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I j 1 j l BIG INCREASE IN ENTRIES Nominations for Belmont Park Stakes Number 2,490, a Large Increase Over This Year. NEW YORK, ST. Y., Nov. 2C The Westchester Racing Association reports an increase of 214 in the number of entries received for the sixteen stakes which recently closed. A total of 2,490 entries were received as against 2,246 a year ago. These came from 145 individual nominators. A year ago the nominators numbered 120. As in former years, Hairy Payne Whitney is the largest nominator, with 252 entries from his Brookdale Stud. The next largest patron is the Rancocas Stud of Harry F. Sinclair with a total of 107. Following these New Jersey breeders, comes Major August Belmont with 104 entries from his celebrated Nursery Stud. Others with generous .offerings include G. A. Cochran, 93; P. T. Chinn, 88 ; W. R. Coe, 80 ; Greentree Stable, SG ; A- K. Macomber, 7.1 ; A. B. Hancock, 70 ; W. J. Salmon, 67; James Butler, 02 ; R. T. Wilson, and J. E. Madden, 52 each : Glen Riddle Farm, 50 ; Wm. Zeigler, Jr., 45 ; Belair Stud, 52; J. E. Widener, 44 ; Sanford Stud Farm and Nalapa Farm, each with 37 ; Oak Ridge Stable and Marshall Field, 36 each ; W. S. Kilmer, 35 ; Lee Rosenberg, 33 ; George D. Widener, 32 ; Dudley Farm, 30 ; Fred Johnson, 29, and J. S. Cosden, 27. Among the new names in the list of inators are Hamilton Farm, J. Woods Garth II., P. F. Joyce, Wm. C. Carnegie, Flamingo Farm, S. M. Newman, Fox Catcher Farm and G. C. Cudahy. Mr. Newman is the owner of- Chilhowee, the record-breaking son of Ballot recently purchased from Gallaher Brothers for the reported price of ?50,000. Perhaps the most gratifying feature of the entries is the increase recorded for the Belmont Stakes, which received 424 entries last year for the running" of 1926, while no fewer than 500 nominations have been forthcoming this year for the 1927 running of the great races, which is of 0,000 added money value. A comparative table of the stakes closing follows : Race. 1923. 1924. Metropolitan Handicap .. 103 "102 Suburban Handicap SO 91 Toboggan Handicap 89 S5 Indies Handicap GO 54 Harlem Stakes 91 til Hollis Stakes 4S G6 Jockey Club Gold Cup 97 78 Juvenile Stakes 148 181 Ijawrence Realization of 1927.......... 300 437 The Keene Memorial . 142 158 The Fashion Stakes 117 133 Bouquet Stakes 110 100 Withers Stakes of 1920 , 199 217 Coaching Club American Oaks of 1920.. 153 138 Iavrenee Idealization of 1920 73 89 Belmont Stakes cf 1927 421 500 Total 2,240 2,490
