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THORNCLIFFES BEST RACING Largest Crowd of Meeting Entertained by Thrilling Finishes Ringer Unearthed ° UC 1 Aft ° r bchlB nealL 1 I lesthoff Ilesthoff M rr while rounding the stretch turn J Far rells Mock Orange came again and in a driving finish annexed the handicap the feature attraction at Thorncllffc Park this afternoon It was only in the closing strides that Mock Orange succeeded in nosing out the Moore reiiesentative and provided one of the biggest upsets of the meeting meetingClose Close and exciting finishes marked the racing today which was the best of the meeting John lloslor Toy Miss and Benevolent scored by nairow margins after grueling stretch drives The condi ¬ tions were favorable and the attendance the larg ¬ est of the meeting Only one favorite was success ¬ ful Gallant Groom he taking the opening dash for Canadianbred horses in a romp rompWilliam William lied Walker has been in ill health for some time and announced today that he will sell at auction here on Saturday before the races all of his horses in training with the exception of Chow and Water Willow WillowJockey Jockey J Williams today received an offer of 15000 for the remainder of the year to ride for S C Hihlreth Williams will accept the offer and leave for New York at the conclusion of the meeting meetingJockey Jockey Morris has been suspended for two days for riding J McTaggart close in the fifth race raceThe The stewards have unearthed an attempt at ring ¬ ing Monday a horse was entered under the name of Moonlighter by Yankee Uapine The steward ordered him scratched for lack of identification They have established beyond question that the horse is not Moonlighter and have taken possession of the horse and also of the mare Ogden Girl in the same stable The horse Moonlighter was en ¬ tered in the name of a negro named G Wilson who claimed to have bought the horse at Tiajuana The stewards have information that this mans proper name is George II Faulkner The horse ran at Wheeling and finished second The horse was alsr at Latonia last spring A full investigation is under way The stewards have established by competent horsemen that the horse is Golden Glow that was dyed and shipped to Maryland last fall to run as a ringer The stewards wish to warn other tracks that a brown mare worked a quarter in 23J at Thorncliffe Sunday and has been shipped away Her identity is not known
