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METROPOLITAN HANDICAP DAY AT HAND On Wednesday afternoon of this week racing will begin over one of the greater tracks of New York with the running of the Metropolitan Handicap and tint New York Steeplechase at Belmont Park ParkThe The Metropolitan is a dash of one mile with 10000 added It had fiftyfive entries of which seventeen Dr Gardner Running Water De Mnnd The Quail Meeliek Tony Faust Wexford West bury Minnie Adams Oxford Lawrence 1 Daley Don Enrique W II Daniel Cohort Falcada Ken ¬ tucky Beau and Light Wool have been declared This leaves thirtyeight crack racers eligible to start with Ballot at 12C pounds the top weight closely followed by Xealon 124 Charles Edward 12 and Montgomery 122 The formidable Keene Stable is represented by Ballot 120 Superman 110 Celt 109 and Rcstigouche 07 H P Whitney is represented by Brookdale Nymph 115 Baby Wolf 11 and Fancy 00 S C Illldretlt has two cracks in Montgomery 122 and Uncle 108 Several of the horses have incurred penalties by reason of having won since the publication of weights April IS Jack Atkin Restigouche McCarter Old Honesty Faust and King Cobalt all being in this category with four pounds added to their original allotments The probable starters will come from the Keene Whitney Patchognc and Hildrcth entries named and such other fast ones as Jack Atkin 124 Dan ¬ delion 118 McCarter 117 Blue Book 111 Rifle ¬ man 107 Far West IOC Old Honesty 100 Cha pultepec 103 Faust 102 Ben Ban1 20 King James S Notasulga OS King Cobalt 101 Fair Play and Johnnie Ilake 07 each Magazine OG Stargowan and Live AVire 05 each and Don Creole 04 Here is certainly speed enough to evoke the most lively anticipations of a great and stirring contest The other stake feature of the day the New York Steeplechase has thirtytwo nominations compris ¬ ing most of the good jumpers of the time and is over the about two miles course courseThe The Maiden Stakes for twoyearolds will be the feature of Thursdays racing Of the youngsters that have already started Joe Gallons X II Reed Inez Sister High Private Vibrate Silk Hose Sis klu Voodoo SJ Withold Apron Bonnie Kelso Schleswig Obdurate and Preceptor have run credit ¬ ably but It may be that some dark one is to trim them all The Baychester Stakes will be run Fri ¬ day It is a dash of a mile for threeyearolds with 2000 added and Hessian Golden Pearl Explo ¬ sion Spooner Running Account King James Fond Heart Robert Cooper Wave Crest Peter Quince Cymbal Masque Harcourt Adrlana Rialto and Smoker appear the cllgiblcs likely to furnish the field fieldThree Three stake races will be decided Saturday the Fashion Stakes for twoyearold fillies Toboggan Handicap for threeyearolds and over and the Junior Trial Steeplechase for fouryearolds The Fashion is a dash of four and a half furlongs Of its seventysix entries eighteen have been declared The great majority of those eligible have not started and none seen in public so far has shown anything striking The Tqboggan is a longestab ¬ lished event for the sprinters la a dash of six fur ¬ longs with 4000 added and among Its fiftynine rapid goers arc Charles Edward Jack Atkiu Rose l en Salvidere King Cobalt Halt Sovereign Fair Play Magazine Mark Antony 11 Johnnie Blake Lawrence P Daley Nimbus Ben Bah Jacobite Berry Maid Notasulga Colloquy Mollie Montrose Restlgouche Transvaal King James McCarter Spooner Explosion Cohort De Mund Far West Bat Masterson Baby Wolf and Red River and cer ¬ tain to furnish a cracking field of starters The Junior Trial is a new event for the benefit of coming Jumpers Of its cligihtes Pcnnrris Economy Per ¬ centage Touchwood Sir Wooster Verynne Sandy Creeker and Jim McGlll have shown well In cross ¬ country racing and some of the others are fexpected to become star timbertoppens in time timeMeanwhile Meanwhile the Jamaica meeting has two more days to run The WUIlamsburgh handicap Js the stake fenturo for tomorrow the probable starters appearing in the entries puhll bed today The Suf feflttw Mtwre raw w TWMM
