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GREY LAG HANDICAP TO HAVE INAUGURAL RUNNING MAY 10 10New10000 New10000 Stake Will Highlight Final Card of Jamaica Meeting MeetingNEW NEW YORK N Y May 3 The Preak ness Stakes second of the three spring classics that comprise American racings triple crown is the standout feature of the week just ahead but local fans will find much to interest them at nearby Jamaica The most successful of all spring meetings at the Metropolitan Jockey Club grounds will be conducted at the end of the week with a double stakj program headed by the inaugural running of the 10000 added Grey Lag Handicap of a mile and a furlong and the renewal of the five furlong Youthful Stakes f or x twoyearolds The Grey Lag conflicts somewhat with the richer and historic Dixie Handicap mid ¬ week offering at Pimlicos stakeaday meet ¬ ing But the fact that the accomplished Mioland is pointing for the Dixie doubtless will result in a larger wellbalanced field for the New York stake Not so many care to choose the Howard stalwart who was beaten the proverbial inch for the 100000 Santa Anita Handicap even though he must carry top weight of 129 pounds poundsJack Jack Campbells weights for the Grey Lag which is named for the noted Rancocas cam ¬ paigner of a few years back are due the first of the week and of course will have a bearing on the size and personnel of the field that accepts the issue issueThe The Barrington Stables Olympus Arnold Hangers Dit and Roman Flag Maxwell Howards The Chief John Partridges Rob ¬ ert L and Devils Crag Gustav Rings Ringie Tower Stables Royal Man Mrs B F WhStakers Sickle T Geo D Wideners Birch Rod and Woodvale Farms Haltal arc eligible and it appears that from this group and the Greentree trio of Corydon Hash and Third Degree will be drawn in the field for the first running of the stake stakeThe The Youthful first run in 1903 closed with no fewer than seventytwo eligibles last March 15 and these include Coldstreams lightfooted Albatross who is as yet un ¬ beaten and the winner of a pair of Hialeah Stakes StakesFrom From this considerable distance it appears his chief opposition will come from Ben Whitakers Requested who just missed the fiveeighths track record at Jamaica this week and perhaps Wm Zieglers Exceptional a son of Hard Tack who is to appear with the other Youthful hopes in Mondays five furlong special weights event Another worthwhile eligible is Geo Wideners Flour Town who has run promisingly at the meet ¬ ing ingThe The Jamaica season has been favored with excellent weather breaks and the new deal given the public in the form of a fine mod ern and more spacious stand and clubhouse seems to have contributed also to the re markable increase in play and patronage
