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BIG STAKE RACES CLOSING TOMORROW. Important Annual Events Which Will Be Run Over the Havre de Grace and Aqueduct Tracks. Tomorrow is quite an important day to owners of race horses, for the reason that it is the day when entries close- to eight good stake races to be run at the Havre de Grace- spring meeting and to eighteen other important events, which will bo decided in the course- of the Aqueduct, meeting, making twenty six stake rac-e-s in all. well worth any mans winning. Dates for eastern me-etings have not been promulgated as yet. but it is understood, that the Havre- de Grace meeting will cover the last half of April, while the Aqueduct meeting will probably c-omi- off iu late June- and early-July. Owners, whs have neglected to make on-trie-s and desire to do so, have until mielnight of tomorrow to mail then. The Havre de Grace offerings are as follows: Harford Handicap. three- year-olds and over, ,666 added; five- anil one-half furlongs. Philadelphia Handicap, three- year-olds and over. ,500 aehled: three-quarters mile. Susquehanna Handicap, three-year olels and over, ,000 added; BBC mile and seventy yards. Peiin Selling Stakes, three-year olds and over. ,600 added; five and one-half furlongs. Chester Selling Stakes, three-year-olds and over. ,M8 added; three-quarters mile-. Wilmington Stakes, three-year-olds, ,000 added: five and one half furlongs. AlH-rdeen Stake-s, two-year-olds, ,000 added; four and one-half furlongs. lVrryville Selling Stakes, two-year-olds, ,000 added; four and one-half furlongs. The Aepieduct list is much more extensive and embraces fixtures of long establishment and much fame. It is as follows: For Three-Year-Olds and Over. Brooklyn Handicap, 1917.sh,000 guaranteed, 1 1-S miles. Carter Handicap. . ."00 guaranteed, 7-S mile. Brookdalo Handicap. ,000 added. 1 1-S miles. Queens County Handicap. ,300 added. 1 mile-. Myrtle Selling Stakes. SI. 500 guarante-ed. 1 mile-. Roe-kaway Selling Stakes, ,500 guaranteed, 3-4 mile. Gazelle Handicap, fillie-s nn.f mares. ,500 added, 1 1-lC, miles. For Three-Year-Olds. Brooklyn De-rby. ,000 guaranteed. 1 1-S miles. Union Selling Stakes. ,500 guarante-ed, 7-S mile. For Two-Year-Olds. Great American Stakes, ,000 guaranteed. 5-8 mile. Tremont Stakes. ,000 guaranteed. 3-4 mile. Hudson Stakes. S3. 000 guaranteed. 6-8 mile. Clover Stakes, fillies, ,000 guaranteed. 5 Jta mile. W Canarsie Selling Stakes, ,300 guarantee-d. 6-J mile. Woodhaven Selling Stakes. ,500 guarantee el. 5-S mile. Steeplechase Stakes. Clcndale llamlicap, ,200 adclc el. about 12 1-U miles. Winfield Handicap. ,000 added, aboot 2 miles. P.ayside- Selling Handicap, ,000 added, about S miles. In the case- of both traeks entries are to 1ยป-mailed to F. Rohborger, secretary, 3W Fulton St., Brooklyn. N. Y.
