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ENTRIES FOR TORONTO CUP Fiftytwo of the Best Horses in Training Are Nominated Ontario Jockey Clubs ir000 Added Stake StakeAttracts Attracts Mars Sir II irry Silver Fox FoxTattling Tattling and Other ood Ones TORONTO Ont May 17 The 15000 added by the Ontario Jockey Club to thei Toronto Cup race at Woodbine this spring has attracted fiftytwo nominations from the leading stables in America including some of the best horses in training This will be the thirtyfifth renewal of this famous stake which is a handicap at a mile and an eighth weights to be announced on May 18 at 12 oclock noon The race will be run on May 28 the last day of the spring meeting It is a really remarkable list of nominations con sidering that none of them were solicited solicitedLast Last years winner Joy Smoke owned by E F Whitney is among the entries and he will have plenty of opposition this year as most of the candidates have been to the races and are in good racing condition A high class field is assured for this classic by the entry HsL HsLWalter Walter J Salmon has nominated five in ¬ cluding the fiveyearold Devonshire the courageous Display now four years old and three smart threeyearolds Black Panther Northland and Teheran Sam Hildreth has forwarded four nominations from the Ran cocas Stable Silver Fox the gray ghost which ran second to Navigator at Jamaica on Saturday is the old horse of the quar ¬ tet Sweepster Sankari and Cheops being threeyearolds threeyearoldsPQUIl PQUIl FROM GllEEN BIHAR STABLE STABLEThe The Green Briar Stable has four repre ¬ sentatives Backbone Token Mincrvus and Cantankerous The Seagram Stable list is headed by the threeyearold Sir Harry win ¬ ner of the rich Coffroth Handicap at Tijuana last winter The other Waterloo candidates are Edisto Gaffsman and Wandering Min ¬ strel any one of which has a chance to win any time he starts Walter M Jeffords has entered his great Man o War fouryearold Mars winner of the 25000 Dixie Handicap this spring from the best in training in Maryland and Point Breeze a Man o War threeyearold Mrs Jeffords has also nominated two threeyear olds Triton and Guerdon GuerdonThe The French horse Cotlogmor winner of several big stakes in the winter racing season in the South is expected to be a sure starter in the Toronto Cnp He and Boon Compan ¬ ion have been entered by the Coventry Stable J 13 Griffith has entered a pair Canter and Single Foot that are always hard to beat Helens Babe winner on Saturday at Churchill Downs of the 10000 Clark Handi ¬ cap is coming to Woodbine for the Cup race and will carry the colors of Hal Price Head ley Mr Headley will also send along Alma del now five years old William Maher has entered Trapstock winner of the last race at 1imlico on Saturday over a good field He is a threeyearold threeyearoldJ J K L 11OSS CANDIDATES CANDIDATESCommander Commander J K L Ross has two candi ¬ dates Penstick and Tattling Both have raced this year and are in good condition Tattling is the best Canadianbred of recent years and is a winner this year Penstick won the Grey Stakes at Woodbine in 1923 and did not race last year but is training well this spring springAl Al Westons black whirlwind Jopagan is going to be sent after the big stake He has been running with the best threeyearolds in Maryland this spring and holding his own Last year he was the champion twoyearold of the Canadian circuit circuitSarazen Sarazen now six years old has been en tered by the Fair Stable He sulked in his last race at Pimllco and may not be kept in training trainingMrs Mrs L A Livingston will rely upon Fatal Dart and Evermore to carry her colors They are provincebreds and good ones The Carl ton Stable has Mothers Son and Ruskin Mothers Son runs his best races over the Woodbine track John S Flynn thinks pretty well of Dick Whittington which has been training well at the Woodbine course this spring springListerinc Listerinc the speediest of the Ontariobred twoyearolds last year is also entered and owner J P White seems to think she can carry her speed over a route and will take a shot at botli 15000 stakes offered by the Ontario Jockey Club the Toronto Cup and Kingi Plate PlateDr Dr Morrison also has a speedy candidate at Woodbine in the imported horse Merry Minstrel