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! ! 1 1 » COMING ATTRACTIONS AT AQUEDUCT Many Important Fixtures to Be Decided This Week — Grand Program for Independence Day, New V«rk, June 29. — For the first week in July, the QaaajM County Jockey Club has provided a program that should furnish some of the licst racing : seen in the east this year. A nuiulH-r of highly important stake features are scheduled for decision. On Monday, July 1, the Woodhaven Selling Stakes l for two-year-oh.s. with a guaranteed value" of ,000. is th - main race and should attract a big ■ field of well-mat-hid juvenile:;. It will be worth i winning, as th:- gross value of the stake will bL- considerably above ,000, owing to the large number • of nominations. Tuesday the Rockaway Selling Stakes f:r hors-s of the older division, will undoubtedly bring together a ajoai band of sprinters, the field to come I from such as Ed Arlingtons Koh-i-Noor, C. Buxtons i J. J. Lillis. R. F. Carmans Startling. Cleveland I Stables Dorcas. Crown Stables Trophy, D. S. Dryers Favour. F. Housemans Frederick the Great, • J. Leonards Assume. G. W. HeKamcci Tarn M -Taggart. 1 G. W. Lofts Arrah Go On. Capt. Ral 1 Parrs Nebraska. Potomac Stables Milkman. Quiuey * Stables Compadre, J. K. L. Ross Manokin. W. J. Starrs Wise Man, F. D. Weirs King Worth and : 1 others. Overnight races on Wednesday will give the cheaper " grade of horses an opportunity to win a purse and the absence of a stake feature thai dav will onlv serve to whet the appetite of New York racegoers for the big celebration on Independence day. For the national holiday a program of unusual brilliance has been arranged to entertain what is certain " to be the largest gathering of racing enthusiasts tint have witnessed the sport over a New-York %l track this year. The program is built around two attractive stake features, the Carter Handicap and the Clover Stakes. The Carter Handicap is • the principal offering and a great race it will 1 be. with such high-class racers to furnish the contention as Jack Hare Jr.. Drastic. Ima Frank. • Kalitan. Ballv. Bantry. Polymelian. Tom McTaggart, Papp. Cum Sah, Motor Cam, War Cloud, IJoamer. Nebraska. Ultima Thale, t udgel. Damiosch, Tea J Caddy, We-sty Hogan. Beam 0Grady, Straight Forward and Corn Tassel. The Clover Stakes for two-year-old fillies, will 1 bring together all the best juveniles of the gentler r sex in training in these parts and it may mark ■ the debut of several well-thought of young misses in several of the largest establishments. A handicap steeplechase is included for the devotees of the sport through the field, while the other thn-o races are in keeping with the occasion and should furnish sport of a superior quality. No stake events are scheduled for Friday, but a good card of overnight races will make up for the ommission of a feature race. The valuable and lK pu!ar Tremont Stakes for two year olds, with a guaranteed value of ;.».1!0: the Bnokdale Handicap with ,000 added and the Chndale Steeplechase Handicap, itre- the attractions for Saturday. Prac-ticallv all the best horses m training in the east are eligible to the Brookdale Handicap, as are the best youngsters iu the Tremont. while the acknowledged stars of the r.teepleehase division are among the probable starters in the jumping feature.
