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SAGER CAPTURES THE CUP SON OF BANNOCKBUKN— MISS MARION IS VICTOR IN WOODBINE FEATURE. Inauspicious Weather Fails to Keep Toronto Race-Goers Away from Ontario Jockey Clubs Fall Opening — Lahore Wins for James Rowe. Toronto. Ont., September 24. — The splendid program offered by the Ontario Jockey Club for its opening helped to offset disagreeable weather conditions, and despite a steady drizzling rain that fell all afternoon and a raw wind that swept across the lake, a large crowd appeared at Woodbine. Scratches were numerous and a majority of the winners won with something in reserve. The biggest surprise of the afternoon came with the running of the Toronto tip. in which Barney SchreilKTs Sager bent the added starter, John Reardon, a head in a long and hard stretch drive. Donald MacdonabJ, favorite of the race, showed speed enough to lead until well into the homestretch before he collapsed. At the furlong post Spellbound looked to have his company beaten, but he too quit when Sager challenged. At the finish the latter had to be hard ridden to stall off John Reardon. With a stronger finish than Garner gave him the Schorr racer might have won. In the final test, Musgrave put it all over Garner. The latters effort was so trying that he was taken sick after lie dismounted and was unable to fill his remaining engagements. Courtland H. Smiths Merry Man won the Woodbine Autumn Steeplechase in little more than a canter. He outran and outjumped his opponents from start to finish and at the end was under stout restraint. Expansionist, the favorite, showed a poor performance, which was accounted for by the fact C at he bled during the race. The Dominion Handicap, another feature of the program, found Caper Sauce winner after a mild stretch drive. The colors of J?.mes "Rowe were seen in front for the first time in Canada when Lahore beat the Belmont colt. Babbler, a length in the third race. Jockey Musgrave was in good form and rode three winners during the afternoon. Musgrave displayed good horsemanship in all three of the races that ho won. . Thirty-nine books cut in and speculation was keen. Among the layers were George Rose, Tom Shaw. K. Ryan, B. J. Callahan. Rod McMahon. Henry H.inf. M. Wolfgang. J. Rice. Sam Stevens, P. Mey-left, Lee Wagner, Roy Offntt. J. M. Coburn. J. Saunders. Charles Walters. Sidney Cohen, C. Fellows, George Main. P. J. MeGrath, Frank Bain and Boh Kennedy. Frank Clark, superintendent of the Sheepshead Ray course, was among the New Yorkers present to witness the sport. Others who arrived from the metropolis were Phil Hymes. Eddie Burke. A. G. Blakeley. Dan Donnelly. Wilfred Gerdes. Dave Gideon, Charlie Fox. Jitn Beattie, Alex Smith, E. Stru-bie and George Walbaum. Donald Maedonald pulled up favoring his bad leg, and fears were expressed by his trainer that he had broke S down in the race. Dr. Pillow was pulled up at the ninth jump in the steeplechase and led off the field limping badly. The middle tendon of his off foreleg gave way and it will be some time before he gets to the post again. Musgrave was suspended for two days by the stewards for cutting across with Sager in the cup race. He will be permitted to ride for his contract employer, J. E. Seagram, during his suspension. Caiier Sauce, winner of the Dominion Handicap, is one of the most useful Canadlan-bTeds racing on the circuit. Todays victory was the seventh that he scored this summer. Last season he won seven races. J. Wilson was to have ridden Caper Sauce today, hut the Valley Farm Stable decided to start Parmer, so Wilson was unable to fill his engagement. R. F. Carman did not fancy the horses chances and was loath to permit his rider, G. Archibald, to accept the mount.
