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Nineteen Saratoga " Stakes on Roster , Boost Travers and Alabama Values; Card Fixtures for Upstate Part of Meeting NEW YORK, N. Y., May 14-— Saratogas stake list has been completed and dates assigned for the racing at the upstate j, track, to which the thoroughbreds are re- f turning on Monday, August 4, for the sec- • ond time since the suspension forced by the war. Adhering to the policy of listing a p stake for nearly each day of racing, the I Saratoga Association has programed 19 r flat stakes for the 24 days of racing at the E Spa, with two stakes increased in value. s As usual, the opening-day feature will be t the Wilson Mile. The Travers, one of the r oldest stake races in the United States and * I outstanding feature of the meeting, will be r run on Saturday, August 16. This is one of c the stakes increased in value, going from I 5,000, its value a year ago, to 5,000 in * added money for this years renewal. Started in 1864, when it had a value of , ,950, the Travers will be run for the j seventy-eighth time this season. One of the , great races for three-year-olds, the Travers is at a mile and a quarter and was won a year ago by Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords Natchez. Highly Regarded Filly Race The other stake to be increased this season is the Alabama, which has been raised from 5,000 to 0,000. This is one of the j most highly regarded filly races, at a mile and a quarter, for three-year-olds and up- . ward. It is to be run on Wednesday, Au- , gust 20. The complete list of features follows: August 4 — Wilson Stakes, 0,000, three-year-olds and upward, Wilson Mile. August 5— Flash Stakes, 0,000, two- year-olds, five and one-half furlongs. August 6 — Schuylerville Stakes, ,500, two-year-old fillies, five and one-half fur- [ longs. August 8 — Test Stakes, ,500, three- , year-old fillies, seven furlongs. August 9 — United States Hotel Stakes, . 0,000, two-year-olds, six furlongs; Whitney Stakes, 5,000, three-year-olds and upward, one and one-quarter miles. August 13 — Sanford Stakes, ,500, two-year-olds, six furlongs. , August 14 — Merchants and Citizens Handicap, 5,000, three-year-olds and upward, one and three -sixteenths miles. August 15 — Spinaway Stakes, 0,000, two-year-old fillies, six furlongs. August 16 — Saratoga Special, gold cup, two-year-olds, six furlongs; Travers Stakes, : 5,000, three-year-olds, one and one-quarter miles. August 20 — Alabama Stakes, 0,000, three-year-old fillies, one and one-quarter miles. August 21 — American Legion Handicap, ,500, three-year-olds and upward, seven | furlongs. August 23 — Grand Union Hotel Stakes, 0,000, two-year-olds, six furlongs; Saratoga . Handicap, 0,000, three-year-olds and upward, one and one-quarter miles. August 27— Diana Handicap, 0,000, fillies and mares, three-year-olds and upward, one and one-eighth miles. August 28 — Albany Handicap, ,500, i two-year-olds, six furlongs. August 30 — Hopeful Stakes, 0,000, two-year-olds, six and one-half furlongs; Saratoga Cup, 5,000, three-year-olds and upward, . one and three-quarter miles.
