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HAIL LEOCIIAKES CHAMPION JOHN W SCHORRS CRACK TWOYEAROLD WINS THE MICHAELMAS HANDICAP Carries 125 Pounds to Victory Through the Mud in Stake Feature of Woodbine Program Dis ¬ agreeable Day at Toronto Track Toronto Out September 24 Racing at Wood ¬ bine this afternoon was conducted under most dis ¬ agreeable conditions A steady drizzling rain fell all afternoon and the track was a sea of mud and slush Long margins separated the first two horses iii a majority of the finishes The Michaelmas Han ¬ dicap for twoyearolds was the feature race but two steeplechases served as additional attractions The best finish of the afternoon came with the running of the stake race and the residt clinched the claim of Leochares to the championship of the younger division on the Canadian circuit this sea sou Leochares carried 125 pounds in todays race came from a long ways back and finishing like a real racer got up in the closing strides to beat the lightlyweighted Flabbergast Incidentally it added another victory to the many that the Schorr stable has scored this season seasonThe The tabled history of the Michaelmas Handicap Is as follows followsYear Year Winner Wt Jockey Vnl Time 1002 Merry England 1U J Jackson 10 117 100U Play Ball 105 W Daly 5S01in 1004 Pirate Polly 125 J Walsh SO SO 1 lKiJ 1005 St Joseph IIS J Daly ISO 180114 1 1005 Ellicott 114 C Koerner 12SO 1 liij 107 Stanley Fay 110 Diggius 11251 1JOS Simcoe 111 Nicol 1WO 1 1000 Amelia Jenks 115 J Howard 1050 I 1010 Horizon 110 G Archibd 1100 1 1011 Aldebaran 117 McCabey 1550 1 1012 Leochares 125 Teaban 120 1 114J 114JThe The Garth entry finished first and second in the Novice Steeplechase Julia Armour winning in a canter from her stable companion Bed Squirrel Utmost the Garry Herrmann colt with which young Lewis Garth has hopes of winning the Harbor Hill Steeplechase was scratched from this race with the idea of saving any penalty that might accrue with victory victoryGwyn Gwyn Tompkins furnished the winner of tbe Co ¬ ventry Steeplechase in The Prophet which was the only one of the four starters to finish the course without a mishap Buckthorn went down at the third fence and Wickson and Idle Michael at the eighteenth The latter pair were right with The Prophet when the mishap occurred and the result might have been different had they stood up Both Idle Michael and Wickson were remounted and finished second and third as named namedMrs Mrs L A Livingston has decided to send So temia to Louisville to start in the fourniile Endur ¬ ance Stakes The filly will be shipped in the same car with Star Charter and young William Hayward will go along to prepare her for the race raceJohn John Walters has arranged to ship the horses h is training for George M Hendrio to Churchill Downs and William Hurley will also send his horses to Kentucky at the conclusion of the Woodbine meeting meetingJockey Jockey Phil Musgrave will go from here to Louis ¬ ville He will ride for E H Bradley at Louisville and Latonia LatoniaJ J W Iledrick former owner of Lewis was called on to pay Jii to the Canadian customs for duty on the horse which was taken from him in a selling race yesterday yesterdayGeorge George ICeardon was among the arrivals this morn ¬ ing He came from Havre de Grace GraceJohn John ICeardon was ineligible in the seventh race the conditions of which called for nonwinners C more than three races since May IS ISThe The following licenses were granted by the stew ¬ ards of the Canadian JCaeing Associations at their recent meeting Jockeys Snider K Kilciillen Mondon Shannon and J Williams trainers I Delanev G Cornell W H Frve J II Hamilton and J G Wagnou WagnouThe The following yearlings the property of tlii William Hendrie estate were sold here this morn ¬ ing Chestnut colt by David Garrick Kelpie J G GGorman Gorman 150 150Brown Brown lilly by Martimas Blue Grouse S B BThompson Thompson 100 100Chestnut Chestnut colt by Martimas Firewater S B BThompson Thompson 00 00Chestnut Chestnut colt by David Garrick Flicker S B BThompson Thompson 290 290Bay Bay colt by David Garrick Sampan J G Gorman Chestnut filly iy Martimas Moki Land U 1C Morgan
