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NATIONAL STALLION AND MATRON. TWO great slakes offered hy the Westchester Pi. iii-: Association that cloned for entries December 1.".. Ihe National Stallion Race of 1908, and the Matt n Slakes tilled -.cry well. The nominations Io the National Stallion were of foals of 1906, an I numbered in all 2Z5. one of the most notabh* entry lists i that ol Mr. II. P. Whitney, thirteen of his hfieen being hy Hamburg and one, a chestnut coit_ being h King lalw aids famous racer and sire Persimmon—-Crania. Mr. Whitney nominated Persimmon to render this aristocratically bred youngster eligible. His llainhurgs are colls from Kildeer, Melba, laiiliirance by Right. Mineola, Daisy F. Vespers. I.ach lrivolis. Nela and Regatia and lilies from Blue Jill, lapialily. Klusive and Irish Reel. His other nominee is a chestnut colt, hy Meddler — Handspaa. If all those grandly bred Hamhergs train well there should In- among them some Io emulate Ihe deeds of Artful. Burgomaster and i I Hamburg Belle. Clarence Mac key has in another Striking hand ill ten Meddlers and one Hamburg, the Meddlers being colts from Won hy Waiting, Strike a-I.ight and Admiration, aad tillies from Kamara. Chinkara. Heartache. Botha, Correction. Rallantrae. and SpCCtram. His one by Hamburg is a chestnut tilly from Trigger. John I. Madden U.:ols in Ililin-ber oi nominal ions with thirty seven, closely followed by J. B. llaggin with thirty six and A. Belmont with thirty one. Barney Schreiber has In eighteen, of which seven are by Rannockburifi eight by Sain. two hy Sir Hercules and one by Sain or Sit-Here -nles. The Matron Stakes of P.mci received an entry list of lit! mares. This is a falling off from preceding years, bet is largely accounted for by Ihe absence of J. It. llaggins name from Ihe list of nominators. August Be ha oat beads the list with fifty eight mares, twenty eight bred to Hastings, twenty one to Ociagcii. tWO to lion de Oro. and one each to Meddler, Hamburg. lTorizel II.. Kthellieii. Ortegal. :inkee and Melton. The one bled to Meddler was P.eld line. James It. kecne nominated thirty eight mares. John K. Madden and H. T. Oxnard twenty-nine each, II. P. Whitney thirty. Clarence A. Mac-key Iwent] three, and Barney Schreiber tweiil . In tlie Oxnard band are liflc-cii bred lo Islington, the sire of lxinle.v Mack. They are Castalia. Spanish Match, Desirable, Faterita, Wealth, Taetaaith, Anilrisa. Bettle Bramble, Marjoram. Price. Miss l.audemaii. Lady Appleby, Clipper. Intimidation ami Manianesi.
