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i I 1 l ; ; • • [ I I i I I , i I J ■ , DORVAL MEETING COMES TO A CLOSE. _ M Consistent Sherwood ScOies in Chief Race of Get- j — away Day Program at Montreal. it Montreal. Que.. June IS. — J. Y. Hedricks eon- ~ -istent campaigner, Sherwood, won tkw feature of I the getaway day card at Dorval Park this afternoon J when he ■eared over some «ood opposition in the i Dorval Belling Handicap, three quarters of a mile, -r- Ue was carrying top weight and. alter being re- J] served behind the early pace, responded gamely j when called on in the stretch run and got up to beat J Marjorie A. in a hard drive. Back Bay, the early j pacemaker, was third. A large crowd was on hand for the closing day J and the racing was spirited throughout. Form [ siinleiits got Off to a bad start in the opening J scramble when the winner turned up in J. S. Tyrees ■ ItO, which had been neglected. Poatefract, which -in: id the other .lay at long odds, demonstrated today that his former victory was no fluke when he aim- back and defeated good opposition in the third .. tin race. Off slowly, he worked his way up on the out- - de and closed with a rush and outgamed the fa- " vorlte, Vreeland. in the linal strides. A race that attracted much local attention was " in i.ishioned for gentlemen riders. A held of sevea .vent to the post and Hasson was returned an easy _ winner over Fasti.su. with the favorite, Willis, third. J. II. HeCarrea will ship his stable to Latonia tomorrow and plans to take up several yearlings that J 1. 1- lias in Kentucky. .IM key YV. biuse was an arrival from Kentucky y today and will ride .-.t Connaaght Park, Ottawa. J. Boss has presented to the Canadian National J Bureau of Breeding the luiycar ] . stallion Kormak. J The horse will be sent t., :i western farm next week. . Several borne trains left for Ottawa tonight for . [lie meeting thai opens at Connaaght Park to- . morrow. A great many Improvements have been j made at Connaugbt Park since last fall. The J principal on, is the erection of a saddling eaelos- j nre on tin- lawn close to the Judges stand, when- , the placed horses of every race will be uasad-. died. Mortimer M. Mahnney. who has charge of the advance hi formation at Connaaght Park, left last evening for Ottawa. He anticipates something over mi-unlive layers In line, and reporsi from Ottawa e are faumiailnt as to the outlook for the meettag.
