double Event, Great Trial Stakes, besides others of lesser value, but still of decided importance, making engagements to meet the varying capacities of a stable of racers, is delicate work requiring a high grade of judgment and knowledge of the Intricacies of form. In combined value of money added or guaranteed, the stakes now offered by these three great racing organizations foot up and3,500. Most of them being on the added money system, it is a very conservative estimate to say that forfeits and entrance fees will bring this total up to 00,000. The possessor of a race horse gifted with from average to superior speed, would be a poor business man indeed, if he did not give it a chance to win some part of this groat sum. In view of the present status of western racing, it seems especially important that western owners should nominate liberally to these events and Daily Racing Form hopes they will not fail to do so.
