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PREAKNESS 40000 ADDED Maryland Jockey Club Announces Its List of Spring Stakes 188650 in Added Money Pro vided for Twelve Days DaysRacing Racing at Pimlico BALTIMORE Md March 24 The Maryland Jockey Club has announced its stake program for th spring meeting to be held at Pimlico from May 3 to May IK The Preakness will have 40000 added with a 1000 starting fee which goes to the winner Of the 40000 the runnersup receive 10000 5000 to the second 3000 to the third and 2000 to the fourth With ten starters the race will be worth 40000 to the winner winnerThere There are five stellar attractions provided in addition to the Pimlico Nursery 2500 added which closed last September with 307 entries and which will probably be run Wednesday May 4 The regular spring stakes entries for which close April 11 are areSpring Spring Juvenile Stakes twoyearolds 50 to start to be paid to the winner 2000 four and one lull f furlongs furlongsPreakness Preakness Stakes threeyearolds entire colts and fillies 1000 to start 40000 added one and neeighth miles milesPimlico Pimlico Oaks throeyearold fillies 100 to start 5000 added one and onesixteenth miles milesPimlieo Pimlieo Spring1 Handicap threeyearolds and over starters 100 5000 added one and onesir feentli miles milesGreen Green Spring Valley Steeplechase Handicap start ¬ ers 100 5000 added two miles milesIt It is a pretentious program Marylands oldest rac iug organization offers lSSiiO in added money for twelve days of racing Overnight purses of 1300 1500 2000 and 2500 surely will attract the best stables of the East EastWhile While the date for the running of the Preakness has not been selected yet it is surmised that n day will be chosen that will make it possible for the star threeyearolds of the year to compete in both the Kentucky Derby and Pimlicos big feature
