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CARTER AND EXCELSIOR WEIGHTS. From a humble beginning the Carter Handicap has grown in value and importance until it ranks with the most desirable fixtures of the eastern turf. This year it attracted the highest class horses in training and an entry list leaving nothing to be desired. Its . first running in 1895 netted the winner. Charade, the small sura of . This year it will net the winner ,850, The distance being only seven furlongs, Mr. Vosburgh has raised the average of weights as compared with the Brooklyn and other later handicaps, by assigning Sysonby as top weight, 134 pounds, grading from that down to 87 pounds on Wrenne. On the assumption that Sysonby may not start, Roseben, Hamburg Belle, Tradition, Phil Finch, Ormondes Bight, Santa Catallna, Red Knight, Aeronaut, Southern Cross, Grenade, Bohemia, Marjoram, Race King and Orly all appear well treated and likely to go to the post if all goes well with them in training and racing prior to April Hi. The conditions, entries and weights arc as follows: The Carter, HaudicapiC0,OjeprJjrpe-aXft. olds and upward, 0 each, dr"3 if declared by April 2; 00 additional for starters. Guaranteed cash value, 0,000, of which ,500 to the second and 00 to the third. Weights to be announced March 22. Seven furlongs. Horses. A.Wt. Horses. A.Wt. Sysonby 4 134 Uace King .... 5 100 Hennis 7 130 Heasllp 3 100 Delhi 5 130 Greeucrest 5 100 Roseben 5 120 Hebo 5 100 Hamburg Belle. 5 123 Orly 0 100 Cairngorm 4 121 Goldsmith 7 9! Lord of the Vale ! 120 Astronomer .... 3 09 Rams Horn ... 4 120 Disobedient 3 !8 Tradition 4 11! Ben Hodder ... 3 08 Lady Amelia ... 5 113 Prospero 3 OS Prince Hamburg 4 118 Sprakcrs 4 97 Phil Finch .... 5 110 Early and Often 3 97 Blandy 4 110 Halifax 3 07 Ormondes Right 5 114 Workman 4 07 San Nicholas. .. 7 113 Jack Dolan 3 90 Eugenia Burch.. 0 112 Battlcaxe 3 90 Graziallo 5 111 DArkle 4 95 Glorifier 4 110 Red Friar 4 95 Aaron J 7 110 Zicnap 3 95 Merry Lark 4 10! Diamond Flush. 4 93 Santa Catallna. 4 108 Aucassin 4 95 Red Knight ... 0 10S Green Room ... 3 95 Aeronaut 4 107 Israfel 3 94 Southern Cross.. 4 100 P.elmere 3 93 Grenade 5 105 Ballotta 3 93 Fireball ... 4 10." La Sorciere 3 93 Bryan 4 105 Ballot Box 3 92 Jacquin 5 104 Bulls Eye ..,.3 92 Bohemia 4 104 B. of Pequest. . 3 92 Juggler 3 104 Hermitage 3 90 Mount Henry .. 4 103 Inquisitor 3 89 Whimsical 3 103 Wrenne 3 S7 Marjoram 5 102 Following hard after the closing of the Aqueduct meeting, the opening day of the Metropolitan Jockey Clubs meeting at Jamaica will be marked by the decision of the Excelsior Handicap. Like the Carter this event is of the guaranteed value of 0,000, with ,850 going to the winner. Being at a mile and a sixteenth, Sysonby has been assigned lite customary 131 pounds and some of the sprinters in the Carter were not entered here. Some of the best of the western contingent appear here In Rams Horn, 117; First Mason, 115; Phil Finch, 115; Colonial Girl, 114; Bad News, 113, and Tokalon, 104, hut it is doubtful if any of them start. It is more probable that Delhi, 124; Hamburg Belle, 120; Cairngorm, 119; Lord of the Vale, 11G; Blandy, 111; Ormondes Right, 111; Dolly Spanker, 109; Red Knight, 107; Oxford, 107; Monet, 107; Grenade, 105; Santa Catalina, 100; Bohemia, 102; Jacquin, 100; Race King, 9S and Master of Craft, 97, are the horses that will furnish the majority of the starters. Altogether the prospects are that the Excelsior will bring about a high class race. The conditions, entries and weights are these: The Excelsior Handicap of 0,000, for three-year-olds and upward, 0 each, or 5 If declared by April 7; starters to pay 00 additional. Guaranteed cash value, 0,000, of which ,500 to the second and ,000 to the third. Weights to be announced March 22. One mile and one-sixteenth. Horses. A.Wt. Horses. A.Wt. Sysonby 4 131 Santa Catalina.. 4 lu llermis 7 120 Tokalon 0 104 Delhi 5 124 Bohemia 4 102 Stalwart 5 123 Aeronaut 4 100 Hamburg Belle. 5 120 Jacquin 5 100 Roseben 5 120 Mount Heury .. 4 100 Cairngorm 4 119 Juggler 3 .in Hams Horn ... 4 117 Heasllp 3 !IS Lord of the Vale 0 110 Hace King 5 9.3 First Mason . .. 0 115 Ironsides 98 Phil Finch 5 115 Goldsmith 7 98 Tradition 1 114 Master of Craft 4 97 Colonial Girl ... 7 114 Astronomer .... 3 96 Bad News 0 113 Disobedient 3 90 Blandy 4 111 Ben Hodder 3 95 Ormondes Rights 111 Bed Friar 1 95 Eugenia Burch.. 0 110 Israfel- 3 05 Dollv Spanker.. 5 10! Aucassin 4 03 Glorifier 4 10S Fancy Bird S 93 Red Knight ... 0 107 Bulls Eye 3 92 Oxford 4 107 Batts 5 92 Monet 5 107 Inquisitor 3 90 Vou Troup 4 100 Bv of Pequest.. 3 90 Merry Lark .... I ltxi Hermitage ..... 3 90 Grenade 0 103 Barberioot 3 83
