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SHEEPSHEAD BAY STAKES OF THIS WEEK. Sis closed stake races will be run at Sheepshead Bay in the course of the racing week beginning Monday, July 5. The Independence Steeplechase with 00 added and the Commonwealth Handicap of ,500 at a mile and a quarter will be run tomorrow, the names of the probable contestants appearing in todays published entry lists. The .Mermaid Stakes, for three-year-old iillies. with ,000 added, distance, one and one-eighth miles, will be decided "Wednesday afternoon. It is sutlicient to say that: Maskette is in tills to indicate the almost certain winner. Other eligibles that can run fast are Field Mouse,, Twilight Queen, Lady Bedford, Miss Kearney. Mnuvietto. Rubia Granda and Petticoat. Tile Advance Stakes, f.or three-year-olds and over, at a mile and live-sixteenths, is set for Thursday. It Is at weight for age and of the guaranteed value of ,500. King James. Fitz Herbert, Celt, Hilarious, Maskette, Mary Davis. Jack Atkin. Effendi. Fayette. High Private., and Field Mouse are among the g-wnl Iiors-s nominated. .Saturday has the Vernal Slakes, for two-year-old Iillies. and the Long Island Handicap, for three-year-olds and over, as attractions. The Vernal is at five furlongs and is ,500 in value. Public form is represented by Jaciieliiia. Sou, Ocean Bound, Angeroua, Our Hannah, Fair Louise. Mexoaua. Evening Song, Greenvah.. Cnlypte and Rcsponsfiil. and several that have not raced as yet are thought to lie good ones in prospect. The Long Island is a dash of a mile and an eighth with ,000 added and King James. Itesti-Rouehe. Fitz Herbert. Field Mouse, Practical, Foun-tainlilue, Berkeley, Trash. Mary Davis, Arasee. High Private, Alfred Noble, Eyebright, Hammerless, Allliction. The Gardener. Arcite. Monfort, Wise Mason, .Fashion Plate. Effendi. Lad of Langden and Petticoat arc three horses from which the starters will come.
