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GRAND OPENING IN CANADA TWENTY THOUSAND PERSONS SEE HEARTS OF OAK WIN KINGS PLATE Giddings Colt Makes Show of His Opposition in Ontario Jockey Clubs Historic Race Kleburne Wins Woodstock Plate Toronto Ont May 24 Twenty thousand racing enthusiasts gave the opening of the Canadian racing season a rousing good sendoff at the Ontario Jockey Clubs Woodbine course this afternoon A great many thought the crowd larger but twenty thousand is a conservative estimate of tlie attendance that poured through the gates and caused even standing room on the lawns to he at a premium long before the horses were called to the post for the opening dash It was a great day for the sport and a splen ¬ did program furnished some exciting contests Tlie main attraction the Kings Plate went to Harry Giddings Hearts of Oak an overwhelming favorite in the mntuels Hearts of Oak with J Wilson in the saddle led from the start and was never head ¬ ed He was rated in front under restraint until tlie last quarter and in the homestretch he drew away until he Jed his nearest opixment by ten lengths as the winning mark was passed Joseph K Seagrams Maid of Frome was second two lengths in advance of Robert Davies Gold Bud which in turn beat the other Seagram entry Voi vmU a head for thin place Hie race was a truly run one anil was particularly free from Interference It was simply a case of the winner outclassing his opposition Mr Giddings won the race two years ago with St IViss another colt of his own breeding by Bassetlaw sire of todays winner winnerThe The Kings Plate has been run since 1SOO It wus known as the Queens Plate up to and includ ¬ ing IIOI J E Seagrams horses won the stake from 1S91 to 1S9S inclusive and also In 1000 1001 1DO5 1100 and 190S Its distance was reduced from one and onehalf miles to one and onequarter miles in 1SS7 The tabled history of the event since 1100 is as follows xYjmv Winner AWt Jockey Val Time 1000 Dnlmnor G 120 II Lewis 1200 214 lUdl 214lUdl John Kuskjn3 I05jvititoe 1470 2iSi 11102 Lyddlto 3 10 Wainwright 1 725 215 1003 Thessalon 3 104 Castro 1850 21 TV 1104 Sapper 103 J Walsh 1175 212 1005 Inferno 3 100 II Phillips 2092 212 1100 Slaughter 105 Treubel 3395 211 1907 Kelvin 3 10i Foley 707 2I2 190S Seismic 3 IOC Fbrother 3050 211 110 Shimonese 4 119 Gilbert 32no 210 1 10 Parmer 105 J Wilson 3322212 1011 St Bass 3 10S E Dugan 3305 2OS 1012 Heresy 10S Small 4535 21l 1913 Harts of Oak 15 113 J Wilson 4335 209 Tlie colors of Robert Davies were decidedly in the limelight through the successes of Plate Glass and Southern Maid and the splendid race that First Sight PlatePlate ran in the Woodstock Plate Plate Glass made a runaway affair of the Trial Turse a dash of six furlongs which was run as the opening race He showed a great turn of speed for half a mile hut at the end was straight to beat Crisco a length In the juvenile purse Southern Maid ran a sensational race off none too well she quickly raced to the front and ran head and head with Miss Gayle to the stretch turn where she shook off her opposition and simply sprinted away until she led by ten lengths at the end The winner set a terrific pace the fractional time being 23 40jf 53 which marked a new track record for the distance The previous mark for four and a half furlongs was 55 Southern Maid is a black filly built on speedy lines She has quarters like a Hackney and gets to running at tl speed before she takes a dozen strides She is undoubtedly the fastest twoyearold shown at any of the tracks out ¬ side springR of Kentucky this spring R E Watkins colors finished first and second in the Minto Stakes ISarnegat coining from behind in the homestretch and beating his stable companion by a length and a half The latter could probably have won had Snyder wished wishedTho Tho condensed history of the Minto Stakes Is shown below belowYear Year Winner AWt Jockey Val Time 1004 149lOOri Elliott 4 107 J Daly 94r 149 lOOri Norbury 5 105 J Daly 045 l49ti 1900 Blennenworth 7 104 W McGee 1120 148 1007 Earl Rogers 4 97 Lycurgus 108014 108014190S 190S Glimmer 4 OS Mnlcahy SOO 140 1000 Don Macdonald3 102jGoldstein lrOO l4J = f 1010 Ragman 4 104 S Davis 1000 l4 w 1011 Busy 4 104 Myrne lirO 147 1012 Edda 4 110 Sweeney 1070148 1913 Barnegat 3 100 R Hoffman 1050 147 147The The Woodstock Plate furnished a better contest than was looked for On his showing in the Preak ness Stakes at Pimlico Klebnrne was thought to have the stake at his mercy The Davies colt First Sight proved a stublwrn contender however Ho raced with the winner from the outset and after appearing to be soundly beaten on the stretch turn came again when straightened out and forced Turner to shake Klebnrne up The latter responded gamely and drew away in the last fifty yards yardsThe The Woodstock Plate has been a fixture since 1SS5 when Courtolema won it Its history since 1900 is given in the table below Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 1000 Advance Guard 127 Ballard S50 2OOW 1001 Sannazarro 127 Boland 1025 1002 Red Robe 127 Blake 1 000 157 1003 Claude 127 T Daly lOSO 1 rO V 1904 Fort Hunter 125 J Walsh 1130 155VT 1005 Tongorder 127 E Walsh 1400 15 Vi Vi100G 100G Ruth W 112 Farrow 1470 15S 1007 Mainchance 117 McDanlel 1010 150 150100S 100S Montclair 109 Goldstein 1S20 157 1009 Guy Fisher 112 Mchtry 21SO lVi 1910 Banives 112 G Burns 1020 1 55 1011 Xeus 127 C II Shilg 2000 l51 1912 Light O M Life 117 Lonushy 1745 l5v 1013 Klelmrne 117 C Turner 1730 154 Some of the racegoers that came up from New York brought news of the serious illness of John Howard The latter was stricken with a hemmo rliage of tiie brain several days ago and it left him partially paralyzed Howard was at one time agent for Sam Ilildreth and was popular with horsemen and racegoers He is confined in a private sani ¬ tarium in New York and is said to be improving Among improvingAmong the prominent race followers from out of town here for the meeting are N Frank R Mendel ¬ sohn Joe Murphy Chicago OHrien Pack Mo Kenna Jack Newman W Put man T F Slieedy Ed Moore Amos Turney W Martin Willie Kerry hart Tony Cook Andy Blakeley Billy Walsh Mr and Mrs L A Livingston Peter Mcfirath P M Clvill and Sig Levy LevyA A R London secretary vof the Hamilton and Ottawa Jockey Clubs distributed tlie condition books for those two meetings among the horsemen this afternoon lie b bH H ked a great number of them for the new trnck la Quebec
