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CLOSE FINISHES AT CONNAUGHT PARK Benlfcord Gives Mr Seagram His First Victory of the Meeting General Track Talk Ottawa Out June 1S This was Ladles Day at Connniight 1ark and a large gathering turned out to witness the sport The program while an ordinary one was well balanced and the finishes lu several races found the winners uuder hard drives to win by small margins This was especially so in tho fourth race in which the lirsl three were heads apart in passing the judges stand standThe The Seagram stable scored its nrst victory of the meeting when Sea Lord won the opener a dash of snveneighths for Canadianbreds Sea Lord was at his IKSI He suffered from repeated interfer ¬ ence in tiie early running but near the end closed ill easilyMuch with a rush and won easily Much regret was expressed by the officials and horsemen over the death if Kdward W Alagiun in Cincinnati Messages of condolence and lloral offerings were sent by starter Barrett Dade Judge Francis Nelson and Steward Joseph A Mur ¬ phy The late Mr Maginn acted as racing secre ¬ tary and steward at the Fort Erie track in Canada CanadaQuito Quito a delegation came over from Montreal to enjoy the afternoons siort among them Mr Charles M Hart owner of the Invereck Stable whose llcrrmana was a starter in the Jirst race and Mr D Kaymtmd who is racing a big stable on the Canadian circuit this season in charge of James Bod un unThe The stewards today began an investigation of the running of the horse Ciittyhuuk in the seventh race yesterday in which he finished last Jockey Hartwell who rode the horse was instructed by the oilicials to cancel his engagements this after ¬ noon pending investiiation of the race It de ¬ veloped that the horse bled after he reached the stable last night which would explain his bad race After the investigation Hartwell will be permitted to ride rideNews News comes from Baltimore that the Maryland Jockey Club is building two new stables of twenty eight stalls each It is the purposo of the club to provide accommodations for as many horses as K ssible on the grounds Other improvements are being made madeTrainer Trainer McDaniel announced that the Davies string would be thinned out and that among others Liberty Hall and The Usher would lie disposed of Jockey Goldstein lias been engaged to do the heavyweight riding for the stable stableJockey Jockey F Jackson left with the II J Austin stable for Hamilton last night It is Austins intention to give his good threeyearold Com monada his linal preparation over the Hamilton track for the Hamilton Derby that will In run there on the opening day of the meeting It was for this reason that lie shiiHied yesterday Jockey yesterdayJockey J Metcalf has been suspended for the rest ridingL of the meeting for rough riding L W Garth has leased the jumpers Young Morpheus and Stucco to W L Maupin for the rest of the Canadian racing season seasonM M Daly lias disjioscd of the juniper Velsiui to M Lcroy LcroyCwyn Cwyn Tonipkins has arranged to ship his stable of jumpers from Blue Bonnets to Saratoga iu the early part of July JulyThe The entry of the mare Weir will not be accepted nntil proper identification is produced She was scratched yesterday for the reason that no one on the grounds could identify her There is no suspicion attached t the mare however as her owners standingOttawa are reputable turfmen in good standing Ottawa workouts over a slow track this morning were wereArgent Argent Threequarters in 1112 1112Bernice Bernice Half mile in 52 52Burwood Burwood 39Casco Threeeighths in 39 Casco Half mile in 52 52Crossbun Crossbun Throequarters in 119 119Dicks Dicks Pet Threeeighths in 38 38Donald Donald Macdonald Fiveeighths in 105 105Kim Kim Threeeighths in 37 37Kyle Kyle Threeeighths in 3S 3SLwo Lwo Day Threceichths in 38 38Luther Luther Mile in 118 118May May MeCoo Threeeighths in 37 37ICcddest ICcddest Mile in 11S 11SKedland Kedland Throeeighths in 38 38Kock Kock On Threeeighths in 8 8Sir Sir Blaisc Threeeighths in 37 37Squccler Squccler Half mile in 51 51Tom Tom KIward Threeeighths in 37 37Videt Videt Seveneight hs in 13 13Wcyanoke Wcyanoke Threequarters in 119 119Wodan Wodan Threequarters in 110
