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WOODBINE PARKS PROSPEROUS MEETING Attendance Equal to the Biff Outpouring of the Opening Day and Racing Excellent Toronto Out May 25 Today was Victoria Day in Canada and holiday racegoers turned out in force at Woodbine I rk the crowd equaling that of the opening day when the attendance marked a new record for racing in this section of the coun trv Secretary Fraser had done his part in pro ¬ viding an excellent program There were seven races on the card which Included four stakes the Victoria for twoyearolds tlie Queens Hotel Cup for threeyearolds and over the Woodstock Plate for threeyearolds and the Woodbine Steeplechase over the two miles and a half course The Ontario lotkey Club added f 200 to the seven races and the conditions brought together highclass fields Keen contests resulted the finishes in a majority of the races being close closeThe The chief upset of the afternoon was the defeat of I he Seagram pair Inferno and Purslane in the Queens Hotel Cup a handicap at a inilo and seventy yards for which the entry was a 2 to 5 favorite Keidmoore was the extreme outsider In the early running Clell Tnrney set the pace followed closely by Inferno The latter moved up and took the lead when entering the hoinestretch and at tlie furlong post appeared a certain winner hut he liegan to tire and when Reidinoore moved up with a rush be had nothing left to stall off his challenge with and the latter won going away The race was run in record time for the track so Keidmoores victory was no lluke In the opening race Denhnm had to stand a long hard stretch drive to beat Elllcott out a neck tin latter coming from behind at the end after making a wide turn when entering the homestretch and finishing with a great burst of speed speedSinieoe Sinieoe beat Otsi Keta rut a nose In the Victoria Stakes The winner was tiring at the finish and the Ilendrie filly would have beaten him in another stride strideThe The valuable Woodstock Plate went to Montclair after a spirited drive through the stretch with the added starter Uncle Toby The latter really was tle best horse but lack of condition told when it came down to a hard struggle Throckmorton went well in tUJs race but only managed to land in third place Iht Woodstock Plate has been a fixture since ISSTi when Courtolenia won it Its history since 1000 Is given in the table below belowYear Year Winner Vt Jockey Val Time 100 Advance Guard 127 Ballard 8502001 101 Sannazarro 127 Boland 1025150 1025150I I 02 Red Kobe 127 BlakTv 1000 1571 1 03 Claude 127 J Daly 1080 l5fJ 1001 Fort Hunter 125 J Walsh 1130155 1005 Tongorder 127 K Walsh 1 400 150 10 Ruth W 112 Farrow 1470158 107 Mainchancc 117 McDaniel 1110150 11101501OS 1OS Montclair 10 Goldstein 1820157 1820157Jockey Jockey V Powers who came here under a verbal contract to ride tlie horses owned by A Weber Co left Saturday night and returned to Louisville Powers took offense because the Jockey club would not issue a badge to L Calm who came on to make his engagements engagementsThe The Louisville delegation whicli arrived before the opening day is the largest that ever came on from Kentucky It includes among others Fred Cook Arthur EIrod Ben Myers J Fleming Harry Leachman Phil Bollinger Henry llalncs Percy Bailey J Scully J Blackmail C Kay and J Suniter Cook Scully Ilaines and Bollinger will cut in and make book bookW W A Burttscbell purchased of P M Civill this morning the fouryearold Halliard The price paid was 700 W Shields has disposed of the twoyearold M T Greene to Woods Garth
