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fEN IN THE WITHERS r rfamous famous i Attractsi Old Mile Fixture Attracts Attractsj j r Large and Well Matched Field Black Look Flying Cross Melodist i Flying Scot Charing Cross and I f Bijlionaire Among Starters NEW YORK N Y May 21 Ten of the fortyseven which remain eligible have been named through the entry box to race for the famous old Withers Stakes at Belmont Park Saturday afternoon Should all of these go to the post as is confidently expected the renewal will carry a gross value of 19300 this is one of the notable fixtures of the American turf being a mile race for three yearolds which had its first running at Jerome Park in 1874 1874For For this weekend renewal C V Whitney is represented by Black Look a recent win ¬ ner and Flying Cross which finished third to Pompoon and Privileged in the Futurity of last year Both of these have been train ¬ ing nicely for the prize Melodist winner of the Wood Memorial for the Wheatley stable will be at the post and Mrs Julia M Softs Mosawtre has been named Both of these have had some seasoning by racing racingi i J H WHITNEYS PAIR John Hay Whitney is represented by Fly ¬ ing Scot which carried his silks in the Preakness at Pimlico and the running will bring out E R Bradleys Billionaire for his first New York appearance of the season He has done some racing in Kentucky and since that time has worked exceedingly well Odom will saddle Charing Cross for welltjorge tjorge arshall Field and the Willis Sharpe Kilmer arter will be Beau Parade one which Showed a brilliant turn of speed in the Swift Stakes Vamoose the greatly improved son of Blue Larkspur and Eastern Lady which I faces f9r the Falaise Stable is entered and jhe other to complete the company is White Tie the High Time colt which bears the silks j f the Manhasset Stable The Withers carries the name of many a from its importance in its own right it is klways considered as an index of Belmont Stakes form This year the most talked of candidates for the Belmont Stake are absent from the Withers when War Admiral and ompoon are not on the list But that has Something to do with as many as ten being named to go to the post and it will probably make for a better contest contestAPPLETON APPLETON MEMORIAL MEMORIALI I Besides the Withers there is a second spe ¬ cial of importance for the holiday racing in the renewal of the Charles L Appleton Memorial Steeplechase Six have been named for the renewal and it has an estimated value of 3675 3675Of Of the half dozen starters two will bear the silks of Mrs Gwladys Whitney These are Rhadamanthus and Rideaway and they are a likely pair The one which will be the public choice is a deserving one Thomas Hitchcocks Rioter recent winner of the In ¬ ternational HandicapF Steeplechase Handicap F Ambrose Clark is represented by Lon ¬ don Town one which has shown some class and the Greentree hope is Galsac a green jumper of real promise The other to com ¬ plete the field is another promising four yearold in Good Chance a son of Chance Shot which races for Joseph E Widener Last year the Appleton went to H R Bains Rock Lad LadThe The supporting card for the two special features is an excellent one and with good weather predicted the largest crowd of the present season is expected 1
