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COMMENT ANENT THE KINGS PLATE. Toronto World Man Thinks Haruko. Photographer and Assemblyman Best. Tin- Toronto Worlds racing crltte tanks I. F Seagram v. ill score another triumph in the Kings Plate at Woodbine Saturday, though he believes the Hon. Adam Seek lias More th. in a i.i it- chance of taking the i • ■ ; ■• i gaineaa with Photographer. In the eoarse of his comments in the tasne of Sun. lav last be saj a: *it is not mi many years since as to be beyond memory indeed, as a matter of fact, it is but aerea years when Mr. Adam Beck was thought to liai a brighl a chance to irta the then Queens Plate as lie hM now to land the Klnga Plate. At thai time be bad a promising three-year-old filly Know n as Mi Dart, by Grand falconer, out of the ISM winner Kitestring, that, trained by .loe hte-Glone, new sunning himself with a crack stable Is Bnghrad, sras repnted to bare gone the distance. a mile and a quarter, in _; ; 1 1 ; . which was j 1 1 -1 ■ second and three-quarters faster than the then fast est time made in the Plate Ferdinand*! 2:13, three years before, and when I eiitilined to lis pute the performance, McGlone became indignant. I have since beard from most reliable authority that ha had cause, and that the tying HHy really made the time, hut that it was her andoiug. In the race, with the advantage ot i ■ Otto Wonderry as her pilot, she tinis i ninth to Mr. Seagrams Dalmoor, which won after a hard driving finish in a memorable contest, by ,i neck from Mr. Jlemlries The Provost, Bellconrt being third, ■ length away, and Magog, Kudalre and Opuntia -now ten yean old among the dozen of also tans. T am not saying that Mr. Beck present candidate, the three-year-old chestnut Pbotograpbor, by Ih o ton Snapshot, that has creditably gone la Hi,, will share the same fate as Miss Dart, bat I am expressing the bone that be will be a little more Judiciously used, that be will not be ssked too many questions and that he win be placed at the post in the best ]■■■ iil - condition, in which is Harako, Assemblyman, Sea Wall, Capstan, Dp-to-Date, Kelpie. Ayrwater and any of the others anp-posed lo hare a chance will bare to baatle t their limit to fulfil the hopes of their outers and train-era. Photographer is a stronger and more workmanlike animal than was the somewhat slight Mis Dart, and may in- destined la bring hla owner more than ever Into tin limelight, and just now lie is certainly a r.oo i bit the,,.. . .-, friend said the other day If there is anything iii indications, anything in tin- sequence of events, this .should be Becks year. It. would not be altogether wonderful if my friend proved right, despite the talk that i going of tif prospects that Mr. Seagram, if be does not run one. two, tin-. I"! the first time on record, will, for the eighth time, have two within the money. "Mui h regret baa been espre aed at the facl that Hon. .i. s. iieiidries iHuuam has gone wrong. N ■ only u.i. he an extra fast two-year-old, but he wintered well and It waa fully expected tint be wonhi be a tender and Justify the large price ot .s:;.r,iMi that was paid for him at the dispersal sab-of the estate of the late president of the Ontario Jockey Club. However, we will have to wait another year for the Iultilun nt of the hopes hat Were placed in him. if they arc to be fulfilled at all. His disappearance naturally gave extra onfiilince in the Beagram prospects, despite the consistently gaad work of Photographer, which repeated hla effort of the earlier part of the week, covering the distance in 2:14|, two-fifths I. Iter thaa aoUM timers miide the previous trial. He did this latter work even better i iii n tin- liisi. having something in him at the emi and navigating the tilth quarter two -re aasta faster Hum the t-ist. which looks as if farther improvement were c on i iilt. Mr. Seagram expects to; start Bra Wall. H.iruko and Assemblyman ami followers of the --table belie ve in- could pretty well win with any one. I ..m disposed to think as mv-seif. although I fully expect to see Mr. Becks colt dividing the trio somewhere. •Hon. J. B, iieinhie. pair, Ayrwater and Kelpie, do not appear m be dangerous, notwithstanding that the latter has quite a turn of speed, in spo . Mr. Davies Capstan will not be far off and may be up in the Iirst three, but be haa hardly as pet shown anything that would justify a plunge on ins chances, g.x d going and healthy animal as be is. John Dyments Dutch Girl, ■. by Courtown — The Duchess, rather surprised the cognoscenti by her performance on Saturday, she covering the mil. • 1 a quarter very nicely in 12:17?. but scarcely with hat erjse aud freedom, expected of u wimier". At lliis distance the plate look:- Very npioli to me like Haruko first, Photographer .second and Assembly-man third. Sea Wall, from what I bear, I should Jadge will be used as a pacemaker and will coaaje-ipiently be made a little too much of in the early part of the race to warrant formidable expectations at the end. Whispers have reached me about Undoings of the Kirktiebl stable at Windsor ami something unexpected may happen in that ajaarter, even though the o|»portunities for training have not been any better up there than they have been down here."
