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ENGLISH CLASSIC ELIGIBLES Leading Campaigners in Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire. Sandwich, Brulette, "Udaipur, Orpcn and Bruledur Nominated Three-Year-Olds Well Bepresented. A warning of the approach of the fall racing season is heralded by the announcement of the nominations for the big English handicaps, the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire Stakes. The entries for the autumn "double event features" are satisfactory in both quantity and quality. Ninety-six nominations were received for the Cesarewitch and four less for the sister race, the Cambridgeshire. The Cesarewitch is so titled to honor a member of the Russian royal family who raced for a season or two in England. The latter sportsman was so fascinated with the sport that, on his return to his native land, to mark his appreciation, he sent a considerable sum of money to the stewards of the English Jockey Club to found a perpetual purse. The interest from this was to be applied to raise the value of stake prizes added to important distance races. The Cesarewitch Stakes Handicap, instituted in 1839, is run over a distance of two miles and two furlongs, a straight course that is considered one of the most exacting of all stamina tests on the British turf. This is decided annually at English turf headquarters, Newmarket. This years renewal will take place October 12. This long-distance event usually attracts most of the best stayers in training. The nominations for this years" renewal have proved no exception. ORPEN AND SANDWICH. .These include Lord Roseberys Sandwich, winner of last years St. Leger; Lord Wool-avingtons Brulette, winner of the Oaks; D. S. Kennedys Nitsichin, winner of the Irish Oaks, and the Aga Khans Udaipur, winner of this seasons Oaks. Sir Alfred Butt has nominated Orpen, runner-up in last, years Derby and St. Leger, and James Schwob, the French owner-breeder, is the nominator of . Bruledur, the runner-up in last years Prix du Jockey Club the French Derby. Previous winners of this stake, in A L. Diigdans Arctic Star 1928, Col. P. Stewarts West Wicklow 1929 and the Aga Khans Ut Majeur 1930, are again engaged. The last-named horse reads rather like an automatic topweight in this handicap, weights for which are due from the compiler, Arthur Fawcett, September 1. One of the strongest hands in this race would appear to be held by the Aga Khan, who has twice had his silks carried to victory in this long distance event by Charleys Mount 1924 and Ut Majeur 1930. Apart from the latter, he has a trio of three-year-olds engaged, including this seasons Oaks heroine, Udaipur; the Chester Vase winner, Bulandshar, and the useful stayer, Taj Kasra. 1931 CONTENDERS ON LIST. Of last years Cesarewitch field, the winner, Noble. Star, and Six Wheeler, the runner-up, are missing, but Jesse Browns Son o Mint, A. J. Bustons Chelmarsh and James A. de Rothschilds Prince Paradise; respectively, third, fourth and fifth, again are listed among the eligibles. American owners among the nominators to this stake are as follows: Mrs. Cprlette Glorhey, who has the four-year-old Codicil, while horses, of the same age, Cornbelt and Pahokee, are the nominations, respectively, of Marshall Pield and Joseph E. Widener. With the German-bred Rubicon II. the nomination of Victor Emanuel, and Eugene, the representative of owner-trainer M. D. Blair. The sister race, the Cambridgeshire Stakes Handicap, also instituted in 1839, and now run over the last one mile, one furlong of the Cesarewitch Course, also has attracted most of the cream of the middle distance and sprinting horses in training. This stake, the last limb of the autumn double, is set for decision October 26. The weights for this handicap will also be issued September 1, and will be compiled by Arthur Fawcett. THREE-YEAR-OLD WINNERS. With nineteen winners of the last thirty renewals of the Cambridgeshire, won by second season performers, it occasions little surprise that almost fifty per cent of this years nominations for this stake comes from the three-year-old division. In the latter category is Limelight, the smart son of Pharos, that has sported King Georges silks to three victories this season and is rated one of the best of his age in training. Also the Aga Khan Irish Derby winner and runner-up in the Derby and Guineas, Dastur, is a three-year-old eligible of undoubted, class. This remark also applies to the Duke of Marlboroughs Andrea and Lord Woolaving-tons Cockpen, others of this age that stand out prominently among the nominations. Among the seven French-trained horses nominated for this stake are Edward Esmonds smart three-year-old Shred, vinner of numerous stakes and runner-up in the French Derby. Last years winner and runner-up in H. P. Claytons Disarmament, and Col. E. R. Kewleys St. Oswald, and Capt. Remington Wilsons Hill Cat, which finished fourth, again figure among the eligibles. The 1930 victor, The Pen, now owned by G. F. X. Hartigan, is an eligible. CLASSIC WINNERS MAY START. Classic winners also show among the Cambridgeshire entries. Diolite, the 1930 Two Thousand Guineas hero, has been nomianted by Sir Hugo Hirst. Glannarg, winner of the 1930 Irish Two Thousand Guineas, and Double Arch, winner of the same classic last year, have been nominated, respectively, by Sir Charles Hyde and Capt. A. Jameson. Last years Irish Oak heroine, Nitsichin, owned by D. S. Kennedy, is also a prominent figure in this race. She also has been nominated for the Cesarewitch. Other high-class stake winners engaged in the Cambridgeshire are Lord Howard de Waldens Rose En Soleil, W. Mortimer G. Singers Link Boy, Count John McCormacks 1 Santillio, Somerville Tattersalls Inglesant, Mrs. C. Jones Clogheen, George Lambtons Pricket, H. Eves Venturer and V. T. Thompsons Abbots Worthy. This formidable band of four-year-olds may make things interesting for their younger rivals, which in recent years have had such a grip on this prize.
