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CONEY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB STAKES. New York. M.iv 7. The Coney Island Jockey Clubs list of stakes for the meeting to begin at Sbeepshead Bay June 24. is made up of twelve events headed bv the Suburban, and the entries will close Mav 20. In former years there were three 25.000 events, one at 116.000 and one at Slo.ooo. but all of these have been red OCfd anil the Suburban Handicap now stands our as one of the richest of the events, which will close iu a couple of weeks wilh 5.000. which is the same value as the Brook -lyu Handicap. The list follows: For Three-Year-Olds and Upward. Suburban Handicap. . 000. one mile and a quarter. Commonwealth Handicap. 2.3*0, one mile and a quarter. Advance Stakes. 2.500, one mile and five-sixteenths. Long Islam! Handicap. .noo. one mile and a fur-lot at. Shcenshead Bay Handicap, ,000. one mile. For Three-Year-Olds. Oaaey Island Jockev Club Stakes. ,500. one mile and a hair. Swift Stakes. .O0O. seven furlongs, mam course. For Two-Year-Olds. Cleat Trial. .5 mi. 1 Ix furlongs, main course. Double Event, . hhi. five and one-half and six furlongs. Vernal Stakes. .511. five furlongs, main course. Steeplechases. Plat «■ 1000, about two and one-half miles. Independence. . about two and one half miles. The events make a total of 1,100. against 20.-500 last year.
