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FINE OPENING AT TORONTO GREVT ASSEMBLAGE VISITS WOODBINE PARK TO VIEW EXCELLENT RACING. . Rancher Captures the Toronto Autumn Cup Easily i and Splutter Wins the Stanley Produce Stakes — Improvements at Hamilton. t i i Toronto, unt.. September 18. — A brilliant as- t Kemblage graced the opening of the Ontario Jot-key | lulls fall meeting this afternoon. Woodbine Paris t Merer looted prettier, both the infield and track 1 proper being in splendid condition. The club pro- g a hied a high -class program for the occasion, the s features betas the Stanley Produce stakes with ] •3.500 added, the Toronto Autumn .up with , mkj 1 added, and the Sefiou Steeplechase. BUM M. llendrio fiirnislied the winner of the Toronto ■ Autuinu up in Rancher, which ran a capital race t and won in easy fashion trass Barnegut. I The Stanley Produce Stakes went to Sir J. S. ] Ilcndl ies Splatter, which made all t lie pace and won easily. Lady Curzon was a close contender • to the oghth post, hut tired in the last sixteenth. Morpeth just managed to heat Cynosure in he i steeplechase. tld Salt fell nt the last fence but j one, while Jim . lost his rider at the sixth. A. R. Loudon, secretary of i he Hamilton .loekcy j luh. was a visitor nt Woodbine this afternoon. Mr. London leaves for Louisville on Monday to in- ] spec t the nmtuel plant at Douglas Park. The work of remodeling the miilnol building at Hamilton lias already began. Boone of the grading work was finished last week and contracts for the stec! ] ■tractate connecting the present betting ring with the grandstand, will In- let to the Canadian Bridge ] C mpany. The mutinl building at Hamilton will he MS fe t loag and there well lie thirty machines used. A top dressing has been placed on the turf Coat at then- and the plant is in splendid order. ] The band of yearlings belonging to sir .7. s. Hendrle and ; ge M. Headrte have beea at the i 11 i til i I ton track for a couple of months. They have lieen broken liy Harry Mi-Daniel and will lie given their linal trial- by Eddie Whyte at the conclusion of the Woodbine Park meeting. Gotlec- ] lively they are said to be the best -looking band of yearlings ever bred in Canada. ! Collectively they are said to be the best look i unhand of yearlingl ever bred in Canada. Henry Shields, former Jockey ami daring recent yearn engaged as a trainer I* Trance, was a visitor l acre today. Among the prominent men in the turf world e trolling on the club lawn were George M. Hcndrie, Mm II. Madigiu. 11. McInt.Mc. A. EL Loudon, i apt. W. F. PTcsgrave, Gwyn Tompkins, ft inn Turney and A. E. Dynient. - Previous to the races this afternooa the stewards tcfl of the Canadian Racing Associations held a meet-™ ing. Jockeys 1". Teahan and V. Dana were given a hearing and the ban was lilted from both beys.
