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Nominations for 1955 Selima Close Saturday at Midnight LAUREL, Md., May 13. Nominations for the thirteenth running of the mile and a sixteenth Selima Stakes for two-year-old fillies, to be held during the Laurel fall meeting of 1955, close at midnight on Saturday, May 15. The initial. payment is 0. On January 15, 1955, a 0 payment is due, while the final ante of 0 comes up on June 15, 1955. To these payments and the 50 to enter and the 50 to start, the Maryland State Fair, Inc., will add 0,000. The twenty-ninth Selima, scheduled during the fall meet this year, has its final closing at 0 on June 15. When nominations closed originally for the 1954 renewal last May, 648 then yearling fillies were named, making it the biggest Selima in history. The record nomination list, plus the purse of 0,000 added, will result in this falls Selima grossing around5000,with the winner receiving over 0,000
