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COMAUandHT PARK OPENING LARGE ASSEMBLAGE GATHERS TO VIEW THE RETURN OF RACING TO OTTAWA. Grumpy Defeats King Neptune in a Closely Contested finish Behaven Wins for Mr. Seagram Willium Garth to Sell His Yearlings. Ottawa. Out.. August 20. The autumn meeting r the onuaiight Park Jockey Club bids fair to 7i!!!i.Jir s,,rl;s the spring meeting, which was the best ever held at this new course. Todays -it-temlanco. despite disagreeable weather, was large and speculation was keen. ti,ell!iJf"aV!M Rl,, t,u ra,ito1 Cit P,,rse- f""u V ms,Vpart passing the winning Ji ark. rl- with -;ti Grumpy having the advantage over King -Neptune. It was tin; hitters first appearance it a long tune and he ran a good race. King Vent me appeared fully 100 pounds heavier than at any t me tX"f 3"".J" ""questionably ro nde.l hTck into the form lie displayed last year when he wis todavs"r.,ee V, ,0St tw-ar-olds in"tr m l..,,w.J-,h,r,?c V,bmso reserved him behind " the "lA"1 S-hf "1S m0V-e.I,t! Went m tsWe 1 h"Ish he was gaining ;..-;V on Grnmnv with every stride and in another jumn nVst thi run ,,wI1,Tert in front- e in 1 3 mueht f",r - Cl wns tt ,lew reeHr fr Con- 10 lreviiis "-irk being 1:41. Wnt, v Joseph L. Seagram furnished the winner nf he K,B?.,IV1 t,Ce M? entlre attention to ;"- , kx"1; he is training for Messrs. Parr nn.l !",!." " """-"A c.,S Racing Secretary Sheridan Clark has alrendr received a number of applications for stab in- ft Dorval from the horsemen racing here. lie reports Jockeys L McAtee. AV. Collins and A Collinq nV,Xar.rlval8 fro,n sta- The firs two t under the management of T. J Bird, while A Collins interests will be looked after bv It T SnKr,wm10 tH e-TI,octe,l liere tomorrow from Saratoga with two horses. A. Collins recentlv Purchased the contract that W. J. Spiers held "n .;Tf J- IUrV ilrrve1 fro"i Khie Bonnets vesterday with several horses belonging to Lieut j K L Ross and Capt. W. F Presgrave Several horses here are on the ailing list. Blue JUyA 1C ira.so1 staWo are down with to-or fe.er, while Christie, Fruit Cake and Ail Smiles Is ina i,ad wav" StUble ar aU s!ck- Ar.mt:niBl!S"",er-w,l!J slliPl0 vfrom Saratoga to Montreal, got in with Grumpy and several others. mvtl ?lIahone-v v18 an arrival from Baltimore. IT,, re ..iV r?I,.0Ilts-.eit-"s,Ye improvements being made at all of the Maryland tracks. At Bowie new bleachers have been built, the betting enclosure extended 100 feet, the paddock enclosed with glass on three sides and the track resoiled. At Pimlico the grandstand has been reconstructed, new concrete bleachers been erected, seven or eight new barns built and a naw clubhouse and secretarys building built. The now stables have four sleeping rooms at eacii end on the second floor and a hot water heating plant has been installed m each of them. It is the purpose of the club to provide accommodations for alt win may wish to race at Pimlico. Mr. and .Mrs. W. F. Botson of Buffalo were visi-tors at Connaught Park today. They are motoring through the White mountains and stopped off tc en" joy the afternoon.! sport.
