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CHURCHILL DOWNS STAKES ARE ANNOUNCED. Eight ,000 Added Events, Besides Kentucky Derby and Oaks, to Make Up Spring Program. Louisville. Kv.. February J.— The stakes for the coming spring meeting of the New I-ouisville Jockey Club at Churchill Downa were announced todav by Secretary Lyman H. Davbj and will close for entries March 2. They are eight in number and call for aa entrance f« ,■ of tie, with 0 additional to start and .ih » added to each by th,- New Louisville Jockey Club, of which tX» will go to the second and l to the third horse. rbotse for three-year-olds and upwards are: CI. irk Handicap, one mile and a sixteenth. Louisville Handicap, six furlongs. Churchill Powjis Handicap, one mile and an eighth. Frank Fehr Stakes, selling, one mile. Tobacco Stakes, selling, six furlongs. Those for two year olds arc: Bashford Manor .Stakes, for colts and geldings, four and a half furlong-. Debutante Stakes, for fillies, four furlongs. Juvenile Stakes, selling, for colt-, geldings and fillies, live furlongs. The Kentucky Derby and Daks for 1012 have long Since closed, and these two races for 1813 will not Close until Hie spring of 1913, when the then eligibles are 1 hroe-ycar-olds. The last 1 -avinent for the p.112 Kentucky Derby and Oak- is due the first of Hie coming March. No parse •■! less than 00 added will be olTerel al Churchill Dow, is the coming spring. Manager M. J. Winn and Secretary Davis look for great racing the coming spring at Churchill Downs, as practically all the great racing -table- In Aim-iica will be iu attendance to participate in the sport.
