Big Crowd At Dufferin Opening., Daily Racing Form, 1912-08-01

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BIG CROWD AT DUFFERIN OPENING Toronto Ont July 31 Fully four thousand wcie In attendance at Dufferin Park this afternoon for the opening of the Metropolitan Racing Associations summer meeting This in spite of threatening skies Eleven bookmakers were in line and did a brisk business The repeated failures of the favorites netted them a harvest harvestJockey Jockey Moudons riding was a feature He piloted the last three winners Jockey C White rode the first two and was later suspended for the rest of the meeting for rough riding in the third race raceExciting Exciting finishes attended all of the races nearly all being won by nose and head margins The track was fast fastThe The new HHlcrest track is rapidly nearing comple ¬ tion and many of the horses racing at Dufferiu are stabled there


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