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METROPOLITAN HANDICAP WEIGHTS In token that the opening of New York racing is near weights for the Metropolitan Handicap to be run at Bcltnont Park May 20 have been made public Handicapper Vosburgh lias grouped Borrow Luke McLuke Roamer Harmonicon and Rock View closely in his assignment of top weights and has given Borrow the honor of leading jointly with Luke McLnke at 120 pounds each one pound more than Roamer and Harmonicon and two pounds more than Rock View Evidently lie deems them close together In merit If it could be assured that Roamer would go to the post in the same form he displayed when he ran the first mile of the Washington Handicap in 13G at Laurel last fall a good many people would dissent radically with his conclusion as expressed In pounds How ¬ ever he is a wise judge of the form of horses and critics can well afford to await the race to see how his estimates work out On the whole it seems an equitable adjustment of imposts The I weights are as follows Horse HorseBorrow AWt Horse Borrow 7 120 Tartar Luke MeLuke 4 12G Leo Skolny Roamer 4 125 The Finn Harmonicon 5 125 Trial by Jury Rock View 3124 Iron Duke Buckhorn 0110 Phosphor Stromboli 4 118 Kilkenny Boy Plying Fairy 5 115 Addie M Buskin 5 115 Hauberk Itobert Bradley 5 110 Charter Maid Pllttergold 4 110 The Masquerader Charlestonian 4 109 King Simon Pandean 5 10S Cliff Field Pebbles 3 10S Fair Count Slumber II 4 107 Harry Jr Magnet 4100 SahT mMoekin High Noon 3 104 Singsong Sharpshooter 3 103 My King
