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GOOD SENDOFF FOR CONNAUGHT PARK Ottawas Meeting Well Attended King Hamburg Defeats Hearts of Oak in Days Feature Ottawa Out June Hi Ideal conditions prevailed for the opening of the Connaught Park Jockey Clubs meeting at Ottawa this afternoon and a large gathering turned out to witness the sjwrt A wellbalanced program with the Connaught Cup a dasli of one mile on the Hat and a steeplechase over the short course were offered as attractions The cup race went to Robert Davles wellbred threeyeartld King Hamburg by Waterboy Ham ¬ burg Belle which made a runaway affair of the race in beating the heavilybacked favorite Hearts or Oak The Davies stable thereby made it a double as ICiirly Sight had accounted for the second race a dash of liveeighths for twoyearolds He was rid ¬ den by Goldstein and after licginning slowly movcn up on the inside with a rush on the far turn aud won easily Early Sight is a gtxul looking young ¬ ster promiseHearts and is undoubtedly one of much promise Hearts of Oak was on his had behavior at the barrier in the Connaught Cup and after the race came a ruling from the stewards which ordered that his entry lie refused in tho future The colt is undoubtedly the champion of the Canadlanbreds racing on this circuit and it is really a pity that be is ruch a bad actor It is hoped that bis trainer can overcome hi fractiousness as the horse is a great favorite with Canadian racegoers S racegoersS C Hihlrcii wired today asking if jockey Turner would con to New York and ride one of the Belmont horses in a stake race on Thursday and another on Saturday The Tyrce stable has mi entrv in a stake t Conimnght Park on Satur ¬ day and Turner was forced to remain here hereTho Tho horses that M Daly has beon training for F Mannix will be turned over to Clarence Mcr ritt In the band are Sleuth and the fouryear old Superintendent The latter is said to be train ¬ ing well again Merritt trained the horse in his twoyearold form formStarter Starter James Milton accompanied by Mr J T H Laurendeau president of the Dorval Park Jockey Club and Samuel N Ilolman manager of the same club came over from Montreal to witness the open ¬ ing days spurt spurtThe The delegation that came up from New York this morning included Harry Shaw Wiiliam Orr Willie Kerryhart James Kennedy Tolie Tompklns Larry OIBryan Bert Hollander Al Sliaftel W Sharkev J Parsons Henry Hendricks George Stiydam and T Block BlockThe The horses that II O Bedwell is racing here are in charge of A Short ShortJockey Jockey W Doyle was an arrival from Baltimore this morning Havrock morningHavrock was excused from starting in the first race on account of the dsath of the father of his owner George Kmpcringham KmpcringhamThe The stables of A L Austin and Harry Gid diiiKS HamiltonThe will IK shipped on Saturday to Hamilton The remains of Clinton Colby who died in Mon troal on Sunday last were cremated and the ashes will bo sent to his brother in California
