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Shut Out Gets 128 For Metropolitan MetropolitanWhirlaway Whirlaway at 131 and Alsab 130 Not to Face Greentree Ace in Mile Belmont Race ELMONT L L N Y May 11 Handi capper John B Campbell today released his weight assignments for the Metropoli ¬ tan Handicap to be run on Saturday May 15 at one mile The Metropolitan carries an added value of 10000 and 59 horses were made eligible at the time of closing April 1 The Calumet Stables Whirlaway is the top weight of the field with 131 pounds but this fellow is classed among the doubtful starters Alsab is next in line with 130 and he also isnt to start Shut Out who made his fouryearold debut in the Toboggan is assigned 128 pounds The Metropolitan is on the list of engagements that trainer Gaver mapped out for the Greentree colt and he is ready for this event eventMarket Market Wise an absentee from racing since his triumph in the Suburban last Robert Morris 106 106Brownie Brownie 105 105Colchis Colchis 105 105Kingfisher Market Wise 126 126Riverland Kingfisher 105 105Slide Riverland 126 126Fenelon Slide Rule 105 105Spiral Fenelon 123 123Attention Spiral Pass 105 105Star Attention 122 122AVar Star Beacon 105 105Wait AVar Relic 122 122Apache Wait a Bit 105 105Blue Apache 120 120With Blue Pennant 104 104Some With Regards 118 118Thumbs Some Chance 104 104The Thumbs Up 117 117Boysy The Chief 104 104Don Boysy 117 117Devil Don Bingo 102 102Twoses Devil Diver 117 117Kings Twoses 102 102Vain Kings Abbey 116 116Marriage Vain Prince 102 102Breezing Marriage 116 116Doublrab Breezing Home 100 100Card Doublrab 115 115Fairaris Card Game 100 100Corona Fairaris 115 115Miolarid Corona Corona 100 100Fair Miolarid 115 115Tola Fair Call 100 100Royal Tola Rose 113 113Dit Royal Nap a 100 100Rascal Dit 112 112Anticlimax Rascal 100 100Third Anticlimax 112 112Omission Third Covey inn Omission 110 110War Baroque BaroqueCoat War Hazard 110 110Our Coat of Arms Our Boots 109 109Pompion Hyacinthus 9 9Half Pompion 109 109The Half Crown r rScafare The Rhymer 109 109Ahamo Scafare i Ahamo 108 108Lochinvar Elkridge ElkridgeNipsickle Lochinvar 108 108Cape Nipsickle S SRodney Cape Cod 107 107Scotland Rodney Scotland Light 107 Decoration Day is asked to carry 126 the same weight as the Louisiana Stables Riverland The Tuf ano starter is training steadily over the Jamaica oval but the diminutive trainer Carroll has not ex ¬ pressed himself as to the colts status statusBeiair Beiair Studs Fenelon is in with 123 one more than to be carried by Max Hirschs Attention and Glen Riddle Stables War Relic The latter entered strenuous train ¬ ing at Pimlico this spring Boysy winner of the GreyLag will carry 117 an increase pf three pounds over his Jamaica score Devil Diver from Greentree and winner of the Toboggan is assigned the same impost as Boysy Marriage one who has beaten some highly regarded choices at different times in outstanding handicaps is to carry 116 while Tola Rose has 113 pounds as his burden The weights then grade down to 90 pounds the feather on Rodney RodneyThe The Metropolitan is one of the better re ¬ garded Westchester features and in the past attracted representative fields of the handicap division The race was first run at Morris Park in 1891 and was won by Tristan a sixyearold racing for L Stuart and Co One dead heat figured in the run ¬ ning of the event in 1905 with Sysonby ridden by Shaw and Race King by L Smith The time for that dash was 141
