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THE arONTGOMERY barnstormer HANDICAP 1 1As As the Memphis Derby is the first important threeyearold event of the western turf so also is the Montgomery Handicap the first race that brings into opposition a goodly proportion of the best handicap class of the west This year the entry list was unusually good and Sec ¬ retary retry Macfarlan Mascara had a really difficult task of handicapping but on the whole he seems to have apportioned his weights with skill It is noticeable that he does not think Ornament Capable of giving Meadowthorpe Meadow Macy Marcy and Ulysses as many pounds as Mr Vosburg did when ho assigned weights to the Brooklyn and Suburban candidates Leaving the topweights stoplights out of consideration Buckvi Buck dere Derek 105 Performance 105 Marquise 100 and Salvable 108 are a quartette of horses that appear to have been let in lightly Perform ¬ ance Vance was invincible after midsummer last year and if she comes to the post as good as when she went into retirement after winning twelve races straight she will bo very apt to be re ¬ turned the winner or at any rate be the one that will be looking the winner in the eye when the final rush comes comesOther contester Other horses that can be depended upon to run well at their weights are Linda 104 Judge Steadman Seaman 94 Presbyterian 100 Sea Robber 104 Dr Walmsley Malmsey 106 and Harry Duke 108 The last two horses possess a very high order of speed but there is reasonable doubt of their ability to stay over a mile and a sixteenth route at the great pace necessary to win a race of this kind As to the topweights stoplights there will be time enough to consider their chances when the ac ¬ ceptances captaincies are published
