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Three Arlington Stakes Slated to CloseJune 17 17Hyde Hyde Park Stars and Stripes and Equipoise Deadlines Near at Hand HandSaturday Saturday June 17 is the first red let ¬ ter date on the Arlington Washington Park racing program which opens Mon ¬ day June 19 for a 70day run at the popu ¬ lar Homewood track for it is the closing day for nominations for three of the 24 stakes which feature this richest of all meetings in the history of Chicago racing a meeting which also celebrates the cen ¬ tennial of the sport in this city cityClosing Closing on that date are the following followingHyde Hyde Park Stakes 10000 added five and onehalf furlongs for twoyearolds to be run on Wednesday June 21 21Equipoise Equipoise Mile 10000 added one mile milehandicap handicap for threeyearolds and upward upwardto to be run Saturday June 24 additionally additionallyfeatured featured as the first contest for the C V VWhitney Whitney challenge cup cupStars Stars and Stripes Handicap 50000 added one and oneeighth miles for three yearolds and upward the traditional July 4 feature outstanding event of charity week and first of the five 50000 added stakes programmed programmedAnalysis Analysis of the stakes schedule shows that 12 of the 24 endowed events are for threeyearolds and upward two of these the 2000 X Beverly and the 10000 Arling ¬ ton Matron handicaps being for fillies and mares exclusively at the distances of one and oneeighth miles and one mile re ¬ spectively Also two of the events for older horses the 10000 Grassland and 10000 Meadowland handicaps are to be run on the turf grass course This older division also includes the 50000 Arling ¬ ton and 50000 Washington Park handi ¬ caps capsThere There are six stakes for threeyearolds exclusively topped by the 50000 Arling ¬ ton Classic and 50000 American Derby and including the two filly events the 10000 Princess Doreen Stakes and 10000 Cleopatra Handicap HandicapThe The juvenile division also has six stakes an array which includes the four early closing events the 25000 Arlington Fu ¬ turity 25000 Washington Park Futurity 15000 Arlington Lassie for fillies and 15000 Princess Pat for fillies
