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JOCKEY D MADDEN Who is ex ¬ pected to be under silks when racing is resumed at Delaware Park Tuesday BOOST DEL MAR PURSE MONEY OVER 40000 40000Track Track to Distribute 187400 at Meeting Opening August 1 Five Stakes Listed on Racing Program ProgramDEL DEL MAR Calif June 9 A total of 187 400 will be awarded in purses during the fifth annual race meeting August 1 to Sep ¬ tember 1 at Del Mar Turf Club ClubThis This announcement was made public by W A Bill Quigley vicepresident and gen ¬ eral manager who states that president Bing Crosby and the board of directors have approved an increase of well over 40000 in purses pursesThe The annual Del Mar Handicap gets the heftiest boost of any race on the program jumping from 5000 to 7500 This race will be held Saturday August 23 at a mile and onesixteenth for threeyearolds and up ¬ ward wardA A large portion of the increase in purse distribution comes as a result of daily purses being raised starting at 800 with stakes and feature races raised at least 500 per race raceLABOR LABOR DAY CAP UNCHANGED UNCHANGEDThe The Labor Day Handicap closing day fea ¬ ture at a mile and oneeighth will remain at 5000 5000There There will be a total of five stakes simi ¬ lar to last year and five other outstanding races The first stakes of the 1941 program is the annual running of the Casa de Ma nana Stakes for Californiabred twoyear olds on August 6 The purse is 2000 500 more than in previous years yearsThe The race for the twoyearold champion ¬ ship the Del Mar Hotel Stakes on Saturday August 30 has been raised from 2000 to 2500 2500Other Other feature races this season will in ¬ clude the 1500 Inaugural Sprint the 2000 Long Beach Handicap the 2000 Motion Pic ¬ ture Handicap the 2500 San Diego Handi ¬ cap and the 2500 La Jolla Handicap HandicapFollowing Following is a complete list of the stakes and other features featuresAugust August 6 Casa de Manana Stakes Cali ¬ forniabred twoyearolds six furlongs 2000 2000August August 9 Walter Connolly Memorial Hand ¬ icap threeyeaiolds and upward one and onesixteenth miles 2500 2500August August 23 Del Mar Handicap threeyear olds and upward one and onesixteenth miles 7500 7500August August 30 Del Mar Hotel Stakes twoyear olds six furlongs 2500 2500September September 1 Labor Day Handicap three yearolds and upward one and oneeighth miles 5000 5000OTHER OTHER FEATURE RACES RACESAugust August 1 Inaugural Sprint threeyearolds and upward six furlongs 1500 1500August August 2 Long Beach Handicap three yearolds and upward one mile 2000 2000August August 8 Motion Picture Handicap three yearolds and upward one mile 2000 2000August August 16 San Diego Handicap three yearolds and upward one mile 2500 2500August August 30 La Jolla Handicap threeyear olds one mile 2500
