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JUVENILE POPULAR FIXTURE Leads Belmont Spring1 Stake Races "by Attracting 119 Nominations. Seven More Named for Suburban Handicap Than in 1938 Greentree Stable Names Largest Number of Eligibles. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 4. Entries received to the Westchester Racing Associations stakes, which closed on March 15 and j which, with the exception of the Jockey Club Gold Cup, will be run at its coming spring meeting at Belmont Park, show a slight increase over the same stakes closed a year ago. Especially gratifying is the increase in the two principal handicaps, the Suburban and the Metropolitan. The Suburban Handicap, one of the historic events of the American turf, and which, except for the years 1911, 1912 and 1914, has been run continuously since 1884, drew, among others, the following outstanding horses: Kayak II., winner of the Santa Anita Handicap; Bull Lea, winner of the Widener Challenge Cup at Hialeah; War Admiral, Es-posa, Cravat, Stagehand, Pompoon, Jacola, Sir Damion, Pasteurized, Caballero II., Ned-ayr, Sickle T., Rex Flag, Thanksgiving, Handcuff, Great Union and Isolater. AUTUMN RACE. The Jockey Club Gold Cup, the only race in America at two miles, will be run during the 1939 autumn meeting. Following is a summary of the entries received as compared with the previous closing: 1938. 1939. Suburban Handicap 29 36 Metropolitan Handicap 28 36 Toboggan Handicap 38 34 Harlem Claiming Stakes 43 58 Hollis Claiming Stakes 34 52 Swift Stakes 61 62 Juvenile ......121 119 Fashion Stakes 113 111 Bouquet Claiming Stakes 93 90 Jockey Club Gold Cup 40 41 Totals .600 639 The list of nominators is headed by Green-tree Stable with 26 entries, followed by Joseph E. Widener with 24, Wheatley Stable and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, 22 each, Belair Stud 21, William Ziegler, Jr., 19, W. E. Boeing, George D. Widener and Millsdale Stable 18 each, E. R. Bradley 17, Glen Riddle Farms and Mrs. E. Graham Lewis 15 each, Hal Price Headley 14, Marshall Field 13, Mrs. W. Plunket Stewart 12, Willis Sharpe Kilmer 11, Brookmeade Stable, John Hay Whit-nety, W-L Ranch, Maemere Farm and Fa-laise Stable 10 each. Among the new nominators may be mentioned Miss E. M. Sturgis and Winston Guest of New York, Gustave Ring, Washington, D. C; Mrs. John A. Payne, Long Island; Robert Harris and B. Levin, New Jersey; William Goetz, of California; D. W. Collins, of Kentucky, and Mrs. Eva S. Spilman, of Virginia.
