Racing Prospects In Canada., Daily Racing Form, 1915-05-01

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RACING PROSPECTS IN CANADA CANADAHeaders Headers of this column will realize that I have always been in favor of sport as usual believing that no good object is served by going round with sombre countenance Also I might add believing that a stoppage of sport while not bene fitting the contending armies or aiding the killed wounded and missing would be unjust to the ris ¬ ing generation both of horses and men who with others away may have a chance to accomplish something If the war lasts two years longer and there was no racing until it was over there would be no means for the best horses to make themselvcs known and there would be a check to breeding the right sort that would be felt in the future But that only refers to horse racing although in human competition the same argu ¬ ment applies If athletic meetings and athletic games came to a standstill the youngsters of the day wouldi not be fairly treated Instead of cur ¬ tailing sport it is the time to improve it It is the time to let the hacks go and to bring out budding talent It is also the time for Canadians to come to their own ownIt It has been said thnt there will not be so many American borscs here the coming season as there have been in other years Thin may prove to be true but that should not and probably will not deprive the sport 6V a vast deal of interest Thanks to tho fostering care primarily of tin Montreal Ontario and Windsor Jockey clubs in the last few years not alone have Canadian owned horses become more numerous hu Jjoth they and the nativebreds have made a marked advance in calibre Thus while there may be no King James to come across for the sake of carrying off our richest prizes there will be likely as good an average lot racing as ever there was And at that looking through the lists of last years stake winners I cannot find the names of any owner who promises to be absent this year Take yearTake Blue Bonnets winners for instance It J Austin whose Commonada won the Kindergarten will be on hand So too It K Watkins whose Barnegat won the Jacques Cartler and the King George Handicap So also Lewis Garth whose Exton ami Gun Cotton won the Prince of Wales and Strathcoua Steeplechases So also Amos Tur ney who won tho Windsor Hotel Cup with Water bass F J Colcman whose Tactics won the Earl Grey Cup J A Thomson whose Orinulu captured the Hochelaga Handicap James Arthur whose Water Lady won the Champlain M Daly whose Garter landed the Hendrie Memorial Steeplechase and of course Harry Giddings whose Hearts of Oak won the Connaught Cup O S Campbell whoso Corn Troom won I he Canadian Ilhndlcup N Mae farlane whose Lady Spendthrift won the Provin ¬ cial Nursery B Raymond who won the Kings Plate with Irish Heart and George M Ilemlrie whose grand horse Great Britain secured the Derby Cup They will all be here together with J W Schorr who with David Craig and Luke McLuke ran first and third for the rich International Derby at Dorval and H G liedwell who always carries some good ones with him Then there are llobert Davies whose stable is stronger than ever Hon J S Hendrie A K Dyment E M Weld with Weld ship and foresmost of all J E Seagram president of the Ontario Jockey Club and for nigh 20 years the lcadingmainstay of Canadian racing and this not overlookWgtheclaims of the Hendrie family Mr Itobert Davies the rider of Nora Creula fortyfour or fortyfive years ago In the Ontario Queens Plate tho Dyuients and the Campbells to almost equal fame With all these stalwart devotees of tne turf still staunch to the sport what cause have we to worry or fear that racing in 1915 will be one whit Inferior to anything we have ever enjoyed V II P Good in Montreal Mail


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