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GOOD CARD FOR OTTAWA OPENING All Indications Point to Successful Meeting at Canadian Capital Ottawa Out June 13 The Connaught Park Jockey Club has provided a tempting program for the opening of its inaugural meeting tomorrow The card is made up of seven races with the Presidents Plate a dash of one mile and an eighth 150 added as the feature There are only five entries in this stake but several other races have filled to the limit There are sixteen in the third and sev ¬ enth races and thirteen in the sixth sixthNew New arrivals are pouring in and the meeting gives every indication of being a most successful one Light rain felt this morning and improved the going wonderfully The track should be in good condition for tomorrows racing racingThe The finishing touches were put on the plant this afternoon and everything Is in readiness for the sport to begin The Schorr horses are already on the ground and the stable of Karl Linnell came over from Hamilton in the car with the Schorr racers H G Bedwell wired from Montreal that he would arrive tomorrow morning with his string He has named Paton in the Presidents Plato and has several others in the shorter races racesAll All the boxes for the opening day have been re ¬ served and a big party is coining over from Mon ¬ treal and another from Toronto TorontoArthur Arthur N Elrod manager of the betting ring re ¬ ports about thirty application1 from the layers and as a crowd of 10000 is expected by the manage ¬ ment the layers should find plenty of business businessA A wire from Montreal brings news of the elec ¬ tion of John F Ryan as vice president and gen ¬ eral manager of the National Live Stock Exchange a new company formed to raise and purchase rr inounts for Canada and England with an authorized capital of 2000000 2000000The The officials of the Ottawa meeting will be J J Burke Frederick Gerhardy and Frances Nelson judges A K London racing secretary Joseph McLennan clerk of the scales and A B Dafle starter J S Ilendrie will be one of the stewards stewardsThe The Turney colt Horron has been shipped from Montreal to Hamilton where he will be freshened for the Hamilton Derby In which event ho will meet the Kentucky crack Hawthorn Jockey C Turner is expected here however to ride as a freo lance lanceWorkouts Workouts over the Conuaught Park course this morning included the following Aplaster Threequarters in 119 119Billy Billy Collins Half mile in 51 51Breastplate Breastplate Threequarters in 118 118Carlton Carlton G Threequarters in 103 118 118Chuckles Chuckles Fiveeighths in 53 100 100Clem Clem Beachey Half mile in 51M Colors Threeeighths in 38 38Double Double Five Threeeighths in 37 37Flex Flex Half mile in 53 53Fuchsia Fuchsia Threeeighths in 37 if Golden Treasure Mile In 150 Hatteras Half mile in 51 Hedge Hose Mile in 1 45 Heretic Half mile in 53 53Howdy Howdy Howdy Half mile in 53 53Marsand Marsand Threeeighths in 37 37McLeod McLeod F Mile in 145 145Miss Miss Jonah Mile In 148 148Myrtle Myrtle 50VfRalph Marion Half mile in 50Vf Ralph Lloyd Threequarters in 118 118Heal Heal Star Half mile in 54 54Shawnee Shawnee Half mile in 52 52Sherwood Sherwood Threequarters In 103 119 Single Half mile in 54 54The The Urchin Viveeighths in 52 1OC Tow ton Field Half mile in 51 i iUncle Uncle Oble Half inilo in 53 rV
