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if U y * n s fa t to g a a s 1 ti b d h g ]d A •«, I g of v g , I ; j . ! ; J , ! J a j | "• j a t ■ j j 1 j * ■ I IJ i .1 i , I it 11 j ; I GETAWAY DAY AT DORVAL L Largest Crowd of Meeting Sees V Decision of Farewell Program — Main Race to Cote dOr. i x I 9 MONTREAL. Que., June 24.— This after- i j -noon was ?,ct-away day at Porval and de- * spite the absence of a feature attraction the | largest crowd of the meeting was on hand witness the running of the farewell pro-gram. The weather was intensely hot and j ; £ blazing sun drove the patrons to seek the j I J i shelter of the stands and the shaded spots. ; j The track had dried out considerably from j that which prevailed for the past few days, ! but still was on the heavy side, with a well- i defined path through the middle of the £ homestretch. j I g What may be described as the best of the , i j seven races, which were under claiming con- ! i ditions. was the fourth, a dash of a mile, | i j field of six started and Cote dOr was in- j ! j stalled the public choice and at no stag* j I « the journey left the result in doubt, wdnning under restraint by a wide margin I at the end. Widow P.edotte took second | j 5 place, with Natural third. j Peace Pal was the early pacemaker, fol- , lowed by Widow Redotte, with Natural lead- ing Cote dOr by a short margin. Rounding | the far turn Cote dOr was sent to the front I with a rush and drew away into an easy lead from there on, leavinz no question as to the ultimate winner. Widow Redotte was I short margin ahead of Natural at the finish. ! Franc Tireur had but little difficulty in winning the fifth race, which was a dash of mile and a sixteenth. This made a double j for jockey Stirling. Explosive took second place, while Pooneville was third. Kimball Patterson, acting for R. Harding at private terms sold to J. Whyte. a local horseman, the two-year-old Patchwork fol- I lowing her victory yesterday. Jockey P. Woodstock departed for Hamil-ton and will ride for the G. W. Forman stable [ at that point. Norman M. MacFarlane left for Windsor this morning to complete final details for the Devonshire meeting _ j Mortimer M. Mahoney departed for Ralti-i more and will rest up for the summer months. « .
