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WOODBINE PARK STAKES | Entries for Toronto Cup and Other Rich Fixtures Close May 3 — Fine Money Outlay. TOROXTO, Ont., April 14.— The Ontario Jockey Club has announced the list of stake races to be run at the spring meeting at Woodbine Park, which close for entries May P.. From a monetary standpoint it is the most valuable array of fixtures ever of- I fered in Canada. During the seven days meeting this spring the money offered for flat racing and steeplechasing total the magnificent sum of 19,000. Truly this is a great incentive to encourage horse breeding in Canada. As usual the Toronto Cup heads the list with 0,000 added. This is followed by the Connaught Cup, ,000 added, for Canadian-owned horses ; the King Edward Gold Cup, ,000 added ; William Hendrie Memorial, c ,000 added, for three-year-olds and over, z foaled in Canada ; Woodstock Plate, ,000 c added, for three-year-olds ; Victoria Stakes, i ,000 added, for two-year-olds ; Coronation Stakes, ,000 added, for two-year-olds foaled * in Canada ; Street Railway Steeplechase, ,000 added, two and a half miles ; in all, eight stakes with 5,000 added, ,000 being the lowest value. x There will also be run during the meeting £ handicaps and other events of ,500 and 7 7 ,000. As is the custom at meetings of the Ontario Jockey Club steeplechasing is a 1 strong feature, the Street Railway Steeplechase having ,000 added, with overnight i events of ,000 and .000 ; in all. 6,000 t added for cross-country racing, with ,500 the lowest value of any overnight event. ] The stakes closing on May 3 are as fol- c lows : 1 Toronto Cup handicap, 0,000 added, for f three-year-olds and over. One mile and an i eighth. I The Connaught Cup handicap, ,000 add- 1 ed, a challenge cup presented by Field i Marshall His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught and Her Royal Highness the 1 Duchess of Connaught. A challenge cup, for 1 three-year-olds and over, the bona-fide prop- £ erty of Canadian owners resident in Can- ada. One mile and a sixteenth. c The King Edward Gold Cup handicap, i A challenge cup, value ,500, with ,000 added, for three-year-olds and over. One mile i and a sixteenth. I William Hendrie Memorial handicap, t ,000 added, for three-year-olds and over, t foaled in Canada. One mile. t Woodstock Plate, ,000 added, for three-year-olds. One mile and a sixteenth. Victoria Stakes, ,000 added, for two-year-olds. Five-eighths mile. ] Coronation Stakes, ,000 added, for two- t year-olds, foaled in Canada. Five-eighths i mile. f Street Railway Steeplechase Handicap, t ,000 added, for four-year-olds and over. 1 About two and a half miles. c Five thousand dollars added is the lowest value of any stake and ,500 of any over- i night race during the meeting. There will c also be run handicaps of ,000, ,500 and ,000. A steeplechase will be run each day, with i the Woodbine Steeplechase handicap, .- i 000 added, on Wednesday, May 24. Entrance 1 money in all cases to the winner. s In all races for horses foaled in Canada 1 per cent of the first money will be paid to ■ the Canadian Racing Associations for the ac- count of the breeder of the winner, as of record with that office. ! I
