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EXPERT COMMENT ON THE KINGS PLATE. The day of the battle for the Kings Flat.- is less than a week away, and it is probable that a field of ten or twelve horses will go to the i«st. Not many trainers will send their charges there with any great expectation of heating Beehive, but some think that it is within tin- range of possibilities, and they have hopes, if not expectations. The recent work of the big o.-ikvillo colt, when be showed a mile and a quarter close to 2:1 L and was not ridden out. put the linish on some expectations that had been held by the more sanguine DP to that time. The son of Bassetlaw and My Honey was decidedly the superior of the other home-bred youngsters last season, ami he una not retrograded, many tilings are possible in racing, where bone never fades, bet it is safe to say that tin- great majority of next Saturdays visitors to Woodbine will anticipate another success tor the jacket ru ried with smh credit by St. Baas and Hearts ol Oak. If the first place is pretty generally conceded to ii certain horse, there is proportionate diffi rence of opinion as to the one that will be next When the winning mark is panned. Col. Homines Slipper Day, Mr. Davies Gold Bud, the Barrie colt. Bean Chtil al, and Mr. Seagrams range of choice among live useful three year olds, make up an interesting field for consideration. This omits Mausotus, that a week ago. was the chief contender. His lane ness lias almost entirely disappeared, bill the loss of time at this stage in tin- preparations is an Important tailor, and he is at present an unlikely starter, though a poasiMe one. Francis Nelson in Toronto Globe.
