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TORONTO HUNT CLUB FALL MEETING Subscription Blanks for Open Autumn Steeplechase Sent Out Canadas Racing Future BY FRANCIS NELSON NELSONTORONTO TORONTO Ont August 14 The Toronto Hunt Club has sent out subscription blanks for an open steeplechase to be run at the Hunts fall meeting over the new Eglinton avenue course of the club Entry is not confined to members in this event ami subscription may be disposed of by the holders up to one week prior to the running of the race when owrieA and horses are to be named The race is a handicap and the course About two miles and a half lhe subscription is 10 and the starting fee a similtir amount The Ijst closes with secretary Frank Proctor on September 1 and about twenty subscriptions have already been taken takenQuke Quke apart from the propriety of meeting the wishes of constituted authority in the matter the course of the Canadian Racing Associations in de ¬ ciding not to consider the resumption of racing this yoar lias several tilings to commend it It will serve to indicate to some extent the distinction be ¬ tween the legitimate racing clubs and the ephemeral organizations that simply take advantage of loose political conditions to make hay while the sun shines for them that have no permanent status and no recognition from the general governing bodies of the turf either at home or abroad abroadIn In addition the official arrival of peace is not possible until a time at which no fitting program of racing could be given in Canada Horses aplenty of a certain grade could be had even for winter racing but it has been the aim of the Canadian Racing Associations courses to present the best in training not merely to have a number in a contest F r the accomrHshment of this purpose ricli purses are necessary and for the autumn season engage ¬ ments are long ago made with a view to competi ¬ tion for the generous offerings in Maryland and Kentucky the rewards for success being far greater in th se states than on the courses about New York YorkGOOD GOOD ONES ONLY ARE WANTED WANTEDThis This will go far to reconcile to their disappoint ¬ ment many racegoers who had expected to enjoy their favorite sport some time this year If they cant see the good ones they are not interested in the relative merits of those of no particular class classThe The purchase of the Devonshire race course at AAindsor by the Thoroughbred Horse Association which has gone so far that an option has been taken would be a curious finish to the illstarred decision of the Canadian branch of the association to race at the opening meeting at that track when by fol ¬ lowing different counsel the track would probabjyt have gone out of existence in a short time Just at present the purchase of any racing property in Can ¬ ada however cheap involves a large element of risk The Thoroughbred Horse Association in its present action is following the line along which it proceeded in Kentucky and in Maryland to the end that the racing properties should come into the hands of local ownership that thought more of the racing than of the opportunity of getting rich quickly quicklyIt It does not itself assume any such relation to the tracks with which ft deals but is simply the finan ¬ cial bridge over which the passage from an undesir ¬ able to a desirable condition of affairs is made The extinction of Devonshire as a racing property might Iven be considered as a more beneficial end than its continued use The thing to be thankful for is that if the Thoroughbred Horse Association plan goes through Devonshire will be utilized for the benefit of racing in general not for its injury
