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WEIGHTS FOR CLARK HANDICAP Burning Star at Top With 128 Pounds but Is Not Considered as a Probable Starter. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 27. The best field in several years was in prospect for the sixty-fourth running of the ,000 added Clark Handicap, mile and a sixteenth stellar event on next Saturdays opening day program here at Churchill Downs as William H. Shelley, handicapper, announced weights for the thirty-nine eligibles. In the assignment of imposts, the Shandon Farms crack four-year-old, Burning Star, was honored with top weight of 128 pounds, a scale burden compulsory under the new rules of the state racing commission. This horse, however, is not considered a starter, and if he fails to accept the issue J. B. Res-pess Main Man, star of the current Keene-land meeting, and Valdina Farms Eagle Pass will be the top-weighted contestants under 124 pounds. Horse. Wt. Horse. Wt. Burning Star 128 Old Nassau .112 Main Man. 124 Bow and Arrow.112 Eagle Pass 124 Knight Gallant. .110 He Did..... 123 Palamede 110 Sceneshifter 122 Robert L 110 Dellor 120 Zebar 109 Mucho Gusto 120 Dnieper 109 Privileged 119 Broadway 109 Dusty Dawn 118 Millie M .109 Crossbow II 116 Teddy Haslam. . .109 Zevson 116 Galsun 108 Mars Shield 116 Josh 108 Fencing 116 High Pressure. ..107 Sweepalot 115 Royal Sortie. ... .106 Brush Hook 115 Ceiling 106 Infantry 115 Our Willie 106 Woodberry 114 Arabs Arrow.... 105 Eli Yale 114 Mightily .103 Bacon 114 Knee Deep 101 Military .... 113
