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i ■ ■ Del Mar to Offer 11 Summer Stakes Fixtures Worth 50,000 Place Emphasis on Two, Three-Year-Old Divisions DEL MAR, Calif., June 23.— Eleven stakes totaling 50,000 in added money will be offered at" the forthcoming 15th summer season of the Del Mar Turf Club, it was announced today by managing director Walter C. Marty. The stakes program for „ the seaside course, which opens July 27, is subject to approval by the California Horse Racing Board. In line with the practice of former years, Del Mars heavy emphasis on stakes will center on the 2-year-old and 3-year-old divisions. Four features are listed for the juveniles, topped by the seventh running of the Del Mar Futurity, expected to have a gross value of 0,000 when it is presented on closing day, Sept. 11. Other 2-year-old headliners will be the fourth presentation of the Del Mar Debutante, for fillies exclusively with a gross approximately 5,000 when it is renewed Sept. 4; the 0,000 Junior Miss, also for fillies, and the 0,000 Graduation Stakes, for colts and geldings. The latter pair of attractions are conditioned for 2-year-olds which have not. won a sweepstakes. Oceanside First Stake The seaside courses stakes schedule will begin the first Saturday of the meeting, July 31, with the running of the 0,000-added Oceanside Handicap, for 3-year-olds at six furlongs. Sophomores will go a mile in the 0,000 La Jolla two-weeks later and stretch out to a mile and a furlong in the 5,000-added Del Mar Derby on Aug. 28. For older handicap stars action will start with the 0,000 Bing Crosby sprint, follow with the 0,000 San Diego at a mile and a sixteenth and conclude on Labor Day, Sept. 6,. with the 15th running of the 5,000-added Del Mar Handicap. A newcomer to the agenda this summer will be the 0,000-added California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Sales Stakes, for which conditions will be announced later. This event will be presented on Monday, Aug. 23, the date for the presentation of the CTBA yearling sales at the turf -surf course. Complete list of stakes to be run at Del Mar follows: July 31— 0,000 Oceanside Handicap, 3-year-olds, six furlongs. Aug* 7 — 0,000 Bing Crosby Handicap, 3-years-olds and upward* six furlongs. Aug. 14 — 0,000 La Jolla Handicap, 3-year-olds, one mile. Aug. 2 W0,000 San Diego Handicap, 3-year-olds and upward, one and one-sixteenth miles. Aug. 23 — 0,000 CTBA Sales Stakes, conditions to be announced. Aug. 25 — 0,000 Junior Miss Stakes, 2-year-old fillies, non-winners of a sweepstakes, six furlongs. Aug. 28 — 5,000 Del Mar Derby, 3-year-olds, one and one-eighth miles. . Sept. 1— 0,000 Graduation Stakes, 2-year-old colts and geldings, non-winners of a sweepstakes, six furlongs. Sept. 4 — 5,000 Del Mar Debutante, 2-year-old fillies, six furlongs. Estimated gross value, 5,000. Sept. 6 — 5,000 Del Mar Handicap, 3-year-olds and upward, one and one-eighth miles. Sept. 11 — 5,000 Del Mar Futurity, 2-year-olds, six furlongs. Estimated gross value, 0,000.
