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GOSSIP OF THE TURF Sportsmen wintering at Bermuda are looking forward to some pleasant outings with the thoroughbreds this month The annual spring meeting promoted by the Bermuda Hunt Club is scheduled for March 22 under English Jockey Club rules The red letter event is the Bermuda Derby at one mile horses to carry 147 pounds The high scale of weights is adopted in order that gentlemen riders may get a chance with the professionals Other events on the card are the Ladies Plate for all ages one mile the Shelly Bay Stakes for ponies one mile the Shaft Stakes for harness horses five furlongs the Feather Plato five furlongs the Galloway Gallows Stakes five furlongs and the Winter Handicap at a mile and a quarter The meeting which will take place at the Shelly Bay race track is quite a fashionable function Much of the track which is a half a mile in circuit is cut through the solid rock and coral and to say that the going is hard is putting it mildly New York Sun IrVi Irvin Tillo Till is in grand shape and it is certain that he will be especially prepared for the first of the big handicaps the Brooklyn His splendid sturdy conformation makes him a dangerous quantity He is certainly one of the most racy looking horses in training Looks are not everything of course but Tillos Tills performances last season are nothing to be ashamed of when it is considered that the colt was sick from the I time he came east and was never near his true form The Queens County Jockey Club announces the following entries for the Carter Handicap up to date Junior Sun Up Sailor King Varus Arums Dont Don't Care Winged Foot Tobias Braw Lad Kinuikinnick Leddsville Leeds Irish Reel Our Johnny Miss Tenny Teeny Floral Park Handpress Handless Bannock Demagogue Thomas Cat Premier Zella Ella Belle of Erin Marsian Marian Storm King The Manxman Mamma Tanis Anis Damien Warrenton Warren Ortolan Portland Debride Deride Senator Zanono Anon Sensational The entries for the other stakes of the Queens County Jockey Club are as follows Rockaway Rollaway Stake 30 entries Flushing 22 Avergne Average 26 Rose 40 Canadsio Canadian 38 Ozone 40 Jamaica 32