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ASK EQUIPOISE TO CARRY 139 Walter S. Vosburgh Assigns Crushing Impost to Champion in Saratoga Handicap, August 5. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., July 27. Handicapper Walter S. Vosbergh has asked Equipoise to carry 139 pounds in the Saratoga Handicap over one mile and a quarter. This is the same weight Whisk Broom n. carried to victory in his Memoriable victory in the Suburban Handicap, and it may be the son of Pennant and Swinging has a fame that warrants requiring him to shoulder thirteen pounds over the scale, but it is a heavy impost and Healey would be justified in not accepting. Dark Secret, second on the list, is three pounds under the scale, which gives him a sixteen-pound pull over the Whitney champion, and then comes ot. Brideaux with 120 as his burden. Gusto, winner of the American Derby and Classic of last year, takes up 119 pounds and then comes Blenheim under 117 pounds. War valory, winner of the Dwyer, heads the three-year-olds with 115 pounds as his burden and the others scale down from this assignment. It is the misfortune of Equipoise to be a great horse in a bad year, but it would be too bad if weight should be piled on him until he is broken down to make room for bad horses in a handicap. The weights for the Saratoga Handicap, with ,500 added, for three-year-olds and over, to be run Saturday, August 5, over one mile and a quarter, follow: Horse. Wt. Horse. Wt. Equipoise 139 War . 106 Dark Secret 123 Edelweiss .- .108 St. Brideaux 120 Slave Ship 108 Larranaga 116 Boilermaker 107 Gusto 119 Evening 106 Blenheim 117 Brother Joe 106 Faireno 116 Reveille Boy 105 White Clover II.. 116 Pari-Mutuel . . . .105 Pilate ....116 Scotch Gold 104 War Glory. .... .115 Pompoleon 104 Mad Frump 114 Caesars Ghost... 102 Tick On ..114 Pomposo 102 Neverfade 112 Old Master 100 Golden Way 112 St. Stephens 100 Over Time Ill Scout Master 100 Brokers Tip Ill Sang Froid 98 Monday Ill Resurrection ... 97 Osculator 110 Dark Amber 95 Stepenfetchit ...110 Cocked Hat 95 Suntica 110
