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LIVE GOSSIP FROM THE CANADIAN TURF Francis Nelson Has Been Named Convenor of Com ¬ mittee on After the War Snorts SnortsToronto Toronto Ont September 17 Francis Nelson the wellknown racing official has been named convener of the special committee of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada which will confer with the govern ¬ ment in regard to the proper recognition of sport and the sporting instinct in the plans for national reconstruction after the war warThe The last contingent of Canadian horses for the Maryland fall meetings consists of three shipped from Woodbine last week by trainer George Cornell and which will carry the colors of George W Beard more master of the Toronto Hunt They are the fouryearold Ladder of Light the threeyearold Red Admiral and the twoyearold Carry On Lad ¬ der of Light was second to Springside in this years Kings Plate at Woodbine WoodbineColt Colt foals predominate among this years produce at Harry Giddings Cedar Grove Farm at Oakville and all are by that magnificent individual Hearts of Oak The best looking are from Lady Betz My Honey and Widow Wise The first named two mares are the dams of St Bass and Beehive both of which won the Plate for the Giddings stable Beehive is now a show ring horse and was a big winner at the Rochester and Syracuse shows last week for the Sunny Brook Farm of Maj Kilgour
