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May Drop Two Stakes HALLANDALE, Fla., May 13. Although it is much too early to make definite plans for the 1955 racing season at Gulfstream Park, president James Donn is considering dropping two stakes from the agenda at the coming meeting. These are the Orchid Stakes and the Florida Oaks, both fashioned for three-year-old fillies, and grudgingly supported by horsemen when they were introduced in March. The Oaks, with a value of 5,000 added to make it the richest sophomore filly race of the winter, attracted only seven starters while the iOrchid Stakes drw but ftv.e.- r j t - 19 j r I bnC 1ca vJtria-andiqG asw asNI riztfca:
