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RUNES VICTOR IN THE TORONTO CUP. Greater Crowd Than On the Opening Day Views the Victoria Day Racing Toronto, Out.. May 24. — Victoria -day brought out a record-breaking crowd at Woodbine this afternoon. The attendance exceeded by far that of the o|icning day, when 12.000 were present. There was a decided improvement in racing conditions. It was a perfect spring day and the track was in splendid condition. The club furnished a high class program for the occasion, with the Toronto Cup of So. 000 added, the Coronation stakes of .-500 added and the Helter Skelter Steeplechase as the features. The Toronto Cup furnished a strirring contest, in which Runes beat Cncle Pryn by a head after a long and hard stretch drive. The speedy Kewessa set a fast pace in the early running, but Runes was thoroughly fit and had speed enough left to outstay Cncle Pryn after shaking Kewessa off on the stretch turn. Cncle Pryn ran a remarkable race. He began slowly and was forced to race wide all the way and covered much more ground than the winner." The Mirasol stable had previously won witli Plue Fox in the second race. I.. W. Girths Stucco won the Helter Skelter Steeplechase, while the Seagram stable gathered another stake when Gold Galore won the Coronation Stakes. Galley Head, which ran coupled with Gold Galore as the Seagram entry, finished third. apt. W. J. Press, o.vncr of the three-year-old filly Gentlewoman, has decided to mate her next year to Anmcr the horse that King ieorge sent to Canada last fall. Gentlewoman is a well-bred filly by Sain out of that good producing dam. Homespun. Secretary Joseph Martin of the Niagara Racing Association, was a visitor this afternoon. He reports that the track at Fort Erie is in better condition than ever and that the prospects for a brilliant meeting are excei dingly bright. A meeting of the stewards of the Canadian Racing Associations will be held at V lbine tomorrow. William Northey. secretary of the Montreal Jockey Club, came down to allot stalls to some of the horsemen. Mr. Northey received word from Paltimore that S. Leaai, C. N. Freeman and Fred Maaaaaa would ship from there to Montreal next week. Fred Foster will bring his string up from Jamaica and Ieorge R. Scnu will ship from Lexington. The three-year-old Prohibition, which James Arthur brought to Canada, is going soundly again and will lie reaily for the races at Plue Ponnets.
