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► iraPll«KiilP .jJllliiEsPlllP ♦, I — ; Fifteen Stakes to Be Renewed At Monmouth Spring Meeting ■ ■ - : ■ " J [ i f ; I * ; r ; ■ ! • - 1 • - - ; J 1 J 1 - f k ■ " 3 " • I ■ K t s F 1 3 J . i j . j „ . Monmouth Handicap and * Choice Stakes at 5,000 Each to Headline Roster OCEANPORT, N. J., May 7.— The Monmouth Park Jockey Club will retain intact its entire stakes schedule for the coming summer racing season, according to an- nouncement made today by general manager Edward J. Brennan. A total of 15 rich events are to be presented, aggregating 00,000 in added money. This sum is ,000 above that of a year ago, the Monmouth Oaks having been increased from 0,000 to 5,000. Fashioned for three -year-old fillies at a mile and a sixteenth, the race has so increased in prestige and importance in re-« cent seasons as to warrant its higher purse value. The stake schedule is headlined, as usual, by the 5,000 Monmouth Handicap for three-year-olds and upward and the 5,000 Choice Stakes for three-year-olds, richest stakes of the meeting. Both are over a de-. manding mile and a quarter run. The Regret Handicap at six furlongs, the Molly Pitcher at a mile and sixteenth and the Monmouth Oaks are all designed for the fillies and mares, giving them ample opportunities to show their wares. Two-year-old fillies also go postward in the Colleen Stakes, one of a trio of juvenile fixtures. The others are the New Jersey Futurity for Jersey foals and the well-named Sapling Stakes, one of the Easts most attractive two-year-old events. Salvator Mile Opening Feature The Salvator Mile, honoring the one-time great thoroughbred who set a mile speed mark along the straightaway course at old Monmouth Park, will again raise the cur- tain on the meeting Saturday, June 16. It is one of several preps for the July 28 renewal of the rich Monmouth Handicap. From the Salvator Mile the distances step up in gradual stages to the Long Branch Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth; the Omnibus at a mile and one-eighth, and finally the full mile and a quarter of the Monmouth. Winners of this important race since the revival of the sport along the northern New Jersey shore include such name horses as Lucky Draw, Round View, Tide Rips, Three Rings and Greek Ship. The 1951 field is expected to draw another classy band to maintain the races vigor and quality. Nominations to the 15 stakes close Friday, June 1, and stake blanks are already being distributed among horsemen from coast to coast. The schedule for the 1951 racing season, opening June 16 and continuing through August 8, follows: June 16 — Salvator Mile, 0,000, three-l* year-olds and upward, one mile. June 23 — Select Handicap, 0,000, three-r year-olds, six furlongs. June 27 — Regret Handicap, 0,000, three-1 year-olds and upward, fillies and mares, six furlongs. June 30 — Long Branch Handicap, 0,000, three-year-olds and upward, one and one-sixteenth miles. July 4 — Colleen Stakes, 0,000, two-year - olds, fillies, five and one-half furlongs. July 7 — Rumson Handicap, 0,000, three-year-olds and upward, six furlongs. July 11 — New Jersey Futurity, 0,000, Jersey foaled two-year-olds, five and one-half furlongs. July 14 — Molly Pitcher Handicap, 5,000, three-year-olds and upward, fillies and mares, one and one-sixteenth miles. July 18 — Omnibus Handicap, 5,000, three-year-olds and upward, one and one-eighth miles. July 21 — Lamplighter Handicap, 5,000, three-year-olds, one and one-sixteenth miles. July 25 — Monmouth Oaks, 5,000, three-year-olds, fillies, one and one-sixteenth miles. July 28 — Monmouth Handicap, 5,000, three-year-olds and upward, one and one -quarter miles. August 1 — Sapling Stakes, 0,000, two- year-olds, six furlongs. August 4 — Choice Stakes, 5,000, three- year-olds, one and one-quarter miles. August 8 — Oceanport Handicap, 0,000, three-year-olds and upward, six fur longs. i EDWARD J. BRENNAN — Monmouth Park general manager, revealed stake program for coming meeting.
