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MOUNTAIN HANDICAP Split Into Two Divisions and With 5000 Juvenile Stakes Features FeaturesSaturdays Saturdays Racing at Salem SALEM N H June 7 Back in 1922 thirteen years ago the Pimlico Futurity was split into two divisions because of the great number of entries and Albert Johnson riding Blossom Time in the first section and Sallys Alley in the second scampered away with both shares of the important money offered Tomorrow for the first time in New Eng ¬ lands legalized racing history and for the first time in the last thirteen years of the American turf a handicap race will be split into sections at Rockingham Park when the White Mountain Handicap will be contested with eleven aspirants in one section and ten in the other otherJockey Jockey Leo Fallen contract rider for Al ¬ fred Gwynne Vanderbilt may accomplish the same feat that Johnson did thirteen years ago for Fallen will be up on Identify winner of the Granite State and the Tobog ¬ gan in the first division and will ride Dog ¬ mata in the second section sectionRacing Racing secretary H D Jimv Monroe had originally planned the White Mountain Han ¬ dicap with a value of 2500 added as a single cofeature of tomorrows racing But because of the presence of more than a score of great milers here and because of an entry list of twentyone he split the race into two divisions each of which will carry 2500 added addedHis His decision will give the racing fans of this part of the country one of the greatest days of sport ever offered for the two di ¬ visions of the White Mountain great as they are will be overshadowed by the Juvenile Handicap with 5000 added addedThe The juvenile feature brings together the greatest field of juveniles seen in action this year in New England Postage Due coupled with Speed and Winter Sport as the A G Vanderbilt entry has been assigned top im ¬ post The first mentioned will pack 124 pounds Mr Nightingales crack Billie Bane is next with 122 The weights scale down to ninetyfive pounds which the lightweight of the party Wise King has been assigned Others of importance in the field are C V Whitneys Piccolo and the Greentree Stables Jamboree
