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EASILY WON STAKE RACES Boniface Wins the Connaught Cup CupWithout Without iVIuch Trouble i iBaby Baby Grand First in the Victoria VictoriaStakes Stakes and Ostara in the theMaple Maple Leaf TORONTO Ontario May 27 Commander J K L Ross good racer Honifaco made amends for his defeat in tho TVirouto Cup by coming back this afternoon and winning the Connaught Cup Handi ¬ cap a dash of a mile mil a sixteenth He car ¬ ried the steadying impost if 134 jxiunds overcame much interference in the any running where he was crowded back for 1 st but one in a field of nine then closed ii rapidly on the back stretch rnd finally won wonTho Tho popular Hoss colors were carried to victory in another stake race when his recent purchase Haby Grand won the Victoria Stakes with 3000 added for twoyearolds at fiveeighths Haby Grands victory was an easy one He made all the pace and beat Auntie Mjy in a canter The other feature race the Maple Leaf Stakes went to the Giddings stable whose Ostara won under restraint Like Honiface Ostara closed an im ¬ mense gap coining from the rear to win as her Hacing conditions were perfect and the attendance was up to the high standard of the previous days which goes to show that racing is highly popular with tht Canadians CanadiansTli Tli TlivW vW imlgiir jJtake closed JtftilWjand filIediX optionally well Irish Kiss and Hondajro Avhicli ran onetwo in the Toronto Cup are among those listed to compote for the rich prizes at AVindsor H F Whitneys plater Hrynhild bled In his race yesterday and was excused from starting in the first nice today Jockey Saude remained over to ride Honiface and Haby Grand the entries of his contract employer in the Comiaught Cup and the Victoria Stakes StakesFred Fred Schelke will ship the horses of Commander IIoss from here to Montreal to participate in the two meetings of the Canadian Racing Associations lit Dorval Park and Hhie Honncts HonnctsSheridan Sheridan Clark will IK here tomorrow to complete arrangements for the convenience of those who wish tj ship from hero to Dorval Park It is planned to rim a train of twelve horse cars from here iu iii express train with a day coach and sleeper at ¬ tached Nearly all the cars required to make up this train havo been gathered here by the railroad officials and from the present outlook there will be no repetition of the difficulty encountered in shipping here for the Woodbine Park meeting meetingJ J F Kelly lias taken over the book of jockey J Pierce and will make his mounts for the ro iraiudcr of the Canadian Racing Associations meet ¬ ings ingsW W R Norvell was an arrival today from Halti ni tre Jockey J Melntyre also arrived from the Maryland metropolis metropolisJudge Judge Joseph A Murphy is expected to arrive here tomorrow Ho will be in the stand at the Tloriicliffe meeting which op MS Monday MondayJohn John Walters has decided to send a division of the George M Heiidcie stable from here to Ham ¬ ilton where they will be rested until the opening of that meeting meetingHaby Haby Grand the Granite Habe colt sported Commander J 1C L Hoss colos for the first time when he went to the post in the Victoria Stakes Mr Loueheim the former owner of the colt came up from Philadelphia for a few days recreation before returning to his home Tonight he stated that the transfer of Haby Grand entailed an outlay if 23000 for his new owner lie turned down a flattering offer this afternoon for the Hook ton stallion Granite the sire of Haby Grand and Tonite ToniteCyrus Cyrus Field Clark who developed Haby Grand for Mr Ixiicheim claims that later on in the year Tenitii will be able to hold her own with anything of her age
