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VEXED WITH MID AND RAIN Ci OTTAWA TRACK DRENCHED AGAIN AND THE ATTENDANCE SUFFERS ACCORDINGLY. Of Of ili Lewis Garth Scores a Double with Stucco and j.j of Welga — Coisican Wins the Main Race in a Canter — Sweet Colleen in Front. V .i tl the • Ottawa, Ont.. August oi». — .n »B»wmw race g. al one mile, which was contented by a icpreaeata- » live field, was a orded the feature position oa the ii in program at Conuaught Park ihis efteraooa and re- r suited in an easy victory for 1!. A. White- C w van OVN I Mdiici and Plate Glass. The winner. s ridden by .1. M.uy-. followed the good pare * t i: by tlic speedy Tin- Widow Moon until tin- stretch had n to been reached, tben moved up to draw away Into an ii easj vii i :y. Tbe victoi waa overlooked by the ]i ti icin and u.ni to tbe post neglected In favor of s s. Pantoef. i Heavy rains. iliaT fell early thi- morning, and the ri driaalo of Sunday, turned ihe going int.. a rentable ■Hiagmire and resulted in several upsets, mud i in i] ners of a pronounced typ ■ baring a tield day as the n result. Threatening "either of the late morning , and early afternoon, diminished the attendance to - all ln.t the regular* and a few ardent devotees ,. • •r the siHirt. Despite tbe bad going the racing was Interesting throughout the afternoon. The ;1 stable of Lewis iarth waa again prominent and ., furnished two of the winners. Stucco placed an- ] ■ the! steeplechase lo hi- credit and Welga. racing , in the silks of Samuel K»s. accounted for one I ., f the two-year-old races, stucce came from behind | rt and, passing his opponents when going t«. the last ; in | fence, woa with ease from Cynoaure. Welga was :l he medinra of a bear plunge, being hacked to the exclusion el" all others in tbe race. Ill.- colors Of .1. E. Seagram were carried lo vie- lorv in the opening itaah, w Ik ii Sweet Colleen out- lasted a hand of Canadian-foaled two-year-olds at j v i -pi in tb8 distance. | a Charles » . Smith, w h ade a flying trip i visit ■ hi- wife in Si. Michael- Hospital at Toronto, where!" -he i- suffering lr typhoid love", returned tins | , , . . i-n i 1 1 l; . Mr. Smith stated thai Mrs. Smith wa- "ii , the lead lo recorerj and thai the erode had hen | ; J several additional d partures for t lie Tiinoniiiin I " l.iir at Baltimore were reported this morning. , imung lheni being M. B. Wolf, llenrv Chen audi . , l Kennedy. ! J The iii-i of ihe rtepartnres for Montreal took I . place this nun iiin- when the stables of .1. Polk, N. i I , K. Moody. A. A. Hi egg and 1.. Wilson were -hipped io Unreal Park !•■ await ihe opening of thai moi in::, following the one at Bine Bonnet-. a F. Puion. i miner for 11 s. Newman, will leave Toronto for ihe Newman ranch at Sweetwater, . Texas, this fall to pick up and break ahaat forty yearlings ai present there. Ambit ions plans have P. en mapped out lor a winter campaign, which I ! [ will include Ihe New Orleans and Juarez meetings. : ;i Can Xareta, ihe mainstay of the stable at present, will I..- turned out next fall for a prolonged real :tml brought imck to Canada fir another campaign 1 next year. A n dice, posted in the secretarys .tin e this morn- . ing by Judge Francis Nelson, forbade all trainers 1 and owners to use wire in lying down a horses tongue. This became effective immediately. 1 rink -I. Bryan has arrived at Montreal to a-suine . his duties in connection with the coining meeting at Bine Bonnets. Joe Murphy. W. Chapman and .1 din Ho— haa i were among the arrivals today from Saratoga and I yill remain for the re-l of the Canadian circuit. Hairy Biddings, Jr., came over from Bine Bonnets, wlore B shipped bis table from Windsor, lo a ilni-ss today H racing.
