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RECORD CROWD AT OTTAWA Connaught Park Entertains Its Largest Gath ¬ ering Double for J K L Ross OTTAWA Onr June IS Today marked a record in the attendance for tlie Cunnaught Park course when the largest crowd in the history of the club passed through the turnstiles Ideal weather con ¬ dition prevailed and spirited racing was witnessed witnessedIn In a stirring and spectacular finish in which both came from behind Boniface nosed out Plmlico in the running of the Chateau Laurie Handicap the chiof offering of todays program The race was at the distance of a mile and a sixteenth anil the finish hrought tho crowd to its toes iu a wild fionzy cheering and urging on their favorites Both Boniface and Plmlico were badly outrun in the early stages making their rushes almost simul ¬ taneously Claver brought Boniface through on the inside while Gregory had some trouble in getting clear through the final eighth and would have been returned the winner in another stride strideThe The colors of J 1C L Ross were much in the limelight luring tlie afternoon scoring a double with Diadcma and taking the carded feature with Boniface Claver who had the mounts on tlie pair also rode Fort Bliss to an easy victory making three for him himBencher Bencher the Canadianbred steeplechaser which races for G II Elliott was returned an easy win ¬ ner in the race through the field after Baronet went down at the final fence There might have been a different finish had he not fell This marked the fifth straight victory for Bencher BencherJudging Judging from the prices the talent had a good line on the performers and the winners were backed with rare confidence confidenceTlie Tlie stables of L Meripole H Llngelbach Louis Williams and the Crown Stable will be shipped from here to Fort Eric The jumper James A Sheridan will be sent from here to Hamilton to fulfill en ¬ gagements at that point pointJockey Jockey M Hawaii in the employ of trainer J Fitzsimmons will proceed to Fort Erie and will ride for L Williams WilliamsAllan Allan Rulcrof t has decided to return the jumpers Jini TliorpL1 White Crown and Laurentian to Mont ¬ real All three have been showing lameness after working workingSteeplechase Steeplechase jockey G Archibald was forced to cancel his engagements this afternoon due to the severe shaking up he received yesterday astride Phil T TA A notice has been posted in the secretarys office to the effect that jockey E Atkinson has left his contract employer W Brown without the hitters consent consentII II Unna has decided to send a division of his stable to Quebec while the remainder will proceed to Fort Erie Word was received today that L T Bauer has reserved stalls for the coming meeting at Fort Erie and will ship his whole stable from New York The string includes Tippity Witchet Biff Bang and others othersW W E Westmoreland will ship from here to Hamilton on Monday MondayII II II Lyons a wellknown druggist of Montreal was a visitor today and is in the market for the purchase of a small stable stableAmong Among the new improvements at Fort Erie will be an enlarged and safer paddock removing all danger to patrons from nervous horses horsesJ J G Wagnon departs for New York today after a quick trip to inspect the Canadian division of the Pelican Stable StableFrank Frank Flannerys Chevalier has been gelded and will be on the shelf for some time timeKings Kings Champion came out of his race yesterday witli a bad knee He was hit with a flying stone and suffered a severe bruise which will keep him from racing for some time
