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SPIRITED TORONTO RACING OVER CRACKS IN THE EPSOM HANDICAP Golf BaJl Scores by a Narrow Margin Ell Cut Down but Wins the Steeplechase Bouquet Again Toronto Ont September 24 Three good races were provided as features at Woodbine this after ¬ noon the Epsom Handicap the Brockenhurst Steeple ¬ chase and the Voltigeur Purse All three brought out good fields ajid some interesting contests were witnessed The attendance was large the crowd be ¬ ing much in excess over nny previous day of the meeting since Saturday last The Shields and Sea ¬ gram stables furnished the two winning favorites in Servile and Bouquet The formers victory was a hardearned one and it was only after a keen strug ¬ gle that he beat Hostile Hyphen out a neck Bou ¬ quet which was nt the prohibitive price of 1 to 1 earned a bloodless victory in liar race raceThe The result of the Epsom Handicap proved a sur ¬ prise the winner turning up in Please about which the liberal price of 9 to 1 was quoted King Cobalt heavily backed and an even money favorite rare much below his eastern form At no time during the struggle was ho even prominent and for most of the trip he was a distant trailer For a horse known to possess such keen speed his race was a re ¬ markable one and it will toe interesting to note his future performances Please the winner ran what was probably the best race of her career She dashed into a long lead before the others were well n their stride and setting a terrific pace ran the six fur ¬ longs In l12j much the fastest race of the meet ¬ ing up to date dateThe The steeplechase was scratched down to four starters and only one ot them Ell finished the course Kven Ell did not come out of the struggle without a mishap for when going to the fourth jump Sponcer Reiff jumped on him and cut him down toadly The latter with great courage kept on going and fencing fearlessly and safely won pulled up Marksman furnished keen contention to the twelfth jump when ho fell He was quickly remounted and finished second John G Cavanagli came to grief at the tenth jump but was finally caught by Archibald who mounted the horse and finished Archibald made the fatal mistake of not taking the eleventh jump HP went instead to the twelfth fence and when he finished third the judges did not place him Spencer Reiff which lost ujs rider at the fifth jump was remounted toy Nat Ray finished and was given third place The twoyearold Southern Bride ran in the name and colors of K Omorode The latter Durchascd the filly of Maurice Welsh yesterday Jockey yesterdayJockey McIIale who had the mount on Gullstan which fell in yesterdays steeplechase suffered two broken ribs one of which penetrated a lung Me Hale however is improving and no ill results are expected from his accident accidentW W P Riggs secretary of the Maryland Jockey Club will act as one of the stewards at the Hunt Club meeting in Montreal On his way back to Baltimore Mr Riggs will stop at Hamilton Entry blanks for the stakes to be run at the fall meeting at Baltimore can be obtained of T K Lynch in the pressstand at Woodbine Park ParkJ J Walters W Jennings and W II Mosby ship their stables to Hamilton on Saturday The big string which Fred Luzader is training for J R Wainwright and E A Rrennnn leaves for Douglas Park Louisville tomorrow tomorrowJockey Jockey Garner will ride at Hamilton Dave Nicol goes from hero to Louisville William LouisvilleWilliam Shields the young trainer who has had much success on the Canadian circuit this season is replenishing his stable Yesterday he added the good threeyearold Dennis Stafford to his string purchasing the colt of Mr Allan Case
