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Delawares 14 Stakes Draw 975 Nominations Plan Total Purse Disbursement ; Of ,000,000 at 32-Day Meet DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del., May y 8. — Delaware Parks 14 stakes attracted a a total of 975 nominations for the 32 -day iy meeting opening May 29, it was announced jd _ today by racing secretary J. Gilbert Haus. Boosting its stake program for the thirteenth r_ straight year, the track will offer er 35,000 in added money and, including lg other purses for overnight races, distribute te to horsemen a total of approximately ,-000,000. t. Many of Americas leading stables s and thoroughbreds are represented in the ie 10 fixtures on the flat and four over the ie steeplechase jumps. Three of the stakes on the flat have been ;n increased in value, these races, with their ir estimated gross values, are: The New Castle s_ Handicap, for fillies and mares, 1,-200; the Delaware Oaks, three-year-old Id fillies, 2,000, and Leonard Richards ds Stakes, three-year-olds, 4,000. The New ;w Castle was raised from 5,000 to 0,000; 0; the Oaks and Richards from 2,500 to to 5,000. The New Castle is the richest offering lg on the 1951 agenda and its distance has as been increased from a mie and a sixteenth th to the classic route of a mile and a quarter. r- It will be run June 30. Delawares three fixtures for two-year- r-
