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SIMCOE WINS MICHAELMAS LEADS ALL THE WAY IN THE STAKE FEA ¬ TURE OF YESTERDAYS TORONTO CARD Heads of Canadian Racing Associations Meet and Take Steps to Form a Central Governing Body for Canada Toronto Ont September 22 Evenly balanced fields produced stirring contests at Woodbine Park this afternoon A majority of the races resulted in hard fought finishes in which tlie winners were first home by small margins For the first day during the meeting favorites won a majority of the races four of tlie choices managing to lead their oppo ¬ nents at the finish In the feature race the Mi ¬ chaelmas Handicap a six furlongs sprint for two yearolds John II Madigans Slmcoc showed a fine performance He picked up 114 pounds made the pace and beat Sir Alvescot out a length in a driving finish The nice was much the best of the after ¬ noon from u time standpoint the six furlongs be ¬ ing run in 1 Simcoe showed great speed at all stages and in the stretch drive displayed great courage Nicol rode another winner when he lauded Royal Artillery by a nose in front of Charivari in the maiden race raceThe The tabled history of the Michaelmas Handicap is as follows followsYear Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 1002 Merry England 114 L Jackson 010117 1M Play Ball 1OO W Daly 0501151 104 Pirate Polly 12ii TWalsh 6801151 1003 St Joseph 118 JDaly ISO 1141 1000 Ellicott 114 C Koerner 12SO lij 4s190S 1907 Stanley Fay 110 Digging 1125 ll ll4s 4s 190S Simcoe 114 Nicol 1S30 113 In tlie fourth race James McLaughlins smart twoyearold filly Arondack beat a band of all aged horses in a mile dash and was ridden by Ilen gcn who made a skillful ride Arondack inci ¬ dentally showed the fastest mile of the meeting the race being run in 140 140Jockey Jockey Garner rode winners in Hostile Hyphen and Redgauntlet The former made most of the pace and won in a canter but Redgauntlet appeared hopelessly Iteaten for seven furlongs He droppe far back in the early running and trailed until entering the homestretch At the end he finished with a great burst of speed that landed him in front stridesHalf in the closing strides Half the field that went to the post in todays steeplechase finished the course Pagan Bey winning easily after leading throughout throughoutJohn John F Ryan general manager of the Montreal Jockey Club accompanied by Thomas Stevens was a visitor at Woodbine Park this afternoon Mr Ryan will probably remain over until the close of the meeting before returning to Montreal to get Blue Bonnets in condition for the Hunt Club meet ¬ ing which opens a week from tlie coming Saturday George SaturdayGeorge Hcndrie this morning purchased of Maurice Welsh at private sale the twoyearold colt Cere mouius and the latter carried the Valley Farm colors in the Michaelmas Handicap this afternoon The price paid is said to have been ooOO C ooOOC L Stone formerly of Louisville and well known where racing nourished in the middle west was a visitor at Woodbine Park this afternoon Mr Stone is here attending the convention of the Passenger Agents Association which is being held hi Toronto TorontoJohn John G Greener breeder and owner of Olambala arrived in time to see his colt run in the stake Olambala is not In the form he displayed last spring and his recent work had not been very flat ¬ tering teringA A R London secretary of the Hamilton Jockey Club was a visitor this afternoon He reports that every indication points to the coming meeting being the best ever held in Hamilton There are already stabled on the grounds 200 horses The horsesThe executive committee of the Ontario Jockey Club met before tlie races today and owner E L Talley and jockeys P Goldstein and Mulcauy were given a hearing It is understood that Goldstein and Mulcahy and possibly Talley will be restored to good standing at the close of the present meet ¬ ing A meeting of the presidents of the different racing associations in Canada was held yesterday and plans laid for the organization of a club which will be known as the Canadian Racing Association with permanent otlices in Toronto The meeting was attended by George Hendrie of the Windsor Jockey Club John II Madigan of the New Niagara Jockey Club Julge iMonck of the Hamilton Jockey Club Sir II Montagu Allan of the Montreal Jockey Club and Joseph E Seagram of the Ontario Jockey Club The idea of tlie new body is to formulate a set of rules under which racing in Canada will be held tlie allotment of dates to the different asso ¬ ciations the licensing of trainers and jockeys and tlie appointment of one set of officials to act on all tracks that are members of the association An effort will be made for an arrangement with the Jockey Club and both of tlie western turf govern ¬ ing bodies looking to the collection of forfeits The next meeting will be held October 2S when the club will be completely organized
