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CONNAUGHT PARK RAGING Louis Wins Capital City Purse in Sensational Finish Steeplechase Full of Thrills OTTAWA Out June 16 In a close and sen ¬ sational finish W L Stanficlds Ixiuis was re ¬ turned the winner of the Capital City Parse which was offered as the feature attraction at Connaught Park today The race was for fouryearolds and over and six faced the starter with Chasseur commanding most attention in a speculative way Louis was outrun in the first part but closed with a rush on the outside getting up in the final strides to win by a short neck while Madge F had but a head advantage over Chasseur The latter set a fast pace but tired with victory in sight The time for the race equaled the old track record established by Duke Ruff 145 145Another Another large crowd journeyed to the course to witness the running of the usual card of seven races and although the public had a tough time in selecting the winners the sport was interest ¬ ing and spirited furnishing splendid entertainment if not monetary gains gainsThe The J K L Ross stable uncovered another promising twoyearold when Truro a on of Jim Gaffney Alice Dudley came from behind to win the opening dash from a fair band of maid ¬ ens He was ridden by Clavcr got away slowly and was forced to work his way up on the outside but stood a drive in convincing manner mannerThe The running of the steeplechase event furnished the usual quota of thrills and fortunately all escaped injury Redstart fell at the clubhouse jump Great Scott and Kingozi falling over him forming a nasty tangle James A Sheridan fell going to the twelfth fence when he was in a con ¬ tending position positionW W L Saunders of South Carolina was a visitor this afternoon marking his first appearance here in twenty years Mr Saunders is interested in the ownership of Wood Violet and others that race under the colors of J B Dahlgren DahlgrenThe The Hon N A Belcourt president of the Con naught Park Jockey Club announced that the local club would lodge a protest with the department of agriculture in reference to the takeoff on the mutucl pools This protest will follow up that lodged by J 1C L Ross as president of the Mont ¬ real Jockey Club Under the present workings of the law the local club Montreal and Dorval are heavily handicapped There was a clash between the provincial and dominion authorities at Mont ¬ real in reference to the enforcement or interpreta ¬ tion of the law lawJack Jack Straw for which there was extensive back ¬ ing in the Tuxth race rewarded his backers much more handsomely in the place than he did straight This was due to the fact that an out ¬ sider Tom Logan finished second paying 7125 for the usual twodollar investment investmentWhite White Crown while being schooled through the field yesterday cut a tendon and will be oil the shelf for some time timeAmong Among the arrivals from Toronto this morning were B C Chapman and C Reed ReedW W L Drake who shipped in a carload of horses was forced to continue ills journey to Fort Erie being unable to secure stalls here hereH H Ncustettcr arrived from Montreal with ten head and secured accommodations on the outside outsideAdvices Advices received from Windsor state that con ¬ crete has been poured in new reading to the Devon ¬ shire track trackThe The race framed for Canadianbreds tomorrow failed to fill and a dash of threequarters was sub ¬ stituted stitutedCharles Charles Foy was an arrival from England and took out a jockeys license Mr Foy rode for the King of England and the King of Spain winning the Eclipse Stakes with Hapsburg Among the European countries that he rode in with success are Italy Belgium France England Ireland and Scot ¬ land landLouis Louis Williams was an arrival with a small string and will race out the season on the Canadian circuit circuitThirtysix Thirtysix horses were thrown out of the fifth race on tomorrows card and placed on the preferred list listWhile While at the post yesterday Comment was badly kicked by Mr Brummcl and came out of the race blightly lame Owner J Thornby has decided to rest Mm UP and will return Mm to Empire City
