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AMERICAN ENTRIES TO GIMCRACK STAKES II P Whitney is the only American turfman who has made nominations for the Gimcrack Stakes at the August York meeting The Gimcrack Stakes is one of the coveted sporting prizes of the Knglish turf and at the close of the racing season the owner of the winner of the Gimcrack Stakes entertains the other subscribers and prominent members of the Jockey Club at a dinner Tills dinner is always fol ¬ lowed by speeches of racing policy and many of the reforms of the turf have had their inception when the cigars were passed around after the Gim ¬ crack crackThe The eligibles Mr Whitney has for the stake are a roan or chestnut colt by Hamburg Mineola bay gelding by Hamburg Forget and accordingly a brother to II B Duryeass useful old sprinter Dreamer a bay or brown filly by Hamburg Lady Frivoles buy or brown illy by Hamburg Blue Girl chestnut filly by Adam Sallie of Navarre the dam of Salvidere chestnut colt by Persimmon Dame dQr one that Mr Whitney paid a big price for in England and a bay or brown gelding by Sandrlii ham Ballyhoo
