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STAKES FOR THE SARATOGA MEETING. Valuable List Offered for Nominations Assures Brilliant Racing at the Spa. The list of twenty-three stakes announced by the Saratoga Association for closing on June 21. in addi tinn to the four valuable fixed events already closed, presages a brilliant meeting at Saratoga Springs dining August. That the Saratoga meeting will attract the pick of the horses in training in the Inited States and Canada is assured by the variety and value of the stake program. The events for which nominations will lie received by the Saratoga Association up to and including June 21. are as follows: For three-year-olds and upward — . Saratoga Handicap. ,000 guaranteed: 1 II miles. Saratoga Cup. 12.000 guaranteed: 1 :i-4 miles. Champlaiu Handicap, ,500 guaranteed. 1 IS miles. Merchants and Citizens Handicap. ,000 guaranteed: 1 S-M miles. l elaware Handicap. ,000 added: 1 mile. The Amsterdam Selling Stakes. ,200 guaranteed: 1 mile. The Catskill Selling Stakes. ,000 guaranteed: 7-8 mile. For three-year-olds — Huron Handicap. ,000 added: 1 :i 16 miles. Saranac Handicap. ,000 added: 1 mile. The Moliawk Selling Stakes. ,200 guaranteed: 1 mile. The Seneca Selling Stakes. ,000 guaranteed: 3-1 mile. For two-year-olds — - Saratoga Special, by subscription, with ,500 in plate added: 3 4 mile. Adirondack Handicap. ,500 guaranteed: ."-4 mile. Inited States Hotel Stakes. ,000 added: :i 4 mile. Grand Inion Hotel Stakes. ,000 added: ,"4 mil.-. The Flash Stakes. ,200 guaranteed: 5 1-2 fur longs. Albany Handicap, ,200 guaranteed: 3-4 mile. The Troy Selling Stakes. ,200 guaranteed: 5 1-2 furlongs. The Kentucky Selling Stakes. ,000 guaranteed: 5 1-2 furlongs. For steeplechasers, four year-olds and upward — North American Handicap. .2*10 guaranteed: about 2 miles. Beverwvck Handicap. ,200 guaranteed: about 2 12 miles. The Shillelah Selling Stakes. ,000 guaranteed: about 2 1-2 miles. The Saratoga Selling Stakes. ,000 guaranteed; about 2 miles. The fixed events already closed that -will Oral part of the stake program of the Saratoga meeting include the 0,000 Spinaway. for two-year-old fillies; the ,000 Hopeful, for two-year-olds: the Travors. for three-year-olds, and the Alabama, for three-year-old fillies. The Saratoga ft BMW l IhW has bee* guaranteed against loss liv the Association of Owners and Breeders ou the following stakes: Saratoga Handicap, Saratoga Cup. Clamnlatn Handicap. Delaware Handicap. Huron Handicap. Saranac Handicap. Adirondack Handicap. Inited States Hotel Slakes and Grand Inion Hotel Stakes.