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METROPOLITAN STAKES Big List of Entries Expected for Popular Eastern Fixture. 4 . Aqueduct and Jamaica Offer Splendid Array of Attractions for 1924 Spring Meetings. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 8. The generoua 1 response to the stake races to be run over the New York tracks this coming spring, that have already closed for entries, lead the of- ficials of the Aqueduct and Jamaica tracks to expect a similar response when the nomina- tions for the Queens County Jockey Club and Metropolitan Jockey Club fixtures close on Monday, Feb. 25. The slakes of the Queens County Jockey Club to be run at Aqueduct probably during the latter part of June and the early part of July include such popular events as the 0,000 Brooklyn Handicap, the ?10,000 Great American Stakes, the 0,000 Tremont Stakes, Carter Handicap, with ,000, and the Dwycf Stakes, with ?5,000 added. Here is a complete list of the Aqueduct stakes : For Tliree-Year-Olds and Over. Rrooklyn Handic:;i, 1 1-8 miles Value 0,000 Carter Handicap, 7-8 Mile Added 4,000 j IJrookdale Handicap. 1 1-S miles.... " 4,000 ! Queens County Handicap, 1 mile " 4,000 Speculation Handicap, t mile " 11,000 1 Myrtle Stakes, 1 mile " 2.G00 llockaway Stakes, 3-1 mile... " 2,000 Dwyer Stakes, 1 1 i-3m5!es ...".Added $ 5,000 Carlton Stakes, 1 mile ; . " 4,000 ltroadway Stakes, 1 1-10 miles " 2,500 I Gazelle Stakes, 1 1-10 miles " 2,500 Uuiou Stakes, 7-3 mile 2,000 For Two -Year-Olds. Great American Stakes, 5-8 Mile Value 0,000 Tremont Stakes, 3-1 mile " 10,00 Hudson Stakes, 5-S mile Added 2,500 Clover Stakes, 5-8 mile " 2.500 Astoria Stakes, 5-8 mile " 2,50l Canarsic Stakes. 5-8 mile " 2,000 AVoodhaver Stakes, 5-S mile " 2,000 Steeplechase. Glcndale Handicap, about 2 1-2 miles. Added $ 3,500 Winficld Steeplechase, about 2 miles.. " 2..r0 Uayside Stakes, about 2 miles " 2,000 The Metropolitan Jockey Club Stakes, to be decided at Jamaica during the month of May, include all the old popular events of recent years and are as follows: For Tlirce-Year-0!ds and Over. Excelsior Handicap, 1 1-1G Miles Value $ 7.500 Kings Count v Handicap, 1 1-10 Miles. Added 3,500 I Long Peach Handicap, 1 1-10 Miles.. " 3.500 i Paumonok Handicap, 3-4 Mile Value 0,00 j Itainbow Handicap, 3-4 Mile Added 2,500 Garden City Stakes Claiming, 1 1-10 Milei " 2.000 Newtown Stakes Claiming, 3-4 Mile " 2,0-K Olympic Stakes Claiming, 3-4 Mile " 2.C00 For Thres-Ysar-Olds. Southampton Handicap, 1 1-10 Miles. Added $ 3,500 Stuyvosant Handicap. 1 Mile Value 0.000 Spring . Handicap, 3-4 "Mile " 5,000 Highland Stakes Claiming, 3-4 MileAdded 2,000 For Two -Year -Olds. Youthful Stakes, 5 1-2 Furlongs Value $ 7.OH0 Colorado Stakes, 5-S Mile " 0.000 llosedale Stakes Fillies. 5-S Mile.. " 5,030 Greenfield Stakes Claiming, 5 1-2 Furloags Added 2,000 Moatauk Stakes Claiming, 5 1-2 Furlong " 2.000 Suffolk Stakes Claiming, 5-S Mil;-. " 2,000
