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00,000 HANDICAP ATTRACTS 107 NOMINATIONS RECORD ELIGIBLE LIST Every Star in Country Named But War Admiral. Seabiscuit, Stagehand, Porters Mite, Lawrin, Marica, Ligaroti and Flying Scot Entered. ARCADIA, Calif., Dec. 7 The worlds richest horse race the Santa Anita Handicap drew a record list of nominations. When the entries closed December 1, the names of 107 thoroughbreds had been dropped in the mails, addressed to the Los Angeles Turf Club, which annually stages the greatest race meeting on the North American continent. The entries were made public yesterday by Dr. Charles H. Strub, general manager of the big Arcadia racing grounds. With the single exception of War Admiral, all the top ranking horses in training were made eligible to the 00,000 added event, which will be worth upward of 50,000 gross this winter. Seabiscuit, California-owned and the idol of turf fans, heads the list. Then there is Stagehand, winner of the great race last March and generally considered the king of the three-year-old division. Marica, great race mare and recently voted the best of her division for the year; Pasteurized, winner of the Belmont Stakes; Porters Mite, winner of the Belmont Futurity, worlds richest race for juveniles, and other truly great thoroughbreds, have been named for the race, which highlights the winter racing season here. Champions and near-champions of yesteryear are sprinkled throughout the entries, with Brooklyn, Flying Scot, Heelfly and Count Arthur, among others which will attempt the come-back trail. INTERNATIONAL ASPECT. A truly international aspect will be presented in the big race this year, for no less than fourteen imported thoroughbreds have been named. These include Ligaroti, which gave Seabiscuit the hardest race of the champions 1938 campaign, when they raced as a team, eye to eye and nose and nose in a match race at Del Mar last summer. The Binglin horse is believed by many astute California horsemen who have seen him in action to be only a few pounds below Sea-biscuit and the South American has been improving during recent months by leaps and bounds. Kayak II., another Argentine-bred, is in the race, as is OGrady, the star handicap performer which recently arrived from England. Courtil, reputedly a good one from La Belle France, also is in the list, as are several other high-class outlanders. Many horses which rated high up in the handicap division during the present year were named. These include The Chief, Honey Cloud, Cravat, Thanksgiving, Esposa, Flying Lee, Bourbon King, Magic Hour, Routine, War Minstrel and Clodion. WEIGHTS DECEMBER 15. Weights for the 107 nominees will be announced by Webb Everett, racing secretary and official handicapper, on December 15. Heretofore a 130-pound top was in force, but the Santa Anita management announced some time ago that this arbitrary limit had been abandoned. With the weights to be assigned entirely at Everetts discretion, there is much speculation on just what poundage he will assign to Seabiscuit, which Continued on twenty-third page. i 00,000 HANDICAP ATTRACTS j 107 NOMINATIONS Continued from first page. is bound to occupy the honored -position at the top. The 107 nominations for the March 4 running of the mile and one-quarter turf spectacle represents a continued and substantial increase over the number which were named for the race in previous years. For last winters running there were ninety-three nominations; for the 1937 edition eighty-eight were named; eighty-two paid subscriptions to enter for the 1936 event and seventy were made eligible for the great races inauguration in 1935. Seabiscuit Gentle Savage Kayak II. Today Sorteado War Minstrel Advocator Melodist Stagehand Two Bob The Chief Honey Cloud Sceneshifter Clodion Dauber Gosum Grey Count Bottle Top Pasteurized Hypocrite Thanksgiving Sweepalot Cravat 0Grady Jacola Vino Puro Great Union Beti-Bat Heelfly Mar Le Impound Mad Money Count Arthur Merrymood Marica War Magic Yale o Nine Grand Manitou Esposa Frexo Bourbon King Courtil Dah He Mount Vernon H. Flying Lee Journey On Ligaroti Congressman Olimpo Rhiniz Comet H. Stands Alone Don Mike Unselfish Main Man Xalapa Clown Magic Hour Top Man Quick Devil - Time Alone Perifox Cascabelito Brooklyn High Strike Ossabaw Mr. Blaze Routine Woodberry Sir Raleigh Amor Brujo Isaroma First Kiss Indian Broom Count Atlas Whichcee Warfellow Fire Marshal Tedium Pom Kee Solarium Grim Reaper Wing and Wing Porters Mite Prince Saxon Galsun Say Judge Piccolo Kandahar Parscout Marynell Chief Gamble Townsman, Specify Iron Hills No Dice Done Gone Star Shadow Tobacco Road Touch and Go Cross Sign Sun Egret Cayenne Clingendaal Town Call Gerald Stop Scout Flying Scot Imported. A handicap for three-year-olds and upward. By subscription of 00 each, which shall accompany the nominations, 50 to pass the entry box and 50 additional to start, with 00,000 added, of which 0,000 to second, 0,000 to third and ,000 to fourth. Weights, 5 p. m. Thursday, December 15, 1938. Ho penalties. Starters to be named through the entry box the day preceding the race by 10:30 a. m. One mile and a quarter. Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc., will contribute 0,000 to the trainer of the horse winning 1939 Santa Anita Handicap. Nominations closed December 1, 1938, with 107 eligibles.
