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CLASSIC STAKES DATE » Richest of Three-Year-Old Races to Be Run Saturday, July 18. ♦ Schedule of Valuable Fixtures Down" for Decision During Arlington Park Meeting. • The Classic Stakes, the richest turf prize of the year, for three-year-olds, will be run at Arlington Park Saturday, July 18. The date of the running of this popular Chicago fixture was made known by the Arlington Jockey Club in connection with the announcement that the program books for the summer meeting at the mammoth Northwest side track, which begins June 29 and continues to August 1. are ready and will be distributed Monday. An important feature included in the book Js the date schedule for the stakes it presents. The Arlington features will be run in this order: Monday. June 29— Inaugural Handicap, for three-year-olds and over, at seven furlongs ,000 added. Gross value about 0,000. Wednesday, July 1— Hyde Park Stakes, for two-year-old colts and geldings,, at five furlongs and a half. 0,000 added. Gross value about 5,000. Saturday, July 4. — Stars and Stripes Handicap, for three-year-olds and over, at a mile and a furlong. 0,000 added. Gross value about 0,000. Wednesday, July 8.— Lassie Stakes, for two-year-old fillies, at five furlongs and a half. 0,000 added. Gross value about 7,000. Saturday. July 11.— Arlington Oaks, for three-year-old fillies, at one mile and a fur-Jong. 5,000 added. Gross value about 2,000. Wednesday, July 15 — North Shore Steeplechase Handicap, for four-year-olds and over. ,000 added. Gross value about ,000. Saturday. July 18 — Classic Stake, for three-vear-olds, at a mile and a quarter. 0,000 added. Gross value about 5,000. Wednesday, July 22 — Matron Handicap, for fillies and mares, three-year-olds and over. 0,000 added. Gross value about 5,000. Saturday, July 25— Arlington Cup, for three-year-olds and over, weight for age. 0,000 added. Gross value about 0,000. Wednesday, July 29— Lake Forest Steeplechase Handicap, for four-year-olds and over, at two miles and a half. ,000 added. Gross value about ,000. Saturday. August 1 — Arlington Handicap, for three-year-olds and over, at one mile and a quarter. 5,000 added. Gross value about 0,000. Also Post and Paddock Stakes, for two-year-olds of all kinds, at six furlongs. 5,000 added. Gross value about 5,000. NOMINATIONS TOTAL 1.531. Supplementary nominations have brought the total for the ten stakes that closed March 7. to 1,531. The North Shore and Lake Forest Steeplechases have drawn fifty of the smartest jumpers in training. New nominations in the Classic are A La Carte, Bayard. Burning Up, St. Brideaux and Epithet: in the Arlington Handicap. Questionnaire ar.d Her Grace; in the Post and Paddock. Morfair, Universe. Song Hit. Gusto, Usual Time and Wise Count; in the Arlington Cup. Questionnaire; in the Stars and Stripes. A La Carte, Black Forest and Epithet; in the Oaks. Opiopio. Issaquena and Avenger; in the Matron Handicap, The Beasel and Cousin Jo; in the Hyde Park, Morfair; in the Lassie. Porters Dream, Miss Marr, Butter Beans, Princess Camelia and Usual Time; in the Inaugural, Morstone, Neverfade, The Beasel, Panchio, Wise Child and Epithet. New nominators are the Alton Stable, E. R. Bradley, Mrs. Emil Denemark, Mrs. Helen Hay Whitney, Arnold Hanger, Silas Mason, James Butler, Benjamin Block, Thomas M. Cassidy, Charles Schwartz, Morton L. Schwartz, Charles Hartwell, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. Victor Emanuel, Charles Nuckols, the Tejas Stable, the Forest Grove Stable. Joseph Leiter, Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark, Mrs. Victor Emanuel and the Tennessee Breeders Association. £
