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OFFDAY CARD AT WOODBINE Howard Oots Saddles His First Steeplechase Winner J K L Ross Registrar Repeats TORONTO Out May 27 The card which was offered at the Woodbine Park this afternoon was devoid of a carded feature and brought together horses of the selling plater class Two steeplechases were offered and the running of the second one witnessed the graduation of trainer Howard Octs to the ranks of successful steeplechase trainers when Kingstown Pier was returned an easy win ¬ ner over Algardi and Robert Oliver This was Mr Oots first try at the races through the field having recently taken over the winner for James Heffering HefferingThe The running of the Rutland Plato a dash of fiveeighths of a mile fashioned fortwojearolds brought together a well balanced field and was won by J II Louchheims speedy Ogarite with Qiiick Run and Fannie Bean second and third re ¬ spectively This marked the first winner of the meeting for the Philadelphia sportsman sportsmanThe The running of the opening dash of the day at threequarters of a mile witnessed J K L Ross Registrar repeating over Some Baby and Citizen and was productive of a spirited finish finishWeather Weather conditions were of the ideal order and a large crowd journeyed to the course to witness the running of the card The track was in better condition than any day since the opening and the majority of the winners were well supported supportedJoseph Joseph McLennan reports that special trains com ¬ prising seventeen express cars will leave for Mont ¬ real to take part in the racing at that ixiint ixiintJ J G Gorman today sold the mare Martha Collins by Kingship Calumny to Seagram Stable Mr Seagram will retire her to the slud at Waterloo Mr German purchased from Mr Seagram the two yoarOMl ianailiiuurcu Jieumiimi JieumiimiAn An attack of sickness which developed In the Thorncliffe Stable forced trainer J Colenipn to cancel the stable reservations at Bine Bonnets BonnetsSecretary Secretary Louis Angevine of the Montreal Jockey Club departed for that point last evening with the largest list of stall applications for the meeting that has been reserved for some time timeGeorge George Elliott yesterday at private terms pur ¬ chased from P Leydecker the horse Flying Frog which will be schooled for steeplechasing steeplechasingJockey Jockey J Williams was forced to cancel his mounts in todays races because of a slight illness illnessRay Ray o Light cut himself badly on the chest when he fell at one of the obstacles in yesterdays stee ¬ plechase race He inflicted a deep gash between his forelegs and will be on the shelf for some time timeT T J Donohue yesterday asked by wireless of Mrs V Ambrose Clark who is en route to Eng ¬ land for permission to ship the stable to Montreal to engage in the meeting there thereH H Giddings Jr will ship the GiddingsBrenuer horses to Blue Bonnets on Sunday SundayDick Dick Watts was yesterday notified that he was in good standing having been reinstated by the stewards at the recent Havana meeting meetingG G I Bryan Jr of Baltimore was an arrival yesterday to supervise the coming meeting at Thorn cliffe Park Trainer Bringloe has decided to send three of the Seagram horses to Montreal in charge of B L Cole namely Crown of Gold Sweet Bouquet and Myrtle Crown Jockey Lancaster will accompany the stable The remainder of the stable is rapidly recovering from the effects of the recent coughing spoil and will be shipped to Ottawa
