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CANADIAN THOROUGHBREDS Given Their Chance to Prove Their Worth at Woodbine Aconi an Easy Winner but Recon ¬ naissance Defeats the Odds On Waac Many Claimings TORONTO Ontario May 28 Canndianbrcd horses were given an opportunity of showing their nettle at Woodbine 1jirk tliis iftt nioon The third race the Oateside Ilatu called for maiden threeyearolds and over foaled in Canada and the fifth race tiic Hampton Ilate for twoyearold fillies foaled in the Dnminion Commander 1 K L Ross furnished the winner of the former race in Aconi which won with great cafe from Fair and Warmer while the Itrookdale Stable scored its first victory at the meeting when Reconnaissance 1cat Waac in the Hampton Plate Reconnaissance n racy looking filly ran a food race cantering through the home stretch and wjnning with speed in reserve She is the first of the progeny of the young stallion Heresy to race and is a daughter of that good mare Flying Hes s which was rated as one of the best of her age when racing up here a few years back backFair Fair and Warmer was claimed after she was beaten by True I Taylor for liSO The Messrs Dvinent claimed their own filly Reconnaissance for i7rO and W R Cowie claimed Waac from Ciinniaiider Ross for 17riO 17riOFive Five claims were put in for Kama after the suvjUlirjieuon Thursday and in J Indira wing W Shntli secnnMr flie horse for SlHO This morn ¬ ing he sold it to his former owner W J Mcllliuur ray at an advance of fiWO fiWOFrank Frank Mdiinty has been enaaeetl to do the start ¬ ing nt the Dnfferin Park meeting meetingC C It Heiinessy claimed Britains Ally from Ilnrrv Giddings for S13 S13A A petition has been handed to the judges signed bv a large number of the horsemen racing here asking for the adoption of the Kentucky claiming rule at the tracks operated under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Racing Associations Quite a bit of dissatisfaction has been engendered by the rule in use here hereAnother Another petition is being circulated by William W Walker looking to the alteration of the ap ¬ prentice rule so that the fivepound weight allow ame will be given all apprentice boys on all mounts until one year after they have ridden the first winner 1nder the present arrangement the allowance is in effect for one year on contract mounts but not on outside mounts after fifteen winners have been ridden riddenJhere Jhere will be a meeting of the stewards of the Crnrdian Racing Associations at Woodbine Park tomorrow for the purpose of considering several mMters of importance incident to the current meet ¬ ing Among the cases expected to come up are those of 1 I Crawford and 1 W Graver owner and trainer respectively of the horse Uncle John Graver is reported to have refnseti to bring Uncle Jihn to the paddock recently although he had been denied permission to scratch scratchSteeplechase Steeplechase jockey Archibald is an arrival from Ncw York YorkHcnjamin Hcnjamin Iteach has taken over the books of jockey T Williams and the apprentice II Moore utder contract to I II Loucheim and will make their mounts in the future futureHerman Herman P Conkling came here this morning from ialtimore He will serve as an official at the Tlorncliffe meeting meetingWilliam William Newman owner of the useful twoyear old Mackeluaine is making the Canadian circuit for the first time in years Mr Newman will race at Thorncliffe and then ship to Hamilton to await the opening there thereSilver Silver Dawn and Plymouth Rock have been added to the schooling list
