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GRAND NATIONAL WEIGHTS .LONDON, England, Jan. 26. Hugh Kershaws Music Hall, winner of the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase in 1922, has been assigned top weight of 175 pounds for the 1924 running of that famous race. Only a pound under him in the scale is Gerald T. with 174 pounds and next comes Shaun Spa-dah, winner in 1921, with 173 pounds. Hawker has been assigned 171 pounds, while Turkey Buzzard and Old Tay Bridge aro both rated at 167. Stephen Sanford3 Sergeant Murphy is asked to carry 164 pounds. James W. Corrigans Game Pigg i3 rated at 143 pounds. Other weights include the following. Max, 157; Punt Gun. 154; Libretto, 148; Royal Edgar, 117, and Taffytus, 146.
