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RACING IN NORTHWEST CANADA FLOURISHES VANCOUVER, B. C, August 11. That the popularity of the thoroughbred was clearly demonstrated last Saturday in no uncertain fashion in the Canadian Northwest when over 10,000 persons attended the opening day at Hastings Park race course, which is situated within the limits of this city. In the vast throng were many of the leading men connected with the large enterprises of tnis fast-growing section of Canada. The newly remodeled spacious betting enclosure under the large grandstand of the exhibition grounds was appreciated by those who like to attend the races. Manager T. J. Wellmann installed thirty-five new selling and cashiers booths to fill the wants of the iu.truns, and they were heavily overtaxed by the tremendous crowd. Carabosse, an English-bred mare, owned by J. Franklin, the manager of the Prince of AVales Stud in Alberta, has developed into a high-class racing tool. She picked up 124 pounds and just ran away from her opponents. She is without a doubt destined to be a race mare of good quality. A fall occurred in the first race of the day as the field was rounding the turn for home. When Similkameen Boy stumbled and fell, Louvain and Winkling Waters collided with the fallen horse as he tried to arise. Fortunately jockeys Davis, Seremba and R. Duggan, who figured in the fall, were only slightly shaken up. A
