Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-27
INCREASE IN
STAKE RACES
NATHANsoN ANNOUNCES PLANS
FOR MEADOWS MEET
Fourteen Fixtures Down on Card,
Nominations for Which Close
April 1-Daily DIstribu.
ton Is Greater

SAN FRANCISCO March 26.-Martin
Nathanson, who is to fill the position Of
Handicapped and racing secretary Tor
the summer meeting at The Meadows,
Seattle, opening June 20 and closing
September IL, announces that the fol-
lowing fourteen stakes, with guaran,
teed cash values of from $500 to $4,000
each. win be decided during the
seventy-three days of racing at the
northern track:
June 2O--Openng handicap, all ages. xix
furlongs. value $500; value in 1907 $1,000.
June 27-Ladies' plate. 2-year-ods. four
and half furlongs value $500; value IN
1907 $1,000.
July 4--celebration handicap, s-year-olds
and upward. mile and sixteenth. Vaiue
$2500; value in 1907 $4,000
July 11-Tacoma handicap. 3-year-olds
and upward. one mile, value $4,000; value IN
1907 $500.
July 1S--Meadows selling stake. s.year-
ods and upward one mile, value SloOoi
value In 1907 $1,000.
July 25--seattle derby, S-year-olds, one
and quarter miles. value $4,000; value IN
1907 $4,000.
August Woodlands handicap, 2-year-
olds. fve furiongs. value $500; value In
1907 s1s5o.
year-olds and upward one mile and an
eighth, value $4,000; value in 1907 $500
August n5--1sos Exposition handicap. 3
year-olds and upward one and quarter
miles. value $4,000; value in 1907 $4,000
August 22-Interurban handicap, 3-year-
olds and upward, seven furlongs, value
$4,000 value in 1907 $3.50.
August 2s--Puget Sound handicap 3-year-
olds and upward. two miles. value s250o;
value in 1907 $1,000
September 5-King county selling stake,
all ages. six and half furlongs, value
sl500 value in 1907 $1,000.
September 7-Labor Day handicap, s.
year-olds and upward. one mile and an
eighth. value s2500; value in 1907 $1,000
September 12-Alaska handicap. 3-year-
olds and upward. mile and sixteenth.
value $500; value in 1907 $1250.
Total value for 1908 $30i500 Total value
for 1907 $23,150
Aside from the substantial increases
in the value of the stakes, Nathanson
made no changes in the conditions of
last seasons stake list, except in the
Interurban and Puget Sound handi-
caps, the distance of both of which
fixtures was only six furlongs last year.
The stake blanks, which Will be ready
for the horsemen tomorrow contain the
announcement that the daily purse dis
tribution will be increased to not less
than $1,000. embracing two purses of
$500 each and four of $400 or $500 each.
Wednesday, with from $500 to $1,000
added Nominations for the stakes viii
close April 1.
1t may be accepted as foregone con-
cusion that many of the high class
stables now racing in California Will be
campaigned at Seattle the coming sum-
mer. The stake list as arranged for
this years meeting is more attractive
and valuable than that for any other
summer track outside of New YORK,
and it would not be at all surprising
should 1t attract horsemen from the
east, where conditions are less promis-
ing for the sport than on the coast
Handicapper Nathanson has already
announced that the better class of
horses will be extensively catered to
at the northern track this season, with
the aim of elevating the sport to a
level which the growing Importance OF
Seattle as a racing center demands.
All in all. the prospects are very bright
that the coming meeting at The
Meadows will be the most successful
in the history of racing in the north-
west, and it is safe prediction tnat
when the season ends at EmeryVllle
there will be a general exodus of
horsemen and turf followers to The
Meadows. The Butte and Denver meet
ings undoubtedly will attract some
Californians, but the pick of the horses
and the majority of the turfmen VIII
make Seattle their objective point for
the summer.
The announcement that Z. c. Hopper
is to be presiding judge and Richard
Dwyer starter at The Meadows is Of
ficially confirmed.
Nominations for the $4,000 guaran-
teed handicap to be run at The Mea-
dows during the progress of the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition in 1909 will
not close until about January J.. and
conditions of this rich stake will be
in dtIa time