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FINALE AT SUFFOLK TODAY Miles Standish Handicap and Faneuil Hail Stakes Dual Headliners of Getaway Day. , BOSTON, Mass., June 18. Two-year-olds will battle for a prize of ,000 and three-year-olds will" fight it out for a piirse of ,000 as: the spring season at Suffolk Downs comes to . an end tomorrow afternoon. The juveniles - will meet in the Faneuil Hall Stakes" at five and a half furlongs and three-year-olds will go a mile and a sixteenth in the Miles Standish Handicap. As todays sport closed just about ,000,000 had been bet in the machines during twenty-three days. The average stood close to 00,-000. The latter figure is certain to be bettered for tomorrows crowd will be a large and heavy betting one regardless of weather conditions. Today light rains fell in the i morning and the weather was gloomy, sultry I and threatening. There may be rain and an off track for the last day of the meeting. Nine of the best youngsters on the grounds have accepted over night for the Faneuil Hall. The race appeals to be an extremely close affair on paper. Favoritism will be divided between Huskie Boy, Historic Era and Bold Turk with the first named likely to rule a slight choice.
