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Show ! Irj'GESSNEY IR f jOiffGOtlKY EANWffiP CcnllJatesforSten::-: CcnllJatesforSten::-: crs at nempiis Arc Bcin? Carefully Pre-Spared Pre-Spared for ttc EvcntsJ A ih time draws- near for the open- trig of tha sprlna; racing meeting, which Is Bignaiized In Memphis by the Mont' Eoniery handicap, the first big race oi the year, trainers and owners ffre spending spend-ing their v time " and energy . Ib. .careful preparation of candidates for the event The entry list abounds In horses of the highest quality, itrcludlrtgr the "great champion, JicChesney, and the last year fiuburban '. winner. Gohl . Heels. In an . 106 horseg wer noinlnated , for the event, of which, nrfiber oaly thirty-four have been declared out,, which record etanda eat -nitpTeredctitWl In the.Wstory eC the M'4irbJil Jcicker club for the daVcT -" - , Ir Vt4 "betting and' wHh almost all joll-frers of the truf the favored horse jt I; he event is McCbesney, the recent YXww purchesft of E. L. Smathers, the fKew York million si rev In the matter of tH6t performances there can be no doubt about ktcCheertf y being the class of the race. tHe h always performed with ruch startling hold to form that ft sterns he is sure to win If he Starts. Jfelfc Beta Are Made. j ' Bo many bets of such" portentous slie have been made that it is safe to predict pre-dict his facing Mr. Fitzgerald on the day pf the race. He will have the top weight, Oold Heels not being counted b a starter at" present on account of the failure .f e. j. .Arnold & Co,, owners . of the' horse. This will be 1 pounds, less., than the Macduff-Manola Mason col, has carried to victory In the past, "rfecond choice in- the betting- Is . the 'udiaale from Tlcbenor A Co.; stable, . 'aawlft... The owners of the horse have P'&fced numerous beta on his chaijcea arJ.they predict a victory for him. They also have one of the greatest flllleS In the West entered Flocarltne. Ehe 6he has "all the requisites of a winner, and her stable thinks If she starts she will shw at least.. Bishop Poole, her trainer, has shown his confidence in her ability to turn this trie by placing J50d ton er to nan as good as . third. . History of the Handicap. This race was first Inaugurated In 18S3. at which time it was one and .one-half .one-half miles. Since then ' It has been - changed, until at present It Is run over , a one and one-sixteenth mile course. The .added,. money has also been Increased In-creased to .$2500. making the event j worth between 14500 and $5000 this year i In historic lntereet .lt stande out over any other event In this part of the racing rac-ing wwtd, It winners hartntr been ftgjya qf much merit, including such animals as Riley. Clifford " Hypocrite, Huck McCann. Faithful and others of equal class. Only once has it been won two years in succession by the. same horse. Hypocrite having been the good mare to accomplish the deed. In 1889 she won from Stony Montgomery and Caselua, while the following year she defeated Elyton and Tom Stevens. The Stake Record. The record for the stake follow: Year." " First. Second. Third. Time. 1S3 ApoHo, Meditator. Joe MuTray..2;42 1 rtM Discont In ued. 1XKS tHwontlnued. " ' - li Modesty, Punka, Editor... 8:12? 1?V7 Discontinued 5SS8 DlsconthiUPd. 1SS9 H.vpocrUa, Stony Montgomery, Caseius 2:1114 1&0 Hypocrite, Elyton, Tom Stevens Stev-ens 211 11 Rilfl ValWa. Fayette 1:57 4-8 lW'2-FaTthftil. Balgowan. Riley. .....1:664 1HC Buck McCanh, Calhoun 10 liiM Clifford. Yo Tambien. Pey-tonla Pey-tonla 3S95 Sister Mary. Ry El 8anta Anfta .. ..V.,.lSt 16 Buck Massie, Maurice, Rey del Mar 1:554 1SS7 UIyses, Meadowthorpe, Laureate Laur-eate 1:4914 1SCS Savable. Ornament. Judge Steadman .1:S0H 1S5 Danols, Manuel. Handsel 1:5014 1SC0 Laureate, Streamer, Duke of Daden li48Vi 190J Larkspur The Conqueror, Al- . ohall 1:B34 1908 Circus, Wax Taper, Flora Pomona Po-mona liW'i |