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TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES WELL FILLED. I New York, November 29. Record-breaking is the list of entries already received for the two-year-old stakes to be run at. Saratoga next August. Never in the history of any track in this country have the yearling entries been so abundant, according to Secretary McL. Earlocker. i Following is the comparative list up to the present: Stakes. 1917. 1910. i United States Hotel 189 130 Grand Union 188 130 Spinaway 134 105 Hopeful 187 328 Grab Bag Handicap 71 55 The largest nominators are A. K. Macomber, James Butler and the AViekliffe Stable. In the five fixtures Mr. Macomber has !4, Mr. Butler 58, and the Wickliffe Stable 55 nominations. E. Herz was in the city today on his way to Louisville, where lie is going to make arrangements for the retirement of his good horse Short Grass. He has not yet decided at whose establishment in Kentucky he will place him, nor the fee he will charge for his service. "Mr. Herz will winter in Louisville and rest his entire stable. Charles Fox has decided to go to New Orleans this winter, as soon as the season opens. Frank Moore, who has been one of the shining lights of the clubhouse for many years, Will spend this winter in the citj. In the days of California racing he usually wintered in Los Angeles.
