Monmouth Cards Fourteen Stakes: 5,000 Handicap, Choice Of Same Value Head Roster; Run Two Fixtures Weekly, Daily Racing Form, 1948-05-03

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tyonmouth Cards Fourteen Stakes 125000 Handicap Choice Of Same Value Head Roster Run Two Fixtures Weekly WeeklyMONMOUTH MONMOUTH PARK Oceanport N J May 1 The Monmouth Park Jockey Club today announced a schedule of 14 stakes to be decided at the northern New Jersey track during the coming summer race meeting June 21 through August 7 The lineup is again topped by the 25000 Mon ¬ mouth Handicap for threeyearolds and upward and the 25000 Choice Stakes for threeyearolds both at a distance of a mile and a quarter These races revivals of gay nineties days of old Monmouth Park will spotlight the latter half of the season the Monmouth on Saturday July 24 and the Choice Stakes closing day Sat ¬ urday August 7 7Three Three added money stakes are endowed with a 15000 value the remaining nine all equal at 10000 At the 15000 purse level are the Omnibus Handicap on July 10 a major prep for the Monmouth Harldicap the Lamplighter Handicap on July 17 a threeyearold test which is in the nature of a springboard for the Choice Stakes and the Molly Pitcher Handicap on Saturday July 31 restricted to fillies and mares maresTwoyearolds Twoyearolds hold the limelight in a trio of stakes the Colleen for fillies and the Sapling for youngsters of both sexes and the interesting and sporting New Jer ¬ sey Futurity fashoined for juveniles foaled in the State of New Jersey This latter event is a modern interpretation of the timeflavored Homebred Stakes another feature of old Monmouth Park Salvator Mile on Opening Day DayMonmouth Monmouth Park will present two stakes weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays Sole departures find the Salvator Mile a recent addition to the calendar climaxing the racing on opening day Monday June 21 and the Colleen Stakes on the holiday program of Monday July 5 Nominations for all stakes close Tuesday June 1 1The The complete schedule as just an ¬ nounced by president Amory L Haskell general manager Edward J Brennan and racing secretary John Turner Jr follows June 21 Salvator Mile 10000 three yearolds and upward one mile June 26 Oceanport Handicap 10000 threeyearolds and upward six furlongs June 30 Select Handicap 10000 three yearolds six furlongs July 3 Long Branch Handicap 10000 threeyearolds and upward one mile and a sixteenth sixteenthJuly July 5 Colleen Stakes 10000 twoyear olds fillies five and a half furlongs July 10 Omnibus Handicap 15000 threeyearolds and upward one mile and a furlong July 14 New Jersey Futurity 10000 two yearolds foaled in New Jersey five and a half furlongs furlongsJuly July 17 Lamplighter Handicap 15000 threeyearolds one mile and a sixteenth juy 21 Monmouth Oaks 10000 three yearolds fillies one mile and a six ¬ teenth teenthJuly July 24 Monmouth Handicap 25000 threeyearolds and upward one mile and a quarter quarterJuly July 28 Sapling Stakes 10000 twoyear olds six furlongs furlongsJuly July 31 Molly Pitcher Stakes 15000 threeyearolds and upward fillies and mares one mile and a sixteenth August 4 Rumson Handicap 10t00 threeyearolds and upward six furlongs August 7 Choice Stakes 25000 three yearolds one mile and a quarter


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