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ENGLANDS EARLIEST IMPORTANT RACES. Speaking of notice* in the ■ah ndar." of ■ re cent date, London Sportsman in comment on it, said it "contained not only the acceptance ror snch an imperial event under National Hunt Rules as the Racecourse Association Stepleebase, 1 t in addi tion it -::ie up Ute entries for rarion: Jumping cv.-nt- at the LlugfleW and Windsor March meetings and also the more Important entry for the l.inooiniielii Handicap nf 500 - reigns, a mile race lor three v ear- dd- and upward-, which should turn ,iii to be no unworthy substitute for the t -m , ■■ t-arilj vanished event on the Carholme, which in the past annnally attracted almost an mnch anti post speculation as the Grand National. Judging from the entry for the •l.im olnliohi it will be u« sur prise If it pi .oke- some advance betting when the weights have been Issued on March IS. There hi Bo acceptance, and as it i- not t be run until April 7 layers will have three weeks in which to •gel agiusi them. Among the entry are Silver Tag, Mount William. My Ronald and Clapgate, respectively the winner, rnnaer-ap and foarth and fifth for the hist Cambridgeshire, while others of note engaged Include Vanltle. The Vizier. Sandmole, J.onl Anuamiale, 1 neerfal, Peter the Hermit, Out ram winner ol the Lincolnshire in l.tlli. Lax, Souloaque, IMadumenos. Noun- Pegasus and King Priam. Then there are others, but these named alone would furnish sufficient material for a highly-Interesting race. "Turning to the sister substitute. the Race course Association Steeplechase, acceptance lor w-bicb costs em 1 subscriber ■ iway. owners have paid glowing tribute to the excellence of the handicap compiled by Mr. E A. c. Topham, only seren of the entry of forty-four baring paid the forfeit of iiv- sovereigns. The -t important of the non- contenti Is the 1913 National winner. Cbverteoat, -e owner, Mr. Eric Piatt, ha- accepted in preference with Irish Mall. Another owner who , entered two ami baa paid with one of them is Sir G. I.ulb u-li. who ha- retired Ballymacad, leaving Denis Auburn to represent bm. The ethers that have di-:ipi -a red an- Father Koche. The Waggoner, Brackenden, I .«-.-—. .1 1 iurk and Pocthlyn. The de- 1 .;l 11 111." .1 . !t 111.I I le.V.l- CoUVTefell II. 175 p..un.is.i at the head f affairs. lb- won the champion Steeplechase last year, and n cently showed ..I winning Form. However, I doubt his nbility lo give weght to snch i»f those hekra him in the handicap .1- Irish Mail, Ail* Shuier, I.- rd Marcus and Kal er l%mfe sor, ",i bis Champion vietoi * moreover, it Is uo certainty thai It will be.it Meridian lor the latter is allowed sixteen pound, for a lieating of lour lengths. Ally Sloper ou last rear* success in the steeplechasing Bine Ribbon maj at Brat Right aitpear 1 • be taken care of with twenty-one pounds m.ire nou to carry, bat on liH.ki:i_ into the weights il will be found that be has only to allow Father Confessor in addi ii oal three pounds for the ten lengths the latter was beaten by. Lord Marcus tell last March, but Liverpool and Gatwiek are two different courses. Even HO, he lei- three p mud- i he w or-t of the weights with -Mlv Sloper. Irish Mail was pulled tip but war. bat In- ran second previously and i;i;;:i t be Ignored, and others whom some fancy an- Tbowl Pin and Alfred Noble. The last-named ran fourth last year to Ally Sloper, and Tbowl Fin was ti .th." _
