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TO TESTTHE CANADIAN LAW. ALL BOOKMAKERS AT WOODBINE TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY. No Interference with the Betting — Kelpia Wins the Purse for Canadian Foals — Hurricane Is a Promising Jumper. Toronto, Oat, May 88. -All the boos awl i ra aatag business al Woodbine were served with warrants by the psllee ihi afteraooa after the third race and the layers ate required to appear in the police eoart tomorrow moratag. The bookamakeis were allowed to coattane business, no attempt being made to stop hi Ming, as the idea is to make a test case under the recent ruling of tlie Supreme Court and aster-tain iletiniiely just what can Ik- done legally in the way of betting on the ttacku of incorporated raatag aasoclattaaa in Canada. The bookmakers ale uot worried and expect to be acquitted, as they havsj been advised that the system in Vogue at Woodbine complies in ever] respect with the law as eeaV slrued by the Supreme Court. This was i lie first losing day for Ihe public. Onjv two favorites won. The card comprised seven races Willi Ihe third for horses foaled and raised in Canada, as the feature. It brought out a held of six. Wi. klighl opened favorite, hut Kelpie was the choice. at post time. Wi.kliuhl never had a look in. K« lpi« bard ridden, outganied Bilberry, which beat Batch Girl for second place. Hurricane, which carried the colors of William Jerri in the steeple chase is considered the baa Jumper in that stable. Hurricane is a four-year-• 1.1 by Woolsthorpc Whirlwind and is me of Hie largest homes rating through the field. He standi fully aeveateea hands high and is built in senper-t :. hi. He is a good fencer, hut ran a bit green today and with a little more schooling he should develop lata a top notcher. Gulistan, the favorite, ran well for the first turn of the field and then tired. Lain Young went to the front when Uulis-i.iii dropped back and won easily from Bonlire. Fighiirst fell, ohnot ran out and Kichard, Jr., lost bla rider al the iirst fence. A good program of seven races is provided for to-i i. .now and with such horses as Kalbert. Clifton Forge, Pi lie of Jessamine; Out of Step. Caunie Maid; Andrew Summers; Minnie Adams. Ormondes Bight, Bllicott; Inferno, Lotas Eater, J. K. Laaghrey; John OGrawy, Firefly, Bonier; Willis Green, Head ley, Stone Lee; Foxmead, Asterisk and Court Martial likely to run. the days sjiort should be successful from all points of view. T. K. Lynch.
