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Del Mar Schedules Ten ■ Stakes at Summer Meet ; Junior Miss and Graduation are Added to Program This Season ] DEL MAR, Calif., June 14. — A program of 10 stakes, headed by the fifth running of » the famed Del Mar Futurity, will be decided t at the thirteenth summer season of the Del a Mar Turf Club opening on July 22, it was announced yesterday by president Thomas t H. Peppers. t In addition to the Futurity, two-year-old i classic of the 41 -day meeting which will s have an estimated gross value of 2,000, t the Seaside course will renew its 5,000- 1 added Del Mar Handicap on Labor Day, September 1, and present the second run- c ning of the Del Mar Debutante, for juvenile fillies, with an estimated value of I 5,000. t Two new features have been added, both c for two-year-olds who have never won a t stake. These are the ,500 Junior Miss t Stakes for fillies, and the ,500 Gradua- j tion Stakes, for colts and fillies. Both l events are at six furlongs. I A total of 05,000 in stakes will be of- i fered "where the turf, meets the surf." r Four of the features are exclusively for i two-year-olds, three for three-year-olds and f three for three-year-olds and upward. j Headline events for the three-year-old division will be the renewal of the 5,000- i added Del Mar Derby on August 23. v The program shows an increase of 5,000 j in added value over last season, this amount t being used for the newcomers to the agenda — the Junior Miss and Graduation Stakes, t The complete list of stakes follow: a July 26 — ,500 Oceanside Handicap, three- f, year-olds, six furlongs. c August 2 — ,500 Bing Crosby Handicap, f three-year-olds and upward, six furlongs. a August 9 — 0,000 La Jolla Handicap, three- r year-olds, one mile; and ,500 Junior j Miss Stakes, two-year-old fillies, non- | stakes winners, six furlongs. t August 16 — 0,000 San Diego Handicap, j three-year-olds and upward, one and t one-sixteenth miles; and ,500 Graduation Stakes, two-year-olds, non-stakes c winners, six furlongs. t August 23 — 5,000 Del Mar Derby, three-year-olds, one and one-eighth miles. August 30 — 0,000 Del Mar Debutante , Estimated gross value, 5,000, two- r year-old fillies,* six furlongs. I September 1 — 5,000 Del Mar Handicap, s three-year-olds and upward, one and one-eighth miles. 1 September 6— 5,000 Del Mar Futurity • Estimated gross value, 2,000, two- r year-olds, six furlongs. t
