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SARATOGA STEEPLECHASES CLOSE SOON New York. April ML— Entry blanks for steeplechase events to be decided at Saratoga next August have been issued. Four stakes have been provided for jumpers and all of them close on May .".. These four stakes, which are expected to draw a big list of entries, are the Saratoga Steeplechase Handicap, the North American Steeplechase Handicap, the Beverwyck Steeplechase Handicap and the Shillelah Steeplechase Handicap. The Saratoga Handicap has Sl.Odo added money ami is for four-year-ohls and over t«, K„ ov,.r the two-mile course. The North American is for three year-olds and over to go the sain-- distance and this feature has .." NI added. The Beverwyck, with .1*00 added, is also for the throe-year olds and over over the same route, the same conditions applying to the Shillelah. « . —