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NEW YORK STAKES IN PREPARATION. New York. April S.— Having settled npon the dates, the Jockey Clubs racing associations will now lose no time in preparing a list of stakes tit h attract entries from all classes of horsemen It is extiected that the overnight purses will, with few exceptions, exceed 00 iu value, while ,000 will 1 be about the average sum added to the stake events. It is possible that if the Brooklyn and I Suburban Handicaps are run the added money may amount to $.".000 in each instance, while the same , mav be said of the Metropolitan Handicap at Rel-inoiit Park, which will probably be the feature of ■ the opening day.
