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| I I , . i , , j s MILITARY RACE FOR MARLBORO. Marlhoio. M.I.. March W. The BM3 •esaoa I f military racing in the ea-t will he upeaed with a i raee here on April ." . The eouilil ions of the la call for four year-ohls and upward, the property as conditionally of he Cnited States Government, "i i of otii-ers ..r ihe I nited stales Army or Nary. The • purse will he «::iM . of which *."i will go io Ihe sec ond horse ami K23 to the third. A large silvii r loving Clip is lo he ple-ented to the rider i.f t I .• winner. Weights for tin- race will he: Four-year ..hi-. 1".I pounds; five-year-obis. 157 pounds: siv year olds and upward. ItSO pounds. Winners of wo ■ r.ie- in 1912 and 1913 will Ih- required to pick up • five pound- extra, while non-winners in 1912 or l!»!:: will he allowed live pounds. The distance of the race will he one mile, and Mai. -Gen. Leonard Wood. ehiel of stall of Ihe arni.v. will he invited to pre side in the Judges stand during the running. La-t year Ihe army taring was one of the most successful branches of the sport at Marlboro. M i-. Smart, who i- trabtlag the inn-.-- of a number ■•; army oancers. expects to have eight starters from hi- stable The nick of the army riders will pac-I tieipate la the race and il will no douht attract i big attendance. on the opening day of ihe Marlboro session Wednesday. April J. the feature of the program will he the District Handicap at si furlongs, in vvh -h some of iln- best of the older sprinters will cohtest. dpi. p. M. Walker, whose formidable striim i- al Benning, is ivinv: the old handicap horse Magaxiue : special preparation tor tic- raee. The s,,u of Hasagan i- u" ng ahmg well in training. A mi tin horses that have been ni -d for the handicap are Magaalne, L"id Well-. Sylvestri Polh Worth. Detlnctlon. Ihe Sqnire Blue .Mmi--. Incision, Flying Footstetts. Clem BeaCbey. Bat lli»-terson, Cnttybnuk, Sutn-rv i-or TVmiata. The It.val Prince. Y. Powers Toddling, tttibi and Stelcliff. Sevral stahie- tie already on the ground ami Billy Oliver will -end a divfadon of the Tyree baraea to the track iii i naj nt two.
