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THE METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. I i The distinctive feataro of the Metropolitan Handicap, weights for which were announced , yesterday, is che great number of three-year- olds engaged, as compared with the Brooklyn and Suburban Handicaps. Twenty-five of that age are in, and of the nnmber are such two- year-old stars of last year as Jean Beraud, lEthebert, Alpen, W. Overton, Kingdou, King Barleycorn, Heliobas, Filigrane, Black Venus, Formero, Dr Eichberg, Mr. Clay, Toluca, Mc-Leod of Dare, Sir Hubert, Greatland and Diminutive. Three-year-olda, no matter how good, have but scant chances of success in the Brooklyn or Suburban, but Voter has already shown that the shorter distance of the Metropolitan places it well within range of a good three-year-olds speed, hence the formidable array of young aspirants. Algol, 126, is top weight, but has three pounds less than weight for age. On the basis of the scale, Jean Beraud, 109, is the real top weight as he is the only horse in that is given his full weight for age. It may be that this colt is three pounds better at a mile than Algol, two pounds better than Plaudit, nine pounds better than Lieber Karl, George Keene and Imp, or even fifteen pounds better than such fast fillies as Alice Farley and Hurly Burly, but Mr. Vosberg will not find a great many well-informed turfmen who will share his evident belief that such is the case. The horses engaged and the weights allotted are: Horse AgeWgt Horse AgeWgt Algol 5 126 King Barleycorn 3 101 Plaudit 4 124 Heliobas 3 102 St. Cloud 5 119 Filigrane 3 10 DondOro 5 117 Miller 3 100 Lieber Karl 4 117 Opaque 4 100 George Keene... 4 117 Black Venus.... 3 100 Handball 4 115 Formero 3 100 Banastar 4 113 Fdnsavannah. .. 4 100 George Boyd .... 4 113 Millstream 4 100 Firearm 4 113 Dr. Eichberg ... 3 100 Imp 5 112 Maximo Gomez. 4 100 Floronso 4 112 Scannell 3 99 Warrenton 4 111 Mr. Clay 3 99 Swiftmas 4 110 Twinkler 4 99 Candleblack .... 4 110 Toluca 3 98 Previous 4 110 McLeod of Dare 3 98 Sanders 4 110 Sir Hubert 3 98 Jean Beraud.... 3 109 High Degree.... 3 98 Box 5 109 Nankipooh 4 98 Peat 6 108 Acrobat 4 97 Autumn 3 106 Jeannot 4 96 Alice Farley 4 106 Caoutchouc .... 3 96 Ethelbert 3 106 Estaca 5 96 Hurly Burly 4 106 Rilee 3 96 Handsel 4 105 Greatland 3 95 Whistling Con .. 4 105 Munllo 4 93 Kingdon 3 105 Diminutive 3 93 W. Overton 3 105 Ordnung 3 89 Alpen 3 104 Lizzie Simmons 3 89
