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ENGLANDS BRIGHT RACING PROSPECTS; Entries to the Great Spring and Early Summer Races Far Exceed Last Years. Nominations to the seven great handicap- of the IV.glisii -pring campaign and to the weight - forage Coronation Cup at EpaOM and t.old Cup at Aacat, v hieli i -losed January ti. have been published. As was to be expected, numbers are greatly Increased ■ er iiiPl. when 1 orses in irainitig and fit to race wire scare, because the great war had just COaM to a close, am! racing affairs were in disorder. The comparison in the case of the seven handicaps is a follows: Dale of Bali lea. Punning Pace. Distance. 1P1P. P.o. ■larch lI. Lincolnshire 1 i** •"- March L:,. Liverpool Spring Cap ...1 3-S Lti H April o , Kemptaa Pk. Qaeeaa Prize. 1 1 --J II M April 20, Great M-Hopolitan J 1-4 _: Bd April 21, City and Suburban 1 1-1 12 •"■- iv:a l. Victoria tup "s SH 4i Ma is. Kemptaa Pk. Great Jubilee. 1 14 20 "l Siiae handicaps are determined by the wcightl allotted the horses, comment on the entiie- ale aeeeaaarily restricted to geaeralitlea. The irelgbta were to appear January .». and a Lincolnshire ante-in -I market will not be delayed long after their publication. A- tin- first bit face of the flat racing campaign, this handicap is always the Medium of lively future betting, and with its nearly doubled entry list will be such this year. In 191!l it was a .So.OOO race, but has now been restored t. its pre-war eatae of .st.oOO. its winner of la-t yi ar. Sepal Puck-, i- entered again, but he will hardly be favored with such a light weight a- 103 pounds, which he carried then. Brigand, Pruff Bridge, Grand Fleet. Alasaam, Milton, clarion, Kalght el Plylhe and Uoidenr appear to be beraes which will be -eriously considi red by the handi-eapper. An old-timer of American breeding entered is the Osaary gelding Ocydrome. King George is represented by his flotir-year-old Cdt Viceroy by The Tit larch Sweet Vernal, in the City and Suburban. Victoria Cup and Great Jubilee Handicap-. Lord FAbermms splendid marc D.. l.-in i- evidently to be campaigned for anoihei year, since -he i- in the city and Baborban, Victoria Cap, Great Jubilee Handicaps and ihe mile and a half Coronation Cup. A mile and a half is pipularly held lo be beyond her conipas-. but she ran second to Sunny Jane in the Epsom Oaks at that distance, which would seem lo Indicate ihe can Stay that route well enough. D i- in the A-oot Gold Cup and the Coronation uii that Englands beet is displayed at weight-locate. To win an Aacat Gold Cap sets the aeal on a horses greatness. It is at two miles and a half orer a severe nan. Tne Coronation Cap Is tun a i •,.,!■■ ..n,l a half over ihe easier Fpsom curse Galloper Light. Eagbmda beat three-year-old of PtPI. is i,, both. So ale the St. Lager winner Key ■ee. and -neb other glial wiener 1 as Prince Chiina.v. Arioa, Bachan, Cygaas, Biaaio, old Pill ami others, retu-es. -ntiiig the high. -i class Eagland and fiance of tie- present day can master.
