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EMPIRE CITY HANDICAP WEIGHTS New York August 3 Handlcapper Voshurgh has sent out the weights for the Empire City Handicap of 415000 which will be run at the coming meeting of AssociationAs the Empire City Racing Association As was to have been expected Ballot has the post of honor with 131 pounds Jack Atklri Is next best In the handicappers opinion he having to take up 126 pounds The following are the conditions and weights weightsThe The Empire City Handicap Value 15000 For threeyearolds and upward By subscription of 25 each 175 additional to start Guaranteed casli value 15000 of which 2000 to the second and 1000 t6 the third Weights to be announced August 1 Winners after the announcement of weights of two races of 1000 each or one of 2500 to carry three pounds extra two races of 2000 each or one of 5000 seven pounds extra two races of 5000 each or one of 10000 ten pounds extra Penalties shall not require a threeyearold to carry weight exceeding 120 pounds nor a four yearold or upward to carry a weight exceeding 132 pounds Closed March 14 190S with eightyone nominations of which eight declared at 25 each One mile and a furlong Rorse A ABallot Ballot 4 4Jack Jack Atkin 4 4Colin Colin 3 3Nealon Nealon 5 5Charles Charles Edward 4 4Celt Celt 3 3Frank Frank Gill 4 4Fair Fair Play 3 3Dr Dr Gardner 5 5Salvidere Salvidere 4 4Montgomery Montgomery 4 4McCarter McCarter 4 4Cottontown Cottontown 5 5Hessian Hessian 3 3Jim Jim Gaffney 3 3Flap Flap Flap 5 5Baby Baby Wolf 4 4Ca Ca valcadour G GChapultepec Chapultepec 3 3King King James 3 3Gretna Gretna Green 4 4Roseben Roseben 7 7King King Cobalt 3 3Dandelion Dandelion G GLawrence Lawrence P DaleyS Royal DaleySRoyal Tourist 3 3Westbury Westbury 4 4Yankee Yankee Girl 4 4Lane Lane Allen fi fiMaster Master Robert 3 3Blue Blue Book 4 4Gold Gold Lady 4 4Cave Cave Adsum 4 4Tourenne Tourenne 4 4Tileing Tileing 4 4Rifleman Rifleman 4 4Polly Polly Prim 5 Horse HorsePinkola Pinkola Colonel Bob Notasulga Cairngorm Oxford The Minks The Squire Magazine Wexford Edwin Gum Colonel Jack Temaceo Old Honesty Miss Alert Lord Cohort BoanergesCohort Boanerges Golden Pearl Stanley Fay Columbia Lad LadGrimaldi Grimaldi Light Wool Wool Sandals Miss Lida Don Creole Lad of Langden Dr Mathews Beaucoup Fancy Spooner Gowan Llllie Turner Senator ClaySt Clay St Joseph The Shaughraun Gold Treasure King Sol The great race of the Empire City meeting will be the running of the 15000 Empire City Handicap in which the flower of the eastern and western handicap horses have a chance to measure strides over a distance of a mile and an eighth So far as distinctly westernowned horses are concerned Mr Vosbnrgh has possibly been more than fair In his adjustment of weights with IOC pounds on Lawrence P Daley 102 on Polly Prim 102 on Pinkola 100 on The Minks 98 on Wexford 97 on Temaceo and Old Honesty 96 on Miss Alert 94 on Wool Sandals 93 on Miss Lida and 90 on Lillle Turner TurnerBallot Ballot has properly been awarded top weight at 131 pounds five more than Jack Atkln is asked to carry Colin and Nealon come next with 122 pounds each and by the scale of weights for age Colin Is the actual top weight having six pounds more thaiT his scale weight while Ballot has five Jack Atkln is given his weight for age Aside from Ballot Colin Celt Jack Atkin and Fair Play every other horse eligible has weight off Celt is given four pounds over and Fair Play one One oneOne of the entries Cavalcadour is a sixyearold black horse by Le Sancy Infanta Paz imported from France He has been given 110 pounds He I was of no great fame in France Aside from the top weights Montgomery McCarter Baby Wolf Chapultepec King James Gretna Green Dandelion Royal Tourist Westbury Gold Ladv Master Rob ¬ ert Tourenne Cave Adsum Tileing Light Wooi Don Creole and Beaucoup are horses favorably han ¬ dicapped
