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LOWERS MILE TRACK MARK Lunetta Establishes New Record for Thorn cliffe Park Large Crowd Present TORONTO Ont May 30 C P Winfreys Lunetta proved to be much the best of those starting in the fifth race which attracted the best field of the card provided for the second days racing at Thorncliffe Park this after ¬ noon She took command at once and open Ing up an easy lead in the first quarter was never In trouble Eulah F finishing fast held Auntie May safe for second place Lunetta incidentally established a new track record of 1 38 for the mile lowering the former mark held by My Dear DearAnother Another good crowd turned out to witness the sport Weather and track conditions were again most favorable favorableSir Sir Clarence sent the form followers away to a good start He captured the initial dash for horses foaled in Canada in a most de ¬ cisive fashion after being outpaced by Oak ¬ ling and Lady Felix during the early stages stagesTheo Theo proved best of the mediocre band of threeyearolds which made up the field in the second The winner followed the pace maker Calistoga until the final eighth pole was reached then drew away to score with case caseTaking Taking command at once and never leav ¬ ing the result in serious doubt Actress acj counted for the third race Anticipate pro ¬ vided the most contention during the early stages but was no match for the winner when the final test came cameA A driving finish came with the running of the fourth race On High and Doctor Jim hooked up in the final eighth and battlec gamely for the verdict On High was even ¬ tually awarded the decision by a head headClosing Closing gamely through the rear from the stretch Haman disposed of Skeer Face and Encrinite rather easily in the sixth race Fannie Bean proved much the best of those engaged in the concluding dash and won in a common canter by a half dozen lengths lengthsBugle Bugle March was badly cut down in his race here yesterday yesterdayTrainer Trainer J H Deavenport reports the trans ¬ fer of the entire string of horses which he has been training for Mrs H Dattner to Mrs K McDonald of New Orleans Bunga Buck Minute Man Henry Dattner Maria Blanche Miss Michigan Cracow and Sidereal make up the stable Deavenport will con ¬ tinue as trainer for the new owner ownerJockey Jockey C Skeets Garner J Dawson and A Pickens are among the latest arrivals here Pickens has recovered from a recent illness suffered at Cleveland ClevelandJockey Jockey J Huntamer who suffered such a bad fall at Tijuana last winter was about the course today and announced that for the first time since the accident he reallv felt like his old self selfJoseph Joseph A Murphy today received word from Cleveland that the mare Ogden Girl with which an attempt at ringing was made at Maple Heights last fall as Claremeter has been sold to J C Hooker of McLeans boro 111 The mare was ruled oft both at Thorncliffe and Maple Heights Her origi ¬ nal foal brand 14717 has been altered but she has been branded with a horseshoe on the left flank She is possibly designed for bush racing under some new name Ogden Girl is a dark brown mare almost black with bleached mane and tail tailJockey Jockey W Hinphy has been held up here pending a report that he was not in good standing leaving Havana HavanaExtraordinary Extraordinary precautions are being taken here in identifying horses The paddock judges W E Burke and W M Snyder are on the job Secretary Norvell Is refusing the entries of unknown horses until properly identified
