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15 IN GOVERNORS HANDICAP Crack Band of Performers Named for Bostons ,500 Headliner. Sun Egret, Scheduled to Carry Second Top Weight, Likely Post Time Favorite — Tatterdemalion Contender. BOSTON, Mass., May 19. — Racing secretary Charles McLennan should have little trouble filling the numerous stakes scheduled for the sixty-day meeting at Suffolk Downs, judging from the entries for tomorrows Governors Handicap, a ,500 added j event, at a mile, which features the first; Saturday of sport at the Eastern Racing Association grounds. No fewer than fifteen of the nominees have accepted overnight and it is probable that at least a dozen will be at starter Bob Fronds gate tomorrow afternoon. The field includes several of the best milers in the land. J. Y. Christmas Rough Time, winner ofi I the Rowe Memorial in Maryland, will be the I starting high weight at 120 pounds. It is probable that he will be one of the outsiders in the betting, however, for it is generally believed that a mile is a bit farther than this speedy fellow wants to go. Rough Time was third to Zoic in his one start in New England this season, that essay being a six furlongs dash on opening day here. He suffered some trouble on that occasion. However, it is likely that odds of 8 or 10 to 1 will be obtainable against him at the weights and the distance of the Governors Handicap. SUN EGRET SECOND HIGH. The A. C. C. Stables Sun Egret will be second high weight under 117 pounds and looms as the probable choice in the jammed pack. Sun Egret had a test for the event in the same race that attracted Rough Time at Gansett. He was bumped at the three-eighths post that day and knocked out of the race. The distance of tomorrows con-j I test should be more in his favor and he is i reported to be a fit horse. Nick Wall, out-j j standing light weight rider of the country,! j will ride him tomorrow. The race is a widej i open affair, and the choice is likely to rulet I at no less than 3 to 1. | I Thomas J. Healeys Tatterdemalion will be , i pressing Sun Egret closely for the post of; favoritism and may even wind up the best! i supported horse in the race. He has been! i shipped on from New York, where he was I | given a careful preparation for the race atj j Belmont Park. He was a corking second to Sir Damion in the Dixie at Pimlico and that j I race alone warrants him strong backing. He will be ridden by the highly capable Eddie Arcaro. Sun Egret and Tatterdemalion overshadow the others in the field off performances. However, there are several others in the field which are entirely capable of upsetting the well known apple cart. Among these is Mrs. E. Graham Lewis Pagliacci, which won the Newport Handicap over a good field on the final day at Narragansctt Park. He is in the Governors under 113 and will be ridden by Bobby Merritt, who handled him perfectly in his score up the line. CLODION DANGEROUS. R. A. Moores Clodion won a stake at Narragansett i and was probably best in the Newport, in which he was beaten a narrow margin by Pagliacci after being pocketed time and again under J. G. Wilson. Trainer Lester Smith is shifting to Ken McCombs tomorrow and that should bring an improved performance. Clodion is a very tough and a very fit horse right now. He also will pack 113. Wilson has been assigned to Tommy Heard, Jr.s Be Blue, one of the gamest fillies in training. This lady was s rond to Zoic in her last and had won the Spring Handicap at Narragansett previous to that. | I She is not badly weighted under 107 and is j 1 an honest sort which is always trying. She , should prove a strong factor in the Suffolk • stake. ] 1 War Minstrel finished third in the Newport [ and off that race deserves consideration | under 107 pounds. This fellow appears to be just rounding to himself. Be Jabbers took a stake at Narragansett, but seems outmatched in the Governors. Wise Prince has always been a hard-hitting horse in New England. He has had a long and gruelling campaign, but seems to stand up under it; well. McLennan has assigned him 108 for the handicap. The outsiders in tomorrows field will be Harp Weaver, Sun Inplay, Panther Creek, Roman Lady, Slow Motion and Infidox. The first real spring weather of the Suffolk season came today. If tomorrow is as warm and sunny a tremendous gathering should see the handicap run, and the days handle may run to half a million. The track has been fast every day since the opening, although it is a bit deep.
