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SARATOGAS ARRAY OF RICH STAKES I ♦ Thirty-Eight Valuah!e Fixtures Carded for Decision at "Ascot of America" During the Thirty Days Meeting SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., June 28.— Racing here at the beautiful Saratoga course, aplty styled the "Ascot of America," has always been featured by a great array of richly endowed and important stake fixtures. This year will be no exception in that respect; in fact, there are thirty-eight stake events, one more than last year, down for decision during the thirty-day meeting of the Saratoga Association for the Improvement of the Breed of Horsos, which opens on July 30 and continues until September 1, inclusive. One of last years stakes, the Post Handicap, a ,000 added money prize for three-year-olds and upward, similar as to conditions to the Grab Bag Handicap for two-year-olds, has been dropped, but two new events have =~ Q been added. These new fixtures are the American i Legion Handicap and the Whitney Stakes. The first mentioned will be decided on August 4, the same day that the United States Hotel Stakes and Miller Stakes are to be run. The American .Legion Handicap has an added value of ,000 and the plate of ?100. It is for three-year-olds and upward and will be decided over the one mile distance. The Whitney Stakes, a memorial to Payne Whitney, one of the pillars of American racing, who died suddenly last year, will be run on August 11, the date also tor the North American Steeplechase and Saratoga Special Stakes. The Whitney Stakes has ,000 and plate added, and is for three-year-olds and upward, at one mile and a quarter. For opening day, Monday, July 30. the famous old Saratoga Handicap and the Flash Stakes are the inaugural features. On each Saturday of the meeting three stake events will be decided, the 0,000 Hopeful Stakes, richest of all Saratoga fixtures, being reserved for closing day, September 1. A complete list of Saratoga stakes and the order of running follows : Flash Stakes, ,000 guaranteed, 2-year-olds, five and one-half furlongs, July 30. Saratoga Handicap. .000 added. 3 -year-olds and upward, one and one-quarter miles, July 30. Shillelah Steeplechase. ,000 added. 3-year-olds and upward, about two miles. July 31. Sehuylerville Stakes. $." .000 guaranteed. 2-year old fillies, five and one-half furlongs, August 1. Seneca Claiming Stakes, .." 00 added, 3-year-olds. three-quarters mile. August 2. Test Stakes, ,000 added. 3-year-old fillies, seven-eighths mile, August 3. United States Ilotel Stakes. 0,000 guaranteed, 2- year-olds, three-quarters mile. August 4. Miller Stakes, ,300 added, .year-olds geldings birred, one and three-sixteer.ths miles, August 4. American Legion Handicap, ,000 and 00 plate added. 3-year-olds and upward, one mile, August 4. Continued on twenty-fourth page. SARATOGAS RICH STAKES Continued from first page. Saratoga Sales Stakes, ,500 added, 2-year-olds, five and one-half furlongs. August 6. Catskill Claiming Stakes. H.5Q0 added, :-year-olds and upward, seven-eighths mile, August 7. Sarauac Handicap, ,500 added, 3-year-olds, one mile. Auguat 8. Alabama Stakes, 2,500 guaranteed, 3-year-old fillies, one and one-quarter miles. August !. Albany Handicap, ,000 guaranteed, 2-year-olds, three-quarters mile, August 10. Norlli American Steeplechase. .0;,O added, 3-year-olds and upward, about two miles, August It. The Whitney, ,000 and plate added, 3-year-olds and upward, one and one-quarter miles, August 11. Saratoga Special, Sweepstakes, 00 each with ,000 in gold plate added by association, 2-year-olds, three-quarters mile, August 11. Troy Claiming Stakes. ,500 added, 2-year-olds, five and one-half furlongs, August 14. Champlain Handicap. ,500 added, 3 year-olds and upward, one and one-eighlh miles, August 15. Grab Bag Handicap, ,000 guaranteed, 2-year-olds, three-quarters mile, August 10. Mohawk Claiming Stakes, ,500 added, 3-year-olds, one mile, August 17. Spinaway Stakes, ,500 guaranteed, 2-year-old fillies, three-quarters mile, August 18. Travers Mid-Summer Derby, 5,000 guaranteed, 3-year-olds, one and one-quarter miles, August 18. Uevcrwyck Steeplechase. ,000 added, 3-year-olds and upward, about two miles, August 18. Consolation Claiming Stakes first event, ,750 guaranteed, 2-year-olds, five and one-half furlongs, August 20. Sanford Stakes, ,000 guaranteed, 2-year-olds, three-quarters mile, August 21. Huron Handicap, ,000 guaranteed, 3-year-olds, one and three-sixteenths miles, August 22. Adirondack Handicap, ,000 guaranteed, 2 year-olds, three-quarters mile, August 23. Amsterdam Claiming Stakes, ,500 added, 3-year-olds and upward, one mile. August 24. Merchants and Citizens Handicap, ,000 added, 3-year-olds and upward, one and three-sixteenths miles, August 25. Grand Union Hotel Stakes, 0,000 guaranteed, 2-year-olds, three-quarteis mile, August 25. Kentucky Claiming Stakes, ,500 added, 2-year-old fillies, five and one-half furlongs, August 28. Delaware Handicap, ,500 added, 3-year-olds and upward, one mile, August 20. Dallston Handicap. ,000 added. 3-year-olds and upward that have run iu claiming races, one mile, August 30. Consolation Claiming Stakes second event. ,750 guaranteed, 2-year-olds, three-quarters mile, August 31. Saratoga Steeplechase, ,000 added. 4-year-olds and upward, about two and one-half miles, September 1. Hopeful Stakes, 0,000 guaranteed. 2-year-olds, six and one-half furlongs. September 1. Saratoga Cup, ,000 added, .!-year-o!ds and upward geldings barred, one and three-quarters miles, September 1.
