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j j I , j j . , I j j . Wednesday Is Deadline i For 1958 Selima Stakes Change in Dates of Eligibility I Fees, Purse Distribution Made LAUREL. Md., May 11. — Nominations for i the 1958 renewal of the Selima Stakes, which is expected to gross about 0,000, close Wednesday, May 15. Laurel officials reminded horsemen today. ! The 1958 Selima. to be run for the thirty-third time, will be presented during next years fall meet at Laurel. Also fea- j i tured during that session will be the sev- enth running of the Washington. D. C. I ! International, a 00,000 invitational race, j Laurel officials announced that the dates I of the two eligibility payments for the 1958 j , Selima have been changed in accordance I With a request by horsemen and breeders Cor uniform eligibility deadlines for early j j I closing stakes. Thus the second payment of , 0 is due on February 1. 1958, and the j third and last payment of 0 on August 1. 1958. Formerly, they were due on Jan- J uary 15 and June 15, respectively. In another change in line with the new policy of standardization, the winning ! owner of the 1958 Selima will receive 65 per cent of the gross purse after ,500 has been deducted for nominator awards. Sec- ond money will be worth 20 per cent of the gross, third, 10 per cent and fourth, five per cent. This years Selima is tentatively sched- j uled for November 9. two days prior to the 00,000 International. The final payment: of 0 for this seasons edition is due June 15. A total of 326 two-year-old fillies re-■ main eligible for the mile and a sixteenth . event.
