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11 STAKE FEATURES ON LIST Entries for Lincoln Fields Added Money Events to Close Today — Attractive Array of Offerings. The Lincoln Fields Jockey Clubs policy of offering eleven added money stakes during its twenty-seven-day meeting will be popular with horsemen and racing patrons alike. The greater number of these features, six more than were programmed last year, gives owners more opportunity to share in the increased purses and at the same time will make for better racing from the publicr point of view. The stakes are fashioned for horses of all ages and at varied distances to assure Lincoln Fields patrons of many opportunities to see the best horses on the grounds under colors. Nominations for these features close Wednesday and when they are compiled they are expected to include the names of many horses well known to mid-western fans. Subscriptions, at for each horse, are being received at Lincoln Fields Chicago headquarters, suite 1540 Congress Hotel, and will be acceptable if not postmarked after midnight Wednesday night. Each of the stakes will be worth ,500 in added money. The handicaps which have been annual fixtures and which will be renewed during the meeting opening May 25 are the Crete, for three-year-olds and upward, at six furlongs; the Francis S. Peabody Memorial, for three-year-olds and upward, at a mile; the Steger, for three-year-olds and upward, at seven furlongs; the Joliet, for two-year-olds, at five furlongs, and the Lincoln, for three-year-olds and upward, at a mile and a sixteenth. The other six features, not run last year as added money events, are the Dearborn, for two-year-old fillies, at five furlongs; the Kankakee, for three-year-olds and upward fillies and mares, at a mile; the Chicago Heights, for two-year-old colts and geldings, at five furlongs; the La Salle, for three-year-olds and upward, at a mile and three-sixteenths; the Calumet, for three-year-olds and upward, at six furlongs, and the Marquette, for three-year-olds and upward, at a mile and an eighth. All are handicaps.
