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GREAT CROWD AT OTTAWA - . Elite of Dominjon Capital Pays Homage to King Horse Kings Champion First in Feature Race. OTTAWA, Out., September 4. The largest gathering of the current meeting, and one of the largest in the history of the Connaught Park Jockey Club, was present this afternoon for the running of the fifth days program of the autumn meeting. The fields were well filled and sharp" racing resulted, with the Connaught Park Autumn Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth, for three-year-olds and over, and the Woodbine Piirse at the same distance, for Canadian-bred of the same age and division, as the features. The spacious lawn of the beautiful park was filled to capacity and the clubhouse section swarmed with the elite of the Dominion Capital. Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambassador to the United States, and Lord Richard Neville, were again in attendance. Kings Champion, J. MacManus shifty thrce-year-old Uncle Continental colt, came from behind in the last sixteenth to win the Connaught Park Autumn Handicap from Flibbertygibbet and Vive McGee, thus avenging a defeat handed him earlier in the meeting by Flibbertygibbet. Unlike in his unsuccessful effort Kings Champion was better by a good ride. Jockey Walls rated him close to the leaders until straightening out, when he brought him up on the outside and won going away by a half length. Captain B. scored his second victory for the meeting in leading the others home in the nice for Canadian-bred horses. Hustled away by jockey Romanelli, the Giddings color-bearer made all the pace and, shaken up in the stretch after a breathing spell. Captain B. held safe the fast closing Flame. Fair and Warmer accounted for the third portion of the purse. The most exciting steeplechase of the summer inaugurated the card. The contest from start to finish went to Melos, with. Jim O. and Decathlon closely grouped at the end. The aged Melos paid the longest price of the year for a jumping race. Starter J. Milton and his crew leave for Havre de Grace Tuesday night. Assistant starter E. Welter will, be atthc, .Maryland, course Friday morning ,toi KCliooVhorses.- Wi Walker shipped his horses from hero to Toronto to rest lor the meeting at Woodbine Park. II. Giddings has disposed of Ostara at private sale. W. L. Olivers aged Kewessa, which won a race earlier in the week, has fallen lame again and will be retired from racing. IMPROVEMENTS AT BLUE BONNETS. Many improvements .have been made in the Blue Bonnets mutuels department. Straight, place and show betting will bo employed at the next meeting instead of the French system, which was in vogue there at the first meeting of the year. Increased facilities for parking aiitos is another detail that has received attention sljiee the spring meeting. J. W. Pangle will be among the first to ship from here to Blue Bonnets. A. Bulcrofts King Plate candidate, Mayante, broke a bone in liis fetlock while working and will be withdrawn from the vie. The Glen Iver Stable, in charge of Eugene Lcv-ereda and Woods Garth, Jr., has arrived at Blue Bonnets from Saratoga. Patrol judge William Martin will guide a party of horsemen fishing up the Gatineau River Sunday. Sam Spencer leaves here for Havre de Grace with a staff of inutuel clerks Tuesday night. A large delegation arrived from Montreal today to witness the" racing, including W. Northey, secretary of the Montreal Jockey Club. The horses belonging to H. Giddings, T. Hodge and the Pelican stable will be shipped from here to Montreal Monday night. J. G. Wagnon, trainer of the Fclican stable, leaves for New York tonight to confer with W. II. Rnwe. owner of the string. His excellency, the Duke of Devonshire, Governor-General of Canada, was expected to visit the course this afternoon, but iostponed his call until Monday. Jockey Myers has severed his connection with the E. T. Zollicoffer stable since the recovery of Thurber. Myers will finish out the season on the Canadian circuit as a free lance and will go to Maryland in the fall. W. Walker claimed Cork out of the last race Friday for ,300. He was represented in the race by Thos. F. McMahon. The races offered for Labor Day have filled exceptionally well and give prospects of some close contests for the holiday.
