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1 3 1 BUSHWICK STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP NEW YORK, N. Y., September 20. Han-dicapper W. S. Vosburgh has announced the weights for the Bushwick Steeplechase Handicap, Which is to be decided over the Aqueduct course Saturday. This is a ,000 added prize and is over the short course. Mrs. George W. Lofts Sweepment, brought back to the races by Max Hifsch last week at Belmont Park, is the top weight, under 15G pounds, while the ,Greentree Stables old mare Soumangha is second on the list, with 155 pounds as her impost. This is a considerable advance for her, but it appears merited after her victory in the Brook Cup. Joseph E. Wideners Houdini is next with 153 and Peccant, another from the Greentree Stable, is in at a pound lighter, while J. S. Cosdens Bullseye, with i51, is the only other eligible whose weight is greater than 150 pounds. Following are the weights: Horse. Wt. Horse. Wt. Sweepment 15G Sea Scot 335 Soumangha ........155 Sea IJryn 133 Houdini 153 Domingo 132 Peccant 152 Just AVheii 132 Bullseye 151 Quccreek 132 Sea Skipper 147 Ivernian 131 Hallavill 146 Decisive 131 Earlocker 145 Grenadier 131 Ards 145 Last Mali 130 Faunus 145 Surf , 130 Neap-Tide 143 Connie Bert 130 Lytle .142 Unar 130 Syrdarya 142 The Virginian 130 Our Hoots 140 Left Fielder 130 Gold Foyle 139 Daffydowndillv 130 Joyful 138 Plum Cot 130 Phoenir 138 Sea Wold 130 Bryndown 13G Treviscot 130 Sea Monarch 135 Meadow-Grass II 130 Penalties acgrued from 6 p. m. September 18.
