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ANNUAL CHAMPION PRIZE MAY BE CUT New York September 4 The value of the Annual Obampion Stakes a two mile and a quarter race to be nin on the closing day of the meeting may be reduced from 25000 tlie present guaranteed value 10000 guaranteed if the consent of tho horse ¬ men interested can be secured Tlie Annual Cham ¬ pion has peculiar conditions inasmuch as an owner nfter once entering his horse can start him each year thereafter upon payment of the starting fee The conditions would permit horses long ago retired lo the stud to be started if their owners saw lit to ° Siich once wellknown racers at Artful Athlete Burgomaster Igniter Magistrate Maid of Harlem Migraine Orniondale Peter Pan Rockton Savable Ort Wells Stalwart Tradition and many others now oir the turf forever are still eligible under the renditions It might l e a good idea many horsemen aid yesterday because of altered turf conditions 10 declare off the Annual Champion or modify the amount of monev to be runxfor and devote the dif ¬ ference to overuijrht events
