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OPENING DAY AT OTTAWA Second and Final Meeting of Year at Con-naught Park Begins Today With Excellent Program. OTTAWA, Ont., August 31. The stage is set for the opening .tomorrow of the second meeting of the j year under "tho auspices of the Connauglit Park Jockey Club. The Queen City Purse at a mile, I and the Autumn Purse at three-quarters, both for three-year-olds and over, will feature tho opening program. Entries for the inaugural card filled well and early insuring whole-hearted co-operation of the horsemen in filling the attractive races scheduled for the seven days of racing. A six-car special run from Windsor arrived here this morning bringing about seventy-five horses, including the Canadian division of the J. IC. L. Ross establishment in care of Fred Schelke. A large number of horses have been stabled here at Connauglit Park for the last week or more. Included in this number are those of H. Tullett, J. Hope, T. Hodge, J. W. Pangle, C. A. Crew, D. Raymond, W. H. Cissna, J. Phillips, G. Foley, L. Marion, K. T. Zollicoffer and M. Gorman. The mutuel department has been altered somewhat since the first meeting. The principal improvement made was the -straightening out of the cashiers windows, part of which formerly were built at right angles to the others. This feature will relieve much of the congestion. Sam Spencer will supervise the plant and will have as his first assistant Dave Heisman. Joseph McLennan, J. R. Campbell and Larry ORrien were arrivals from Windsor this morning. Steeplechase jockey E. Landry suffered a broken leg this morning when the horse he was schooling bolted into the wing of a jump.
