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SARATOGA STAKES ENTRIES Features at Famous Spa Attract Nominations of 1,933 Horses. Albany Handicap Leads All Others in Number of Eligibles Forty-Three in Saratoga Handicap. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., March 31. Stakes to be run during the Saratoga Associations 1938 meeting, at its race course, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., and which closed on March 15, received a total of 1,933 entries from 132 nominators. The list of nominators is once more headed by Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt with eighty-nine entries, followed by William Ziegler, Jr., with eighty-five; Brookmeade Stable, eighty-four; John Hay Whitney, eighty; E. R. Bradley, seventy-three; Belair Stud, sixty-six; George D. Wide-ner, sixty-three; Wheatley Stable, fifty-five; Milky Way Farm, forty-five; Millsdale Stable, forty-five; Greentree Stable and Falaise Stable, forty-three each; Joseph E. Widener, forty-two; C. S. Howard, thirty-nine; Mrs. John D. Hertz, thirty-seven; Starmount Stable, thirty-six; W. H. La Boyteaux, thirty-four; Calumet Farm, thirty-three; Bomar Stable, thirty-one; Sage Stable and Marshall Field, twenty-nine; Maemere Farm and Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin, twenty-eight; Foxcatcher Farms, twenty-six; Glen Riddle Farms, twenty-four; Howe Stable, twenty-two; Shandon Farm and Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark, twenty-one; Hugh W. Jackson, twenty-one; H. R. Bain, twenty, etc. NEW NOMINATORS. Among the new nominators are H. J. Bundscho, of Michigan, Mrs. Gordon Douglas, Jr., of Long Island, B. F. Whitaker, of Texas, and Miss Clara Lyon, River Edge Farm, R. O. Bacon, Jr., and Panancar Stable, of New York City. Following is a summary of entries received as compared with those of the previous year: Stake. 1937. 1938. Saratoga Handicap 52 43 Wilson weight-for-age 51 41 Whitney weight-for-age 42 33 Merchants and Citizens Handicap 56 40 Catskill Handicap 65 56 Champlain Handicap 47 43 Delaware Handicap. 68 52 American Legion Handicap 79 63 Amsterdam claiming 44 44 Mohawk claiming 65 57 Kenner conditions 88 68 Saranac Handicap 103 80 Huron Handicap 69 66 Test fillies, conditions 65 60 Seneca claiming 46 48 Saratoga Special 25 26 Saratoga Sales 94 99 Albany Handicap 141 171 Adirondack Handicap .146 146 Flash conditions....,., ....158 152 Sanford conditions M 147 164 Schuylerville fillies 143 161 Troy claiming....... , 103 123 Kentucky claiming 92 97 1,989 1,933 a