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rmVR CAKE ASSERTS HER SUPERIORITY. Wins Chateau Lanrior Handicap Conceding- Weight to All Her Opponents — Establishes New Record. Ottawa. Out.. June 23.— Fruit Cake, the best filly that Dick Wettes ever sired, showed another sterling performance at Connaught Park this afternoon when she won the Chateau I.aurii r Handicap, a dash of a mile and sixteenth, in which she beat some of I In- beat horses racing bete. She conceded lassps of weight to everything in the race ami. nft-r sprinting into a commanding lead the fi-s eighth, was rated aader slight restraint the resaaiadcr of tin trip. Incidentally Pratt Cake hung up a new track record when she took two and two fifths seconds off the previous mark for th" distance. While at the post Banes was kicked inside the forearm of the oil foreleg mid came out of the race very lame. The Chilean I.auiier Hotel Handicap was derided far the faerth lime today and its brief history is M re shown: Tear. Winner. ..wt. fockey. Val. Time. I-Mi PoBy II 3 112 .1. Callahan $ 020 1:44% !!i: Fountain .5 104 3. ■ Pay. Snuth... 740 1 I ■-1910 All Smiles ....I112W. Wartoa 870 1:4S% 1917 Fruit Cake 112 D. Sterling. 919 1:45% Klin at 1 mile in 191 I. Young .1. W. Ibalcy, who returns to New York with the jasapera and flit racers that William Uartb left here in bis charge, famished the winner of the steeplechase in Bhoaab, which beat New Haven a scant half 1 ngth in a driving finish. lark rode a good race on the winner, avoiding the early pace and having something lift at the end. when New Haven began to weaken. Mortimer Malum, y. superintendent of the mated department at Connaught Park, was presented by the Canadian employes with a hands-. me pin as a token of their est. ■em. Mr. Mala aey is one of tin- most popular of the American sfficiala on Cue circuit. Iron Cro-s II. s Race of Friday Investigated. The st; wards saeoeaced today that they had suspended jockey Mink for what they considered a bad ride on Iron Cross II. in Hie race in which he flaiahed ecciai to Priaeills Mullens, since his transfer to the Captain Press stable, Iron Cross II. appears to have gone back, at all events he has never shown the form he did at Toronto, when in charge of Mr. West. The BMttet will be taken under investigation and it may be that Mink will be found to be blameless lor the poor showing oi" he colt. James Arthur left for Hamilton last night, to give the good Hire, -year-old Bondage his final trial for the Hamilton Derby. Hart Dereham remained over to look after the shipment of the Arthur horses, which Will leave here tomorow night. J. LsOBSdea has purchased from the Irish Bleed sioek Agency a well bred two year-old filly by Tredeaala laaoceace. W. A. Burt Mith-ll shins a division of his stibl" from here to Montnal to be raced at Mount RoyaL lie will SHO race a couple of horses at Hamilton and then ship his entire atrlag to Cran.l Bapids. Mich. Jockey Di.minick came ovr foam Montreal to ride tin- two-year-old Beastor Br Mleriek in he firsl race, but the stewards refused to grant the boy ;; t mporary license for he reason that it was the lo,:eg day of the meeting. I Win 11 Qeeed fell fa] yesterdays steeplechase. j Welsh King jumped on him and the horse suffered I iajariea s rioas enough to warrant the stewards to excuse him frim starting this afternoon. i Most of the jumpers racing bore will be shipped I to New York. I James Milton has been engaged to do the start-1 lag at bath King Edward Park an-1 the seat Thorn 1 oliffo Park track, now under course of construction at Toronto. I
