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RECORDS OF THE KINGS PLATERS. Toronto. Int.. March 22. The racing experience of the sixteen horses in this years Kings Plate covers 1115 starts last year and 2d the previous season. Tin- altered conditions, allowing two-year old winners to run for the Guineas where formerly tiny were barred, added greatly to the opportunities of Canadian breeders, and last leasou the platers of this year earned a total of 2,717. The following table- shows what they did under colors during the season of 1915, thirteen of the sixteen then starting for tie- first time: Horse. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won. Armlne 12 3 9 0 p ,005 Sweet Colleen 7 4 0 1 2 2.757 GOOd Shot Id 3 1 1 • 1.470 Mandarin 4 2 1 0 1 1.415 Old Pop 13 2 2 0 9 710 caia Day 0 l o :; 2 605 Deh riven 2 1 0 1 0 5111 McBride 8 1 1 1 •" »-"• Thorncliffe 8 o 2 3 3 MM Last Spark 13 I 3 1 9 27 i Shrovetieh- 9 O I 2 7 MO Offertory s o n I 7 50 Johnnie Austin ... 3 t» o 0 3 F. !.. Gaiety i o o i o John Peel 1 i « • 1 Gala Wats* 1 ■ • 0 1 Totals 106 17 19 II 55 .512.717 Of the five four year-olds in the Plate three- arc maidens. Neither Johnny Austin nor Offertory ran in 1911. but Shrovetide tried fi - times and was al-ways out of the money. Last Spark won e of his nine two -year old efforts and was unplaced in all the others. John Peels record was much the same. He wen once in twelve starts, was third twice and iliiplaci d nine-times.
