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; , , . 1 « , I . ; I HOW THE BIG STAKES FILLED. Fp to Wednesday last the Coney Island Jockey Ctab had received a total of I,."il7 entries to its stakes which closed January 2. This does not include the Futurity of MM, which received the nominations of 1.109 more. The stakes in question are those which will be run this year. Of the list the Commonwealth Handicap, Advance Stakes, Beacon and Independence Steeplechases, Flight, September. Autumn, ITatbnsh and Great Eastern Stakes will all receive supplementary entries later on which will swell the total given considerably. All t»ld nnd complete, these events had a total of 1.490 entries last year, the comparative showing bring decidedly in favor of 1907. The stakes referred to and the nominations in 1900 and 1!MI7 are: Stake. 1906. 1SMI7. Suburban Handicap 00 S4 Commonwealth Handicap ." : Ii7 Advance Stakes :«» Tel June Handicaps 104 105 Equality Stakes 64 78 Thistle Stakes 67 70 Swift Stakes 76 70 I Spindrift Stakes 08 67 ireat Trial Stakes 92 110 1 Double Kvent 99 lis Zephyr Stakes 114 109 i Spring Stakes .". 97 Yernal Stakes 105 • 1 5 Beacon Steeplechase 57 57 Independence Steeplechase M H I Flight Stakes 61 :tli I Septemlier Stakes 41 41 Autumn Stakes 81 58 ; Flatbush Slakes 7S ii5 i ireat Eastern Handicap M 76 Total 1,490 1.517 j The Brooklyn Jockey Club Stakes, with the newly instituted ireenfield Steeplechase excluded, show a very slight falling off iu the grand total of nominations. With the Greenfield included there is a gain of twenty-six. The BriH klyn, Brookdale and Parkway Handicaps and Advance Stakes, the most interesting events of the spring meeting, show pleasing gains over MM, while the nu st noticeable comparative losses are in the Marlboro Handicap, " May Stakes and the Empire State, Greater New York and Kensington Steeplechases. However, all of the Brooklyn events filled sufficiently well and racing over the old fashioned course by the Kings Highway next May and June will lose nothing in 1 comparison with the years that have gone. The rati lea for 19O0 and MN compare as follows: Stake. 1906. 1907. l Brooklyn Handicap 57 75 Standard Stakes M 44 j Brookdale Handicap Oil 71 1 Parkway Handicap 60 66 U Marlboro Handicap 49 39 1 Myrtle Stakes 70 80 | Fatchogue Stakes 79 70 Broadway Stakes 71 67 1reakness Stakes 71 70 0 May Stakes 70 59 [1 Clover Stakes 103 109 ! Manhanset Stakes M 102 2 Hanover Stakes 100 M S Bedford Stakes 102 102 2 Empire State Steeplechase 61 M 0 Greater N. Y. Steeplechase 5! 45 5 Kensington Steeplechase t 7 52 2 Greenfield Steeplechase — 47 7 _ Total , 1,220 1,2 iti S
