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SUCCESSFUL NEW REGIME AT D0RVAL. Francis Nelson writes in the Toronto Globe as follows concerning the new regime at Dorval: "The success of the meeting has been a matter of general congratulation. Dorval is looked on as the French-Canadian track, and though its support is drawn from all classes of the community, it finds its financial backing and maintenance among French-speaking sportsmen. Though the new manager, Capt. W. Frederick Presgrave, is best known among horsemen as a Marylander. he is Caiiiidiau-boru and a Quebec province-bred, whose earliest tongue and associations were those of the chief supporters of Dorval. His taking hold of Dorval was, therefore, a happy circumstance in more than one respect, and what he has done with brief opportunities demonstrates in the most positive fashion that there is a place in the sun and a prosperous future for Dorval. One incident of Tuesday was typical of the new regime. Only three horses accepted in the handicap at a mile and seventy yards, but the race was run, and the owners who were willing to send their horses were given a chance to battle for the purse. There are places at which a three-horse race would have been declared off. and the horse owner now knows that the right principle prevails at Dorval."
