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ENDURANCE HANDICAP FIELD a Best of Active Two-Year-Olds Among Eligibles. C. V. Whitney Expected to Start The Darb, Stepsister and Hel! Diver Bun November 26. BOWIE, Md., Nov. 8 Every first, class American owned two-year-old still in training has been nominated for the ?7,500 Endurance Handicap mile and one-sixteenth feature on Saturday, November 26. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, whose eton blue and brown silks were borne to victory by Mad Frump last November, is seeking this years renewal with The Darb, winner of the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, Stepsister and Hell Diver. Alfred Robertson, winner last year with Mad Frump and "Sonny" Workman, who scored the previous year with Sweep All, will both handle Whitney owned two-year-olds in the Endurance, which makes it look as if the New Yorker has a powerful hand in the biggest race of its kind during the Southern Maryland Agricultural Associations session, which opens November 14. The official list of nominees for the Endurance as announced today by racing secretary Joseph McLennan, follow: J. Fred Adams Lazi Canter, Audley Farms Bright Shadow, Codetta, Knights Gal and Trace Call, B. B. Stables Character, Belair Studs Flamborough, G. H. Bost-wicks Garden Message, Brookmeade Stables Okapi, Caesars Ghost and Inlander, Howard Bruces Acautaw, Catawba Farms Mr. Khayyam, Mrs. F. Ambrose Clarks Shapfell. Coldstream Studs Bertrano, Miss Mary Comings Illusive, Mrs. W. Crumps Head Play, Bud Fishers American Smile, Cary T. Graysons Gala Time, Greentree Stables Dynastic, Easy Day and Welcome Gift, F. A. Griffiths Sarada, S. P. Harlans Idle Stefan, Hastings Stables Tractable, Kershaw Stables Happy Knot. Willis Sharpe Kilmers Gift Magic and Sun Archer, S. W. Labrots Damascene and vRush Hour, P. A. Markeys Swinhaven, John Marschs Indian Boy, H. P. Metcalf s Prince Ascot, H C. Phipps Balios, Adolphe Pons Swivel and Projectile, Damon Runyons Bank Shot, Sagamore Stables Wave On, M. L. Schwartz1 Union, Shandon Farms North Mill. Tedlu Stables Euryalus, Warm Stables Sabula, Mrs. W. C. Weants Wise Anne, Wheatley Stables Iseult, C. V. Whitneys The Darb, Stepsister and Hell Diver, Mrs. John Hay Whitneys Poppyman and Crowning Glory, and Joseph E. Wideners, White Ides, Golden Way, Hurry Off and Pastry. Since the Endurance was inaugurated in 1922 the winners in the order named have been Oui Oui, Tree Top, Sumter, High Star, Dolan, Sortie, Soul of Honor, Snowflake, Sweep All and Mad Frump. Snowflake, winner in 1929, holds the time record of 1:45. This mark is in danger this year as track superintendent Dick Pending has made it almost a second" faster than at any time since the Southern Maryland Agricultural Association started doing business.
