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NOTABLES WITNESS RACING FIVE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AMONG SPECTATORS AT WOODBINE. Lawmakers Enthuse Over Feat of Amelia Jenks in, Winning Michaelmas Handicap Mishaps -in the Steeplechase. Toronto, Ont., September 21. Splendid sport wn witnessed by a select gathering at Woodbine this afternoon. iMany people prominent In : every walk of life were among those present. The stewards had as guests five members of the Ontario Provincial Parliament Dr. Heauuie. W. J. Hanna, Hon. Adam" Beck. Colonel John S. Heridrie and Frank Cochrane. These gentlemen witnessed the running of the Michaelmas Handicap from the stewards stand. All-are thorough sportsmen and the splendid showing made by Mrs. h. A. Livingstons filly. Amelia Jenks. aroused their enthusiasm. The racing conditions could not have been improved upon. It was a perfect autumn afternoon, one that made outdoor sport enjoyable, xrrs. Livingston furnished the winner in the Michaelmas Handicap In her high-class flily. Amelia Jenks. which beat Detroit out a length and a half Irt the fastest race run during the afternoon. The tabled history of the. Michaelmas Handicap is as follows: , Year. Winner. Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 1002 Merry England. ..114 L.. Jackson. $ H10 1:17 1903 Play Ball .J.100 W. Daly... 680 l:15f 1004 Pirate Polly 120 J. Walsh... CSO .1:161 - 1005 St. Joseph i.118 J. Daly.... CSO 1:14 1000 Ellicott ....114 C. Koerner. 1.2SO l:13r 1907 Stanley Fay. illl! Digging ... 1,125 1:14 1008 Sinicoe ....114 Nleol . 1.330 l:13j. 1000 Amelia Jenks ...115 jr. Howard. 1,650 1:14 The program offered was a good one. Besides the Michaelmas Handicap, there were offered as features the Sandringham Purse and the Coventry Steeplechase. the latter over the two and a half miles course. The crack steeplechasers Sir Wooster and Thistledale were among those that went to the post In the Coventry Steeplrchase. Both horses met with mishaps, the latter striking the fifth jump with his knees and turning a couple of somersaults, while Sir boosters rider lost one of bis stirrups at the seventeenth fence. At the time of the mishaps, each horse looked to have a winning lead. Thlstledales fall was a bad one and for a time if was thought that the horse had broken his neck.: The finish of the-race: resulted to a-rousTng -irrlvc between Steri Lane and Byzantine, in which the former just managed to get up in the closing strides to win by a neck. . Four favorites won. the successful choices being Gold Dust. Amelia Jenks. Jeanette M. aud Soil. Jhere were two maiden races on the card and both, of them were won by the choices. In the Sandringham purse. Cave Adsum showed a splendid performance. He was well Tidden by Rice. who avoided the early pace. For the first half mile Cave Adsum was a distant trailer and on the backstretch his chances looked slim. When called on he responded with great courage and. gradually wearing the leaders down, was on almost even terms with them entering the. homestretch. In the final furlong he. forged to the front and , at; the end drew away Into an easy lead of two lengths. Rice continued on. another turn of the course and worked Cave Adsum out two miles. This was part of the horses preparation for the Ontario Jockey Clnb Cup at two miles and a quarter, which will be run next Saturday. A purse of ,500 is added to tills race by the club and it probably will bring together the best field that has started In a loug-dlstauce race in Canada this season. " J. H. Morris, the well-known Kentucky breeder, was among the visitors at Woodbine this afternoon. It was his first visit to this famous course, and he was exceedingly pleased with the surroundings. Mr. Morris will remain here for several days before returning to his home. Christopher J. Fitzgerald, the moving spirit In the Montreal Jockey Club, and A. It. Loudon, secretary of the Hamilton Jockey Club, were visitors at Woodbine this afternoon. Mr. Fitzgerald came down from Montreal to enjoy a few days of the Ontario Jockey Clubs meeting before leaving on a fortnights limiting trip with several Canadian friends. Mr. Loudon reports that the1 indications are that the coming meeting at Hamilton will be the best ever given by the club. The grass course at Hamilton has proven a strong drawing card and many of the prominent stables will go there for the special purpose of starting some of their horses over the turf. The Hendrle filly Shimonese broke down in her-race yesterday, bowing one of her tendons. This means that she will have to be. retired for the season. Shimonese was the stables dependence for the Ontario Jockey . Cup. Before the running of the Michaelmas Handicap. John Dyinent purchased the two-year-old, Chief Kee, of 1. M. Clvill for ,000.
