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LAST DAY AT D0RVAL PARK THIS YEAR. Water Lily Wins the Most Interesting Race of the Day — Track Notes. Montreal, one . September 17. — The closing day of the Dorval Park Jockey Clubs fall meeting : brought out one of ils large-: crowd-. Ideal conditions prevailed and spirited racing was the order. Starlet- Dade adopted the walk up system with i splendid success, the starts being prompt and good. The feature race, a three ipiarters selling handicap, ■ went to Water Lily, which came from behind and Won easily. She was raised 8300 over her entered 1 prii-c and vva- retained. A stringer did the bidding. • The meeting iu-t closed was probably the mosi succ, -si id ever Inld at Dorval. The average at tendance was larger than ever before and the volume of speculation exceeded the expectations 1 of the management. The raciag was wholesome J and clean and the finishes, in a majority of the races, surprisingly close. Rose Water was claimed by J. J. Russell after r sin- finished second to Col. Culelius in the lir-t * race, sin- cast her now owner si.noo. .1. While, a local man. purchased the Canadian horse Qartley from G. Ooraell after ha waa beaten 1 in I he second race. Reports from the Royal Victoria hospital are that Jockeys Schawl* rhora aad Louaaa are getttag along wll. Sill i II Ml li lli will be up and about again in a 1 couple of days and the X raj -bowed that Louaas itrofcea leg is knitting favorably. w. II. Iizer tiii- Morning disposed of Kathleen i S. to L. Denoie-. who will put the antra in the stud. Sheridan Clark, who has acted a- racing Secretary at -vera I of the meetings up here this summer, including the track at Ottawa, will leave for hi-hoiue in New York tomorrow. Starter Dade. Jadge Murphy, ladga Nelson ami Joseph Mel eaaaa will 1 leave for Toronto tonight. Bight carloads of horses left for Toronto at the lu-ioi; of todays races. In the consignment i ajjjy , do horses owned by W. L. Oliver. V. I». "*l»eed. C. B. Campbell, J. Bernard, apt w. I". Pus-rave J. Ilemlrix, J. Raymond, B. Glassco, G. • Cornell. .1. C. Hansen, •;. Allen. P. J. Miles. A Hunt W. H- FTey, W. C. Courtney. A. C. Niehaiis. c. I. Wilson. T. -I. Klwar.l. A. A. Gregg and K. .1. : Kelly. The Ainh r-oii lai r ine -table wil be shipped 1 to NVo.ilhinc tomorrow.
