Grant Del Mar Two Extra Racing Days For Charity, Daily Racing Form, 1941-06-17

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GRANT DEL MAR TWO EXTRA RACING DAYS FOR CHARITY DEL MAR Calif June 16 W A Bill Quigley vicepresident and general manager of the Del Mar Turf Club has received word that Del Mar will be allowed to run two extra days during the approaching August meeting Both will be charity days daysThe The two extra days are the first two Mon ¬ days in August and will give the Del Mar plant a total of twentyseven days of racing As the schedule now stands there will be racing every day from August 1 to Septem ¬ ber 1 with the exception of Sundays SundaysQuigley Quigley announces that the first Monday in August will be Community Chest day President Bing Crosby and the board of directors with the approval of the Cali ¬ fornia Horse Racing Board will select the beneficiaries for the second charity day at a later date dateWith With the added two days Del Mar will now present the richest purse program in the fiveyear history of the little seaside track A total of 200600 will be awarded in purses this season as compared to last years high of 147000


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