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GOOD RACING AT DUFFERIN PARK. Toronto, Out., August 5. A card of nine races served to draw the largest crowd of the meeting, close to 5,000 being at Dutferin Park this afternoon. The weather was intensely hot and the track was fast. The majority of the winners were under hard drives to win by small margins. This was especially so in the cases of Jessup Burn, Jeanuette, Eddie Mott and Luther. The last named just got up to beat Lily Orme by a head in the closing strides of the sixtli race, after which lie was claimed by J. Keynon for 45. The fourth race was productive of a rousing finish, the placed horses finishing heads apart. Lady Spirituelle scored her second victory of the meeting, when she got up to beat James Dockery by a half length in the fifth. Jeanuette, well supported at 10 to 1, won the third, the first two-year-old race of the meeting, after a stirring stretch struggle with Jim Hutch. The victories of Coppertown and Civil Lass were somewhat unexpected. Jockey R. Ryan was suspended for two days by the starter for disobedience at the post, but will be allowed to fill his engagements for Monday. For rough riding on Curious in the seventh race, jockey R. Lowe was suspended for the remainder of the meeting and expelled from the grounds. Commencing today and continuing during the remainder of the meeting, the clause "the winner to be sold at auction" will be eliminated and all. horses including the winner, are subject to claim for the entered price and the value of the purse to the winner. A carload of horses arrived this morning from Reno and one from Fort Erie. In the latter were the horses trained by C. Hugan. The apprentice jockey M. Mountain has severed his connection with the stable trained by Janies Arthur and accompanied the Hagan stable here. Among the visitors were Martin Nathanson and Hart Dernham. The latter was here in the interests of the five-days meeting to be held at Timoni-um in Maryland, September 5 to 9. Thomas Sheen has disposed of his interest in the horses Ortyx and Odd Cross to Cecil Knight.
