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| , I RICH STAKES NOW READY FOR ENTRIES. The Westchester Ilacing Association has announced its list trf -takes for its spring meeting ■it Belmont Dark. Contrary to expectation it doc-, not follow the lead id the Coney Island Jockey Club in the line of increased values. The reason is not hard to perceive, the movement for the repeal oi the Percy-Cray law- fully accounting for it. Two flat race slakes, tin- l.arclmiont and Van Nest, hate ecu dropped from the list. A new feature, the luninr Trial Steeplechase, for four-year-olds, with . XM added, has been established in the jumping department and the National Hunt and Steeplecha-c Asstvciatit.n has decreased the value of its addi tion of plate to the Whitney Memorial from $."i00 to M1, anil to the Crand National Ste. phcliase from |230 to MP. Values otherwise are in all cases as they were last rear, and they were sufficient then lo enlist the csraCsjsa desires of all owners. The stakes now offered will close for entries at midnight of Monday. March 2. and are the following. For Three-Year-Olds and Over. Metropolitan Handicap, glO.OOO added; 1 mile. Cosmopolitan Handicap. ,000 added; 1 1-16 miles. Toboggan Handicap. . KMl atlded: u-4 mile. Spring Serial Handicaps, viz.: Cretans Handicap. ,800 added; --;-4 mil*, eiaremont Handicap, ,000 added; $ 1-2 furlongs. Van Corilandt Handicap. .SL.OtlO added: 7-S mile. Jockey Club Wcight-for-Age Race. .*:;.. j tt added; 1 is miles. Harlem Stakes. Sl H » added: I mile. New Rochelle Handicap, ,300 added: 7 1-2 furlongs. AniaJeiif Cup. ,300 atlded: 1 mile. For Three-Year-Olds. Bay* hi III I Stakes, tt.000 atlded: 1 mile. Iotaiitico Stakes. ,000 added: 1 1-10 miles. For Two-Year-Olds. Laureate Slakes. ,300 added; .V* mile. Maiden stakes S1..". K» added: 3-8 mile. Bobcsm t stakes. ,300 added; •" k mile, tlaiety Stakes, fillies. ,r. H added: 4 1-2 fur longs. Steeplechases. Whitney Memorial. $."..200 added; about I 1-2 ! miles. Brand National, ,100 added; aboat 2 1-2 miles. New York. .•;2. :Mt added; altoiit 2 miles. Junior Tidal. .SJ . M m » added- alxuit 2 miles. International. ,700 added: about 2 miles. Meadow Bnak Hunters. ,300 added: about 2 1-2 ! miles. Be-ides the foregoing the following events to be ■ run at the clubs fall meeting Will close for [ • ■riiries on the same dale: For Three-Year-Olds and Over. ! Belmont Bark Weight -for Age Race. 1908.sh,000 added: 2 1-4 miles. Municipal Handi.-ap. $::..Vlf added: 1 5-4 miles. For Three-Year-Olds. Jerome Slakes. ,000 added; 1 " T6 miles. For Two-Year-Olds. Champagne Stakes. ,000 added; 7 8 mile. Nursery Handicap, *4. mio added; hBd mile.
