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Show Talking off the Turf . New Tobk, February 2. Interest in the racing season has fairly begun with the announcement an-nouncement of the weights to be carried by the contestants for the honors in the Suburban, Subur-ban, Bay Ridge and Sheepshead Bay handicaps, handi-caps, all of which are to be decided on the course of the Coney. Island Jockey Club. Nearly every sporting paper in the country, and ..all the Pacific Coast papers, will condemn handi-capper handi-capper Lawrence for making Beaconsfield, son of Hock Hocking and Eileen Allanah, the top weight in the Sheepshead Bay and Bay Ridge handicaps and the second weight in the suburban. The fact that Beaconsfield has never been East has nothing to do with th case. He has shown himself to be the speediest, stoutest piece of horseflesh on the Pacific coast, and, when we remember that some of the best stock in America is in the California stables, Beaconsfield's reputation stands high. |