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PIMLICOS GOLDEN1 HARVEST Total of 23,300 inAddedMoney for Antumn Meeting. -r- Walden, Bowie, Pimllco up, Manly Memorial Steeplechase Aro Outstanding 0,000 Added Stake flcaturcs. "r- BALTIMORE. Md., Aug. 28. The Maryland Jockey Club will distribute 23,300 in added money during the Pimlico Autumn meeting, which will bp held from November 3 to November 15, inclusive. Richly endowed stake races are offered with the Walden, Bowie, Pimlico Cup; and Manly Memorial Steeplechase, each with 10,000 added, heading the list. There ;vill be no purse less than ,300 with overnight events having ,500 and ,000 added. The Walden Handicap with 0,000 added is the great mile Autumn test for two-year-old colts and fillies, geldings are not eligible, that has produced many sterling contests in the past. Last year there were so many entries for it that it was run In two divisions, the first falling to the Rancocas Stanwix, the second to the Kenton Stables Senator Norris. The Bowie Handicap has been one of the outstanding attractions during the Autumn meetings at Pimlico for many years. It is for three-year-olds and over at one mile and a half and with its 0,000 added always brings to the post some of the top notchers of the older division. Fitz Herbert, Strom-bali. Short Grass, George Smith, Mad Hatter, Boniface. Captain Alcock and My Dear are among the notable winners of this popular feature. The third and last of the 0,000 added stakes run on the flat is the stamina-testing Pimlico Cup at the distance of two miles and a quarter in connection with the gallant Exterminator has indelibly inscribed his name as the winner three years in succession. As an additional incentive for trainers to prepare their charges for the Pimlico the Maryland Jockey Club will present ,500 to the trainer of the winner, 00 to the trainer of the second horse, 00 to the trainer of tho third horse and 00 to the trainer of the fourth horse. The Manly Memorial Steeplechase is one of the foremost races run through the Held and, with its 0,000 added, attracts all the best of the jumpers in this country. Steeple-chasing has always been particularly popular witli Maryland racegoers and the Maryland Jockey Club does .everything to encourage and foster this most fascinating branch of the sport The complete list of the Pimlico fall stakes, entries for which close September 25, is as follows : Walden Handicap, 0,000 added; 1 mile. Bowie Handicap, 0,000 added; 1 1-2 miles. Pimlico Cup, 0,000 added; 2 1-4 miles. Manly Memorial Steeplechase, 0,000 added; 2 1-2 miles. Pimlico Autumn Handicap, ,000 added; 1 1-4 miles. Pimlico Serial Weight-fbr-Age Races No. 1, ,000 added; 3-4 mile. No. 2, ?3.500 added; 1 mile. No. 3. ,000 added; 1 1-8 miles, nelpful Stakes. ;500 added; 3-4 mile. Pimlico Home-Bred Stakes, ,500 added; 3-4 mile. Ruxtoa Stakes, ,500 added; 1 1-16 miles. Elkridge Steeplechase, ,000 added; 2 miles.
