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MUTUELS ARE COMMENDED CANADIAN PRESS VOICES APPROVAL OF NEW SYSTEM OF SPECULATION. Experiment of Its Installation at Woodbine Track Attended with Satisfactory Results — Other Tracks to Follow Next Season. Tilt Canadian pvss te-oms Willi pleasant reference s to the recent meeting of the Ontario Jockey Clul" at Tomato anil its innovation of pari inutile! betting. ihe tallowing paragraphs from the Toronto Globe, one of the foremost eluilii s of the Dominion, may be tal.i n as fairly representative of the tone of the eninnicnt Indulged in: •The Ontario Jockey Cluhs meeting nt Woodbine, which ean:e to a close on Saturday, was Memorable in many respects. Never has the spring gathering heeii favored with tiller weather. Or a better lass of horses for its contests. Ii was the first meeting in an ola conducted without bookmaking, and it marked the la t otiicial appearance here of Karl Grey, the governor general. Before coming to this country, Karl Grey took little late real in the affalra of the turf, iiiid was not known in England a* a rae-lag man at all. In otiiee here he followed the example of his predecessors in Canada, and of his sovereigns in Britain, iii extending las patronage in. racing. That patroaage has beea of iaealeulable value to the turf, anil his excellency has said that he found much that was admiralde and instructive in the spectacles id racing. Bad In Hie system, order and square deal that dominated it. It was with heartfelt regret the great crowd watched his de-partuie from Woodbine on Saturday, for they knew it was the last time they would see him OB I racecourse, amid an escort of galloping dragoons. "Perfect weather for an outdoor function prevailed again on the etaateg day. and the attendance taxed the capacity of tin place. In fact, it is rapidly hr rowing evideat that Woodbine will soon he altogether too small for the patroaage of the Ontario Jockey Cluh. and greater accommodation will have to Ik- provided elsewhere . There i~ no furth •■!• ]■ h mi for expansion at the present quarters, hounded hy streets on three sides and Ashbridge l.ay on the other. k •The question of the permanence in Canadian rao-lug of the new system of speculation was settled early and positively. The very lirsl day showed BO many points of superiority that its success was instantaneous and assured. All the Item-tits Bbd more, that have beea claimed for it were developed, and there will he no return to the old method. There never has been in any community or any country where the totalizator has once heen used. All it~ supporters asked for was a trial. Trial has heen synonymous with unqualified approval, and its other advantages wile so important and so manifest tl.it it would he retained even if it were not as satisfactory. tinnnciaHy. to all concerned. The public and the eluli have done well under the lirs: experience with tin- system, and owners will he the next to share in its bout-tits by an almost certain considerable increase in the value of the purses offered for competition." Buffalo. N Y.. May 50.— It was ollicinllv announced today that the Tort Krie. .Montreal. Windsor and Hamilton track- of the C.Miadi.i n circuit will operate this season with the baoi BBB1 Ilia system. This decision was arrived at with no prejudice to the use ot the machines next year and the indications are that they will be installed for the season of 1012.
