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PALMETTO PARK STAKES ANNOUNCED. Charleston Fair and Rasing Association Opens Twenty-Tnrce Events to Be Run Coming Winter. Charleston, S. C., October 3. The Charleston Fair and Racing Association today announced the opening of twentv-three stakes to be run during the seventy-eight davs meeting that will open at Palmetto Park December 1. These stakes will range in guaranteed value from ,200 upwards, with the ,000 Palmetto Derbv as the topliner. Their conditions and distances will suit all kinds of horses and the list is made up as follows: Fort Sumter Inaugural Handicap, all ages, ,500; six furloiigs. Argyle Hotel Handicap, three-year-elds and upward, ,500: one mile and a sixteenth. St. John Hotel Selling Handicap, three-year-olds and upward. ,200; one mile. Jasper Handicap, two and three-year-olds. ,500; six furlongs. Fort Moultrie Selling Stakes, three-year-olds and upward, ,200; seven furlongs. Mount Pleasant Handicap, three-year-olds and upward, ,500; one mile and a sixteenth. Christmas Handicap, all ages, ,000; one mile. New Year Handicap, three-year-olds and upward, ,000; one mile and an eighth. Battery Park Selling Stakes, three-year-olds and upward, ,200; six furlongs. Isle of Palms Selling Stakes, three-year-olds and upward. ,200; one mile. Charleston Hotel Handicap, three-year-olds and upward, ,500; one mile and a sixteenth. Hampton Stakes, two-year-olds, tillies, ,200; three and a half furlongs. Robert E. Lees Birthday Handicap, three-year-olds and upward, ,000; one mile and an eighth. South Carolina Selling Stakes, three-year-olds and upward. ,200; one mile. Aiken Stakes, two-year-olds, ,200; three and a half furlongs. Citadel Handicap, three-year-olds and upward, ,500; six furlongs. Columbia Selling Stakes, three-year-olds and upward. ,200: one mile and seventv yards. Calhoun Selling Stakes, two-year-olds, ,200; four furlongs. Spartanburg Handicap, three-year-olds, ,500; six furlongs. St. Valentine Day Handicap, three-year-olds and upward, ,500; one mile and a quarter. Pine Forest Inn Stakes, two-3-ear-olds, ,200; four furlongs. George Washington Birthday Handicap, three-year-olds and upward, ,000; one mile anil an eighth. Palmetto Derby, three-year-olds, ,000; oue mile and a quarter.
