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OTTAWA PATRONAGE GOOD YESTERDAYS ATTENDANCE ALMOST EQUALED THAT OF THE OPENING DAY Dynamite Finds It Easy to Win Duke of Connaught ConnaughtCup Cup After Bwana TunVbo Is Withdrawn on onAccount Account of Lameness Ottawa Out June 17 The Duke of Connaught Gold Cup and the Carlton Handicap were provided as features by the Conuanght Park Jockey club tills afternoon Uoth races furnished good contests AVil Ihini Walker saddled the winner in the cup race while Sherwood top weight in the handicap bent some of the best sprinters on the ground The track was In excellent condition and interesting racing was seen The attendance was almost equal in iwiat of numbers to that of the opening day the club house strongThe contingent being especially strong The withdrawal of Bwana Tumbo from the Duke of Connaught Cup at the eleventh hour detracted much from the interest in the running of that rac Itwana Tumbo was brought over to the paddock for the race but in his warimip developed lamness ba lilml and was withdrawn by permission of the stewards This necessitated all bets being declared off and additional time was allowed for new book ¬ ing With Bwana Tiimlxt scratched Dynamite was heavily backed by his connections He ran a smash ¬ ing good race sprinting into i long lead after being reserved for the lirst half At the end Bobbins had him in hand and he beat Inspector Lestrade a length The latter after dropping out of tho struggle in Pit early stages closed with a rush rushSherwood Sherwood made every post a winning one in the Carltoii Handicap In the stretch racing Towton Field moved up with n bold challenge but was unabV to get to the leader The finish for second place was close aud Towton Field just did manage to beit Carltoii G The latter appeared to be high in flesh while going to the post and probably was not keyed up for a bruising contest contestHie Hie colors of John W Schorr were again seen In front when John Reunion won the opener a dash of one mile and an eighth for which he was a 1 to favorite Hi was under restraint from the start and lind plenty in reserve at the finish finishErnest Ernest Utterback of Virginia who shipped his Ktable from 1lmlico to Connaught Park was stricken with a slight attack of pneumonia and is confined in one of the local sanitariums sanitariumsGeorge George Heed who has been training a division of II O Bedwells stable severed ills connection witl tiiat establishment yesterday Previous to the races this afternoon Willie Martin disposed of four Canadianbred twoyearolds at auction They were Commodore Lou to J Gorman 135 Vivian S to J Gorman 155 Gold Mesh to T Ilalev 130 aud Silver Mesh to J Gorman SI 05 05William William Northoy secretary of the Montreal Jockey Cliib was n visitor at Connaught Park this after ¬ noon lie came over with a bundle of checks for the horsemen who won purses during the recent Blue Itohnets meeting meetingH H G Bedwcll has donated the Hastings stallion Madman to the Canadian Breeding Bureau The horse will be turned over to Manager Ryan at the conclusion of the Woodbine fall meeting meetingA A party of Torontonians came to Ottawa today to witness the running of the Connaught Cup J Connor Jack Laxson and C J Kean being among the number numberAt At a meeting of the Canadian Racing Associations committee held here the following licenses were granted grantedTrainers Trainers F W Aslie D A Broiller C K Bro sins B K Chapman II Callahan L Crist W V Conraii J M Cooper F Dayton John Forrester C X Freeman W J Ilak S N Hcxter John Johnson L M Lester Eugene Lntz J J McCaf rtv A Malonc J Milburn T W Parker Hugh Penny J Phillips C K Rowe W Rowley Harry Shannon T J Shannon J F Smythe D E Stewart IF E Webb F Wright P M West WestJockeys Jockeys H Brooks Geo Corey II Deunler O Fain Harry Gray J V Gullett F Jackson for It V Haymaker only W J Keating H Killings worth J Mclntyre F Moore L Merii ol M Nathan W Obert for F J Pons ouly J II Rob bins S Taylor C Vanduscn It Waldron S Wil ¬ son F Wills A Neylon W Mondou for II O Bedwell ouly
