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LONG DISTANCE RACING AT WOODBINE. f. Toronto. Ont.. September 20. Horsemen are beginning to turn their attention to the Woodbine meeting, scheduled to open here next Saturday afternoon for the usual seveu days. The Ontario Jockey Club offers a rich list of overnight and stake races, and some of the best sport of the season on the Canadian circuit is looked for. As has been the custom at the late fall gatherings at Woodbine, long distance racing will predominate, and horsemen have nominated liberally for these races. At this lime of the year the horses are keyed up to a pitch where they are able to go a long route, and as this form of racing is most popular with the public. Home record-breaking attendance figures may be established at the coming meeting. The Ontario Jockey Club has paid no little attention to cross-country sport, and several races through the field have been scheduled. A steeplechase will be decided every day during the meeting. The stables of J. E. Seagram and Mrs. L. A. Livingston have arrived at Woodbine from Montreal. 1u the presidents stable are some of the smartest two-year-old provinco-breds in training, and possibly the "favorite and winner of the 1917 Kings Plate. Nturdee. Gold Galore, Belle Mahone, Teacup, Galley Head and Gala Dress are all entered in the utakes. and will likely be seen in action against the best of juveniles at the track, as three of them have been nominated for the Grey Stakes at a mile, which was won last vear bv Candle. Trainer Littlefield has also the Kings Plate winner of the year, Mandarin, juid three other smart three-year-olds in Sweet Colleen, Alocto, Gala Day and Gala Water. They will start in the Stanley Produce Stakes and the Dominion Handicap. The Livingston stable is noted for its long-distance runners, and among the horses in charge of trainer Fcakcs is Light Wing, n filly that ran second to Itancher in the two and one-quarter mile race for the Ontario Jockey Club Cup last fall.
