The Washington herald., 1908-01-04
MANY TURF ENTRIES
Classic Fixtures VIII Have
Large Fields.
OVER 100000 IN PURSES
Suburban. Brighton, and Brooklyn
HaRdicaps Each Certain to Have
Mere Than Forty stakes When All
Returns Are In--List for stakes Of
Coney Island Jockey Club.

New York, Jan. S.-Yesterday was a busy
day in the offices of the different racing
associations. for it marked the closing of
The richest stakes for the coming season.
over eco in purses will be divided
among the horsemen. that thought well
enough of their runners to enter them in
the rich events. The three most impor-
tant races in the East for three-year-olds
are the Brooklyn, Suburban. and Brighton
Handicaps. and they were among the
many that closed the entry box.
In addition to the entries that have
been received there will be many more
which are on the way by mail. Quite
number of horse owners will wait until
the last moment 10 send in the names
Of their candidates, and it will be a few
days before the complete list Of entrants
will be furnished.
So far forty-four entries have been
made for the s25,000 Suburban as follows:
Ballot Colin EIlisdale. Westbury, Cot
tontown, Laurence P. DAILY, Salvidere,
Jim Gaffney, Hessian, McCarter, Charles
Edward, Superman. Celt. Fountainblue.
Royal Tourist, Senator Clay, Beauclere,
DandeliOn. De Mund. Master Robert,
Rif1eman. Running Account Gretna
Green, Restigouch, Gold Lady, Frank
Gill, Electioneer. King James, W H.
Daniel DIT. Gardner. Running Water, w
II. Carey. EIHcott. Traasvaal, Lane Allen.
Timber. TOuraine, Bedouin, Blue Book,
Falcada, Chaseaway. Inferno. Don En-
rique
Secretary Borden. of the Brighton
Beach Racing Association. has announced
the following entries for the SIS, coo
Brighton Handicap: Salvidere. Colin,
Celt, Charles Edward, Frank Gill. Ballot.
Superman, Running Account. Resti-
souche, Dandei0n. Don Enrique, Royal
Tourist. Timber, Transvaal, Gretna Green,
Fountain Blue. Ellsdale DR. Gardner,
Tourine, Inferno, King James, McCarter.
SpOOner. Running Water. Chaseaway,
Beaucoup, Ben Fleet Cohort, Lane Allen,
Laurence P. Daley Bedouin. w II Dan
iel, Don Creole, Gowan. Blue Book, Sen
ator Clay. Hessian, Aster Dor, and Gold
Lady.
Brooklyn Entries.
The entries received so far for the So
GEO Brooklyn Handicap are as follows:
Salvidere, King James. KerchevaI
Nealon. Charles Edward, Running Ac-
count, Don Enrique Notasulga, Cohort,
Lane Allen, Dandelion, w. H. Daniel.
Berkeley, Blue Book, Falcada, Don
Creole Cottontown. Senator Clay. Lau-
renee p. Daley, Minnie Adams, De Mund
Jim Gaffney, DR. Gardner, McCarter
CnaseaWay, Running Water, Flimnap.
Royal Tourist. Westbury, Ballot Super
man, Gretna Green. Colin. Celt, Trans
vaal, and Restigouche.
The present list for the stakes of the
Coney Island Jockey Club is as follows:
June ng-Three-year-Olds and up
ward; The Suburban, p; Commonwealth
Is; Advance, 10; June Handicap. 49,;
Equality. q. Thistle. 81 Three ear-old
events: Swift, "A; Spindrift, 20 Two
year-olds: Great Trial. Il; Double Event.
46: Zephyr. Il; Spring. a; Vernal, It,
Steeplechases: independence. "a; Beacon,
%; Introductory, "A. Autumn meeting
Three-yeaT-olds and upward: Century
p Three-year-olds: September 10 Two
year-Olds and upward: Flight, Is Two
year-Olds: Flatbush. II: Great Eastern,
y; Autumn, -, and Futurlty for 1910, rs
Oficials of the Jockey Club said to-day
that the state of the forfeit list, as pub
lished in the Racing Calendar. is decid-
eddy satisfactory. The list shows a total
indebtednessNof 81, COO in a total Of s., 800
GOO raced for on the Eastern tracks in
1897
The racing season OF 1903 in Kentucky
viii probably be curtailed to 100 days, or
even less. The plan Is for Latonia to
take about forty-fve days. thirty-one in
the spring and fourteen in the fall
Louisville will get about thirty-ive days
tWenty-one in the spring and fourteen in
the fall while Lexington viii have ten
days in the spring and the same number
IN the fall.