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I t i | ; | | I | - j t i . ■ : | i , | i , ■ i ■ ; I , . . , , I ; • i I PINILIC0S SPRING STAKES TO CLOSE Preaknecs to Be Worth Close to 0,000 to the Winner — No Purse Less Than ,000. BALTIMORE, M.I.. February 28. The splendid total of *M50 will be distributed at Iimlico text spring in the cur-e of the May milling of the Maryland Jockey Club, which will begin May 1 and end May is. The program just aniiouncod by William 1. Kicss. IMiulicos secretary and executive. proclaims the renewal as a race with 5,000 added of the Ireakne-- Stakes, the ea-ts richest three-year-old special. The cross value of the Preaknesa with a field of eight to ten starter-will be between 8,000 and 0,000. As in the immediate oust the Prenknesa will be restricted lo entire colt- and fillie-. The ex.lu-ioii of ecldin- was prompted hi a desire to diaeonrage the aiier- iag of fine yOUUg thnrongbha* d*. which, after they -hall have finished with racing, niislit be -civi.e- able at government remount stations or *t*ma siring half lied hois,.- for ihe anny. In asking Oaagresa for a matter of 50,000 for the organization of mililary horse production, the remount service has pointed out that 500 thoroughbred stallion- are needed for immediate employment. The Iimlico stakes advertised for deci-ion next spring will close April 1. In addition to the ITeakucss. which will be a galmp of a mile and an eighth, s:i.SMl of the added tn y to go lo the second hor-e. SL.IHIO to the third and .00$ lo the fourth, the stak.s that will close on April 1 are the Iimlico daks, for three year old fillies. ,000 added, one mile and a sixteenth; Iimlico Kpring Handicap, three-year-olds and over. ,000 added, one mile and a sixteenth; Green Spring Valley Steeplechase. for four-year olds and over. ,000 added, two miles, and the Spring Juvenile stakes, for two-year-olaa, .500 added, four ami a half furlong*. A starting fee of .vKMI each will be charged in the ,000 races and one of 0 in the Spring .luvenile. In addition to the Spring Juvenile the Iimli.o Nursery, a two year old race, with ,108 added. will be run during the course of the coining spring meeting. The overnight pur-.- will be ,000, ,500, .000 and ,500. These purse- will be graded acmdind lo the class of the entries thev - ek to attract The policy of having at least one steeplechase each day. which the Maryland lo. key Club has succi -fully maintained in the past, will !.•• continued at Iimlico. The Maryland Jockey Club is making an effort to break up the practice of owners withholding overnight Ihe names of prospective starters in -takes, a practice that has at time- reached the dimension* of an abuse of the publics confidence on some tracks, by inning that all intended starters in all stake- be named as earl] as 11 oclock on the day preceding the running of stakes. The book program of ov. might races ami advance nominations to -take- will be issued sometime in April.
