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STAKE RACES TO BE RUN THIS WEEK. The June meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead ltav will come to a close Tuesday. Two stakes will be decided, the last half of the Double Eyent. for two-year-olds, ami the .Iiwrence Realization, .for three-year-olds. Winning form in the Double Event is best represented by Starlwttle. Diillcare. Waldo. Dalmatian, Sweep. Fireliox. Medallion. Newmarket. Big Stick. Rocky OBrien. Colinet and Shannon. The big event of the day. the Law reuce Realization, will net the. winning horse 4.-iHrfl. and, as a natural sequence, is a prize to be coveted soIicUuslj-. But Fitz Herberts holIov de feat of Hilarious in the Advance Stakes has deprived the race of much of tlie Interest that, .would have attached to It had the mfwting r tlie two been deferred until it came up for decision. That race induced trainer Itowe to say that Hilarious will hot start in it. But that was In the first flush of disappointment and. with the consideration that second money in the Realization is more than first money In the majority of stake races of the present .tlnu. Hilarious ni!iy be sent In to take smother chance. Aside from him the probable starters are l-ltz Herbert. Detective. Olambala and Fayette, with tlie certainty In advance that Fitz Herbert will be an odds-bu favorite, and, jis far as public form goes, an aliiiost assured winner. , . The Empire City meeting begins Wednesday, with stake races to be run each day except Friday, The feature, of the opening day is the Midsummer Stakes, for three-vearrolds and over, at a mile and an ei"hth. uniler selling conditions. It. has iMontgom-erv. Hill Top. Cymbal. Bad News. The Wrestler. Gridiron. Arasec. Norbltt. Evebrlght. Black Mate. The Squire. Arclte, Huck. Wise Mason. Traveller. Fashion Plate, Lad of Langden and Petticoat among its entries, and holds out promise of an interesting contest. The Whirl -Stakes, for three-year-olds, at a mile, will be run Thursday. It has no penalties, but has liberal non-winning allowances. Fitz. Her-liert. Fashion Plate, Petticoat.. Plate Glass. Practical.! Etherial. WHtervllet. Wise Mason. Royal Captive. Arondack and Traveller appear best In this: The big race of the. meeting, the Empire City Handicap, is set for .Saturday. It is a dash of a mil and an eighth and, like the Metropolitan. BrooKr lvn and Suburban, is of the guaranteed value -of ,000. King James is top weight, at 120 pounds, ahd in.iv start.. Celt is next to him. with 1J3 pounds, Fitz llerlert was given US liounds and lias picked up three more for winning the Adyanc-fe Stakes, making his impost 121 pouuds. If he sliould win the Whirl Stakes he would incur a further peualtv of four pounds. .; Jack Atkln, 115 pouiids; Alfred Noble 115. Hilarious 114. Live Wire 110. Favette 107. Kings: Daughter 100. Maltbie 100. Jhggier 104,- -Montgomery 104. Fashion Plate 102; Arclte 100.! Effemll 99. Huck 07. Arasee 95. Pcttlj coat DO. and Lady- Bedford 90. are other good horse-5 from which the field will come. There Is material hero for a groat contest. Only one. stake is to be run at Fort Erie. This is the. Fort .Erier Stakes, a dnsh of three-quarters of a mile, under- selling .conditions. Centre Shot. Hyper Hon II.. Pajarolta, Madman, Cooney K.. Snillcy Corr bett. Prince Ahmed. Terah. Sewell, All Red. Piute. Giir Fisher. Sal Volatile. Stroiiielaud, Westbury. Al Miiller. Cvmbal. Dainty Dame. Fulford. Ilanbridga; Crystal Maid. Simcoe,: Royal Onyx. Smoker. Turley; Green. Seal. St. Elmwood. Gemmell and Bellwqther are among the eighty-six siieedy horses nominated;
