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PIMLIC0 SPRING HANDICAP ENTRIES It Is the First Important Event of Season for Horses from the Older Division. New York. April 22. — It has been usual of late years to consider the Metropolitan Handicap as the first important test of the turf year for horses iu the handicap division, but for 1918 it would seem that the Pimlico Spring Handicap of the Maryland Jockey Club is to lead off tlie year. It is a race to which ,000 is added und over the mile-und-sev-enty-yards distance. The increased value has made it of greater importance and for the running next month just such a field as might he expected in midsummer at Saratoga has been named. With few exceptions the stars of last year are found in the list and it is probable. that the field will lie both larger and more fashionable than has ever been seen before in an early handicap. Major August Belmont lias named Hourless. Strom -boli and his good three-year-old Lucullite. Wilfrid Viau has nominated Omar Khayyam. Westy Hogan and three others, and it may be that the great pair of four-year-olds. Hourless and Omar Khayyam, will again fight it out as they did in the Realization and at Laurel later in the fall of last year. J. K. L. Ross has among his nominations Cudgel, rated as the best three-year-old in the west last year and by many considered the equal of both the above-mentioned colts. Harry Payne Whitney is represented by his sterling old gelding Borrow, winner of the Kentucky Handicap as well as many other good races. Rickety, Bellringcr, Tumbler and Sungold. Joseph E. Widener has named Pickwick and Naturalist and three good three-year-olds. Corn Tassel. Campfire and Straight Forward, are among the nominations of Richard T. Wilson. J. W. May has his good mare Bayberry Candle among the cljgjblcs. E. R. Bradley has as his nomination Knlitnn. winner of tlie Preakness last year. Roamer and Ticket are two to bear the silks of Andrew Miller and John. Sauford has among those he has named George Smith. Gex. Meteorite and Achilles. Then in the matter of three-year-olds the race Is particularly attractive, and most of the good ones that are being pointed for the Preakness are also being fitted for this race against older horses. ALL STAR THREE-YEAR-OLDS. Besides Lucullite, there are Sun Briar, Papp. shan-ballymore, Orestes, Bully Boy,, High Cost. Charlie Leydecker. Lady Dorothy, Enfilade. Lanius. Jusqu au Bout, Trompe la Morte. Jack Hare Jr.. Dr. Johnson and Red Sox, to say nothing of others of known quality. In fact, about the only topnotch two-year-olds of 1917 whose names do not appear on the list are Kenneth D. Alexanders Escoba and John San-fords Tippity Witchet. Following is a complete list of the entries for the Pimlico Spring Handicap: Arrah Go On Fellowship Priam Amackassin Fitswillinm Producer All Star Flittergold Iriscilla Mullens Achilles Foreground Piillux Achievement First Troop Papp All Smiles ■ Fragonard dead Peerless One African Arrow Charlie LeydockerPickwick Boxer George Starr Philippic Bellringer George Smith Quietude Bella Desmond Greek Slave Rubber II. Bachelors Bliss George Clark Red Sox Barry Shannon Gex Rickety Ronnie Dance Gravson Recount Bill McCloy Game Cock Khadamcs Bully Boy Hendrie Runes Beckna Hauberk Rhine Maiden Bronco Billy He Will Roamer Rattle High Cost Reveler Bughouse Hourless Shanhallymore Borrow Huntress Sun Briar t Bar of Phoenix Highland Lad Snapdragon II. Bayberry Candle Hanovia Sweep Up 11. Bondage Heredity Sungold Ballast Hillhampton Stromboli Brocatelle Hank ODay Sunuylund Churchill Iron Cross II. Sewell Combs . Crimper Irene Stargazer Cudgel Japhet Square Set Crank Jack Hare Jr. Stitch in Time Columbine Joseph P. Murphy Startling Cousin o Mine Jnch Scot Ticket Compudre Jusqu au Bout Tea Caddy Celto K. of K. Seafarer Cum Sah Kate Glenn Straight Forward Col. Clnff Kalitan St. Isidore Common Law King Neptune Sky Pilot Currency Koh-KNonr Sands of Pleasure Pen Tassel Kewpie ONeil Tom McTaggart Campfire King Herod The Porter Crepuscule Leochares The Belgian II. Chief Lally Lanius Trompe la Morte Claquer Lady Dorothy Trial by Jury Dublin -Mary Lucullite Tumbler Dublin Mary Mary Maud Thistle PaddyWhack Mancha Teresa J. Dolina Meteorite Uncle Bryn Dr. Johnson . Mars Mouse Ultimatum Duke of Devshire Manister Toi Water Lady Decisive Milkman Wood Violet Damrosch Mr. Ned Woodstone Daddys Choice Master Key William Humrey Eyelid Naturalist Westy Hogan Etruscan Nebraska Winning Card Ed Roche Nutcracker Waterbass Enfilade Nepperhan Wyoming El Plaudit Nominee Woodward Elmendorf Orestes Yankee Witch Ed Cudihee Omar Khayyam Zululand Fredk the Great Orlando of Havana From this truly remarkable list it is a sure thing there will be both a large and a representative field go to the post for this handicap. Naturally there are many horses here that may be eliminated, but handicap conditions will bring many more of them together even with the topnotchers under silks. 1
