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CARLTON F. BURKE— Director of racing at Santa Anita Park, announced stake program for 1951-52 winter racing. Schedule 29 Stakes at Santa Anita! Seventeen Events Added to Program ! NewArrangementWill Result In Wider Distribution; Add j Several Sophomore Filly Tests ■ SANTA ANITA PARK, Arcadia, Calif., : June 18.— Santa Anitas "better purses for * better horses" program for next winters J season December 28-March 8 as approved j by the California Horse Racing Board, will ! incorporate a number of new, constructive : features. Heading the array of stakes, in- * creased from 12 to 29 with an all-time high J of 85,000 in added money, will be re- ; newals of the top-ranking fixtures — the i 00,000-guaranteed Santa Anita Handi- . cap, scheduled for March 1; the estimated 00,000 Santa Anita Maturity on February . 2; the 00,000 Santa Anita Derby on Feb- J ruary 23; the 0,000 Santa Margarita • Handicap on January 26 and the 0,000 San Juan Capistrano Handicap, March 8. Augmenting these will be seven stakes at 5,000, seven at 0,000 and 10 at 5,000. Oh six Saturdays and the January 1 holiday, two stakes will be presented and midweek stakes will be run for the first time at Santa Anita. Racing director Carleton F. Burke, in outlining Santa Anitas new set-up, declared that the increased number of stakes offers more competition to the countrys leading horses and will result in a wider money distribution. He also explains that the program for the daily purses with a ,500 overnight feature, one purse at ,000, one at ,000, two at ,500, one at ,000 and two at ,500, will provide better facing and a more equitable reward for the " horses value and class. Names Carry Early Spanish Motif Rotable to the breeding industry in Santa Anitas new stakes in the age and sex classifications are eight fixtures scheduled for three-year-old fillies with four of them being open to mares. Important tests leading up to the three "hundred granders" are also added. The Los Angeles turf club has followed the pattern of its established turf fixtures by dedicating the 17 new Santa Anita stakes in memory of the old Spanish land grants, missions, pueblos and ranchos, which figured so prominently in Californias early history. The program follows: December 28— Las Flores Handicap, 5,000. 3-year-olds and upward. Fillies and mares. Six furlongs: December 29 — California Breeders Champion Stakes, 5,000. 2-year-olds. Foaled in California. One and one-sixteenth miles. Palos Verdes Handicap, 0,000. 3-year-olds and upward. Six furlongs. January 1— San Pasqual Handicap, 5,000. 3- year-olds and upward. One and one-sixteenth .miles. Santa Ynez Stakes, 0,000. 3 -year-olds. Fillies. Six furlongs. * January 5. — Malibu Sequet Stakes, 5,000. . 4- year-olds. Seven furlongs. San Vicente Stakes, 0,000. 3-year-olds. Colts and geldings. Six furlongs. January 9 — La Centinela Stakes, 5,000. 3-year-olds which have never won a sweepstakes. Fillies. Seven furlongs. January 12 — Santa Catalina Handicap, 5,000. 4-year-olds and upward. Foaled in California. One and one-eighth miles. Santa Maria Handicap, 0,000. 3-year-olds and upward. Fillies and mares. One mile. January 16. — Los Feliz Stakes, 5,000. 3-year-olds which have never won a sweepstakes. Colts and geldings. Seven furlongs. January 19 — San Carlos Handicap, 5,000. 3-year-olds and upward. Seven furlongs. San Fernando Stakes, 0,000. 4-year-olds. One arid one-sixteenth miles. January 23— Santa Barbara Stakes, 5,000. 3-year-olds. Fillies. Foaled in California. Seven furlongs. January" 26 — Santa Margarita Handicap, 0,000. 3-year-olds and upward. Fillies and mares. One and one-eighth miles. January 30 — San Gabriel Stakes, 5,000. 3-year-olds. Colts and geldings. Seven furlongs. February 2 — Santa Anita Maturity, 00,-000. 4-year-olds. One and one-quarter miles. February 6 — Los Cerritos Handicap, 5,000. 3-yearrolds and upward. Fillies and mares. Six furlongs. February 9 — San Felipe Handicap, 5,000. 3 -year-olds. One and one-sixteenth miles. San Marcos Handicap, 0,000. 3-year-olds and upward.-One -mile. February 12 — Lincolns Birthday Handicap, 5j000. 3-year-olds and upward. Six furlongs. February 16 — San Antonio Handicap, 5,000. 3-year-olds and upward. One and one-eighth miles. Santa Susana Handicap, 0,000. 3-year-olds. Fillies. One and one-sixteenth miles. February 22 -— Washingtons Birthday Handicap, 5,000. 3-year-olds and upward. Seven furlongs. i Continued on Page Thirty-Nine a Santa Anita Park Schedules Twenty-Nine Stake Events Continued from Page Five February 23— Santa Anita Derby, 00,000. 3-year-olds. One ind one-eighth miles. San Luis Rey Stakes, 5,000. 3-year-olds foaled in California which have not won a sweepstakes since December 27. Seven furlongs. March 1 — Santa Anita Handicap, 00,000 guaranteed to winner. 3 -year-olds and upward. One and one-quarter miles. March 5 — Christopher J. FitzGerald Handicap, 5,000. 3-year-olds and upward. One mile. March 8— San Juan Capistrano Handicap, 0,000. 3-year-olds and upward. One three-quarters miles. The following stakes close December 24: Las Flores, Palos Verdes, San Pasqual, Santa Ynez, Malibu and San Vicente. Closing on January 1 are the La Cintenela, Santa Catalina, Santa Maria, Los Feliz, San Carlos, San Fernando, -Santa Margarita, and San Gabriel. Supplementary nominations for the Maturity close January 28, whole closing on February 2 will be the Los Cerritos, San Felipe, San Marcos, Lincolns Birthday Handicap, San Antonio and Santa Susana. The Washington Birthdays and San Luis Rey Stakes close February 16, while the deadline for the FitzGerald and San Juan Capistrano is March 1. The Santa Anita Handicap and Derby both will close on December 1.
