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MANY CLOSE FINISHES AT D0RVAL PARK. Small Margins Decide Results Over a Heavy Track Thornhill Wins the Main Race. Montreal. Que., September 13. The races at Dorval Park this afternoon were run over a deep and heavy track. It was the first opportunity that tin; mud runners have had in some time. Despite the change in the going, there were but few withdrawals and keen contests resulted. Several of the finishes found the winners home by the smallest of margins and some of them were so close that it. was impossible to tell which had won until the official placing was displayed. This was particularly so in the feature race of the afternoon, a three-quarters handicap, in which four of the six starters passed the judges in a compact bunch. The race was given to Thornhill, which came from last place to get up in the closing stride and snatch victory from Back Bay. The latter might have Avon had Robinson got busy just a trifle sooner. The promising apprentice rider L. Lykes was again in the limelight. His finish on Shaban was a first-class effort and, in the final drive, lie clearly outrode the more experienced Disunion. In the third race Lykes landed the outsider Palson second, beaten a head by Stonington, and in the fourth race he outrode Obert and beat Prince Ilermis by a head with Tiajan. T. Meade, who is here with the Blanche Ring Company, announced that he contemplates returning to the saddle next season. Meade can ride as light as he did when he was premier jockey for Capt. S. S. Brown. He has been offered an engagement by a well-known Canadian. The finishes during the afternoon were particularly close. Shaban. Thornhill, Copper King and Jack Reeves won their races by noses, while Stonington beat Paulson a head in his race and Honey Shuck wou her race by a scant half length. T. .1. Bird disposed of the two-year-old Highway this morning to N. K. Beal. The latter will make a jumper of her. The mutuel machines at Dorval were re-arranged this morning. The machines of the same denionhia-tion were grouped together and this was found to effect a saving of time for a majority of the bettors. W. Stormont claimed the plater Volant from G. A. Alexandra after he won the sixth race yesterday. The officials for the Devonshire Park mooting were announced this morning. They will be as follows: Martin Nathanson and W. J. Morrison, stewards; Sheridan Clark, presiding judge, and William Murray starter. Mr. Nuthanson will also act as racing secretary. Several stables will leavo for Toronto within the next few days. W. Stormont will ship his string to Woodbine on Sunday. Lew Marions horses leave in the same car. Edward Moore will send Arriet and others in his stable over on Saturday night. Jockey F. Robinson will remain here until the close of the meeting, as will al30 L. Lykes. The latter is in a class by himself among the apprentices and is rapidly gaining a large following. Owing to the heavy rain this afternoon Barry Littlefleld decided to wait until tomorrow before shipping the Seagram horses to Toronto.
