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, EMPIRE CITY HANDICAP WEIGHTS NEW YORK. N. Y., July 7. Handicapper W. S. Voshurgh has made public the weights for the Empire City Handicap, ,000 added, at one mile and an eighth, to be run next Saturday, the opening day at Empire City. As was to be expected after John 1. Grier s splendid race in the Queens County Handicap, the Whitney crack is reckoned equal to Mad Hatter, and these fine representatives of the thoroughbred are asked to carry 132 pounds each. Next in order comes Cirrus with 127, a pound more than The Porter. Eternal and Gladiator are in well at 125, while last years winner Naturalist, must be reckoned as having a chance with 123. Grey Lag is asked to put up 110, and It is well wortli noting that Mr. Voshurgh ranks lonardo II.. whose racing career has unfortunately closed, within a pound of the Rancocas champion, thus putting an estimate on the son of Sweep which is in keeping with the contention of Kimball Patterson, who has always maintained that this three-year-old was the fastest thing in training, but could never be screwed up to concert pitch because of his defective front legs. Tryster is in at 112 pounds and Prudery at 109. All that is needed is a good day and track and the public will see a race well wortli while on the opening day, July 9. Weights for the Empire City Handicap, with ,000 added, for three-year-olds and up. One mile and an eighth. Horse. Wt. Horse. Wr. John P. Grier 132 Damask lot; Mad Hatter 132 Fair Gain ..ltd firms 127 Royee Rools ....105 The Porter 120 King Plaudit 105 Eternal 125 Irish Dream ltll Gladiator 125 Bersagliere 101 Audacious 124 General J. M. Gomez. 100 Thunderclap 123 Crocus 100 Naturalist 123 Normal 100 On Watch 122 Despair loo Upset 122 Mnskallonge 9S Wildair . 120 Arnrat ....98 The Wanderer 118 Aiken 9S Prince Pal 117 Mulciber 98 Grey Lag 110 Billy Barton 93 Iucheape 115 Idle Dell 97 Lanius ..115 Exodus 97 Leonardo II 115 John Paul Jones .... 97 Blazes 114 Wellfinder . : . . ..-. v. . 97 Tryster 112 St. Allan 91! Paid Jones 112 Bon Homme 95 Sterling 112 Sportiboy 95 Yellow Hand 110 Ten-Lec 95 Sennings Park 110 Dartmoor 95 Prudery 109 Dernier Sou 95 Playfellow 109 Pilgrim .- 93 Jack Stuart 10S David Harum 93 Captain Alcock 107 Caligula 93 Donnacona .107 Romany 93 Herron ..107 Sweep Clean 93 Dr. Clark 100 Wapiti 90 Penalties accrue from 5 p. in. June 30, 1921.
