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STAKES FILLED SPLENDIDLY JOCKEY CLUB RECEIVES 736 ENTRIES FOR EVENTS PROVIDED FOR BY OWNERS FUND. Attractive Meeting at Syracuse in Connection with State Fair Assured by Character of Fifty-Seven Nominations for ,C00 Added Event. New York, December 11. Nominations for the stakes provided for ly this owners fund to be run on Jockey Club tracks next year closed on December 1. The result Is a more than satisfactory response on the part of racing men to the efforts made by the i Jockey Hub to supply high-class sport. -i meeting at Syracuse when the State Fair is inress may be expected to follow the initial mo. ln offering ,000 added money for a weight lor-age event tor turee-year-olds and upward. The Syracuse Uxture will come in September, just when the horses are in trim after the Saratoga meeting, and with the big stake as an attraction there is no doubt that many of the best horses will take part. An entry of fifty-seven lias been received at the subscription fee of 0 and with another 0 charged to starters it is quite likely that nearly 0,000 will be available for the first running of this stake. The distance is one mile and a quarter. Four of the stakes are for two-ycar-olils, and that tlie racing among the youngsters promises to he keen is shown by the fact that they have receive, more than double the number of nmoiuations thai, four similar stakes for three-year-olds. James Butler, who purchased most of the yearlings from the Keene estate, is the largest nominator, and though some of his coming two-year-olds have been sent to Juarez for the winter campaign, part have been kept here and the pick of the performers in Mexico will be brought back for the local meetings. Tin; stakes, which are designated by letters, will bi awarded to the different racing associations when the dates are arranged by the Jockey Club. The lis tances, values and the number of nominations follow. For two-year-olds A., live furlongs. ,500 added. 125: It., live and a half furlongs, ,000 guaranteed. 120; C. six furlongs, ,500 added, 120; D.. six furlongs, , WO guaranteed, 120. For three-year-olds 17.. one mile. ,500 added 40; F., one mile and a furlong. ,000 guaranteed. 47; G., one mile ami a quarter, ,500 added, 55; . If., one mile. and a half, ,500 added. 43. y
