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HOMEWOOD STAKE LIST Washington Park Offering 250000 in Features and Purses Nine Stakes With Two at 5000 5000One One at 3500 and Remainder RemainderCarrying Carrying 2500 Each A quarter of a million dollars in purses and stakes will be offered at the coming meeting of the Washington Park Jockey Club it was announced Monday by president Walter L Gregory GregoryIn In making public the purse distribution for the South Side track president Gregory also revealed the stakes schedule The added moneys events will number nine with two of them carrying a value of 5000 and a third will be worth 3500 in added money while the balance will be at 2500 each On each of the first four Saturdays of the meet ¬ ing two stakes will be run while the final Saturday will be topped by the 5000 added Washington Park Handicap The schedule scheduleAugust August 5 Chicago Handicap 2500 added threeyearolds and upward six furlongs furlongsAugust August 5 Sheridan Handicap 2500 added threeyearolds one mile and seventy yards yardsAugust August 12 Lakeside Handicap 2500 added threeyearolds and upward one mile mileAugust August 12 Prairie State Stakes 2500 added twoyearolds six furlongs furlongsAugust August 19 Beverly Handicap 5000 added fillies and mares threeyearolds and up ¬ ward one mile and seventy yards yardsAugust August 19 Olympia Fields Handicap 2500 added threeyearolds and upward six furlongs furlongsAugust August 26 Great Western Handicap 2500 added threeyearolds and upward one mile and a furlong furlongAugust August 26 Ravisloe Stakes 3500 added twoyearolds six furlongs furlongsSeptember September 2 Washington Park Handicap 5000 added threeyearolds and upward one mile and a furlong furlongNominations Nominations for each of these events will close one week in advance of the running Continued on thirtyfifth page HOMEWOOD STAKE LIST Continued from first page The Inaugural Handicap on opening day July 31 will be for a purse of 1500 Each Wednesdays feature race will be worth 1200 1200Racing Racing secretary Charles McLennan will have the first condition book ready for dis ¬ tribution early next week There will be six races of 1000 each and two for 800 daily dailyThis This outlay of purse money exceeds last seasons total making Washington Park one of the few tracks in the country to announce an increase for this season The South Side schedule of stake events provides ample competition for the better horses in all divi ¬ sions sionsThere There are more firstclass fillies and mares racing this year than for the past several seasons Washington Park recognizes this fact with the Beverly Handicap one of the 5000 events set for Saturday August 19 19The The reroofing repairing and paint job in the stable area at Washington Park is about complete The several hundred thorough ¬ breds quartered there last month were moved out and the entire section was given a thorough going over Trainers whose stable reservations have been accepted will be permitted to move in shortly after July 15
