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. ■ t j r _ - - j ! j ■ . ; : NEWSY GOSSIP FROM CANADA The following exlracts from the Toronto Globe are from the pea of it versatile sporting editor. Francis Nelson, who serves as presiding judge at -various Canadian race tracks: •lie of the most improved hor.-es among the Canadian breda i- j. c. Gormans Calumny, which Charles OLeary had in charge. Charlie ha- bad a long connection with racing at Woodbine, and won the Plate on Colonist there in 1889, which was not yesterday. I remember going down with Mr. II. .1. F. Good of the SOW defunct Empire at 2:30 oclock one morning to see Colonists last work lor the race, I, m we were not early enough, and a- We went in the l.astern aeliue gate WC met three horses coming out. hooded and blanketed, and with trainer Dick OLeary carrying a lantern i in front of the parade. They were Colonist. Rein sen and Waterford, and the work was over. The ■ journey was not fruitless, though, because a "111111 night move" rarely goes unobserved. "John .. as the late .1. C. Harlan was known to hundreds ol people who never heard his real name, saw I •ill Irom the dark recesses of the old wooden -rand stand and made his appearance as sooa a-it was daylight with the time in his possession, so that it was soon public property, and all the secrecy was wasted "The heme I, red t wo-yoar olds promise an in-teresting race in the Coronation Slakes, to be run i next Wednesday. This is now an event with ,500 i in added money, making it a decided inducement to possess a smart Canadian bred. Hampton Dame . has shown a line turn of spaed, and her last work was a half in 40. She is trained by John R. Walker, and has a royal chance to earn #2. KM! in this one race. She comprises the entire stable of Mr. W. kraosmann, but if she is successful next Wednesday she will have enabled him to have a whale • years enjoyment of racing without expense, and providing something in the way of an addition to i the stable. This is the desirable effect of offering liberal purses. Hampton Dame is by Inferno — Boyal Dame, and was bought cheap at Mr. Seagrams sale. The Brookdale Stables Lady Curson and Mr. Giddings gnat slashing Harry Basset! II. have shown the most speed of any of the others, but there are thirty youngsters engaged, and a splendid held, the best array of Canadian bred two-year-olds that ever faced a barrier, jnav be expected to line up before Mr. Dade next week. On the same subject a well known trainer said yesterday: -You will not .see any one-sided races for the Plate any mare, after this year. There was never a time when We had so manv and such good looking two-year-olds in Ontario, and I dont think the conditions are going to get worse, now that it is so much more worth ones while to have liillir linils. "Charles Boyle came down from Woodstock yesterday and will see the meeting out. He looks well and hearty, and is still as convinced in his opinions as ever, one of them being that small horses though they were few sires of half-breds in Ontario have ever accomplished as much as old .lack the Barber and Terror. Mr. Boyles connection with the Plate goo- back beyond the memory of most of those who will see Saturdays race. He trained the winner titty two years ago. when Palermo, the sou of Fields Boyal George, captured the Guineas, and In- turned out a good many otliers in the long interval since that time. There are no race horses at The Firs now. but there is some good material in the form of three tine colt foals by Detective, from Golden Wedding. Cipher Code and Bosedale. Helen Winter lest twin Allies by Detective. "A legion of friends will learn with much regret that Mr. II. J. 1". Good, the dean of writers on s|xirt in Canada, is critically ill at the Western Hospital. Mr. Good, who is sporting editor of The Montreal Daily Mail, has been confined to his home in Huron street for about a mouth. Wednesday bis case assumed such a serious aspect that he was removed to the hospital for an operation for obstruction of the intestines."
