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STAKES AT WOODBINE PARK Seven Rich Fixtures to Be Decided at Spring Meeting. Close Friday, May 2. TORONTO, Ont.. Ajiril 13.— Seven rich : stake events to be decided at the Ontario Jockey Clubs spring meeting at Woodbine ! Park from May 17 to May 24, have been an-I nounced by Secretary W. P. Fraser. These , stakes close Friday, May 2. As usual the Toronto Cup heads the list j with 0,000 added. This is followed by the Connaught Cup, ,000 added, for Canadian- ! owned horses ; the King Kdward Gold Cup. ,000 added ; Win. Hendrie Memorial, ,000 j added, for three-year-olds and upward, foaled I in Canada; Woodstock Plate, ,000 added, for three-year-olds ; Victoria Stakes, ,000 added, for two-year-olds ; Coronation Stakes, ,000 added, for two-year-olds foaled in J Canada. The two stakes for steeplechasing, viz.. j Woodbine Steeplechase. 0,000 added, and Aintree Steeplechase. ,000 added, the former at two and a half miles, and the latter about two miles, closed March 14 with seventy 1 and sixty-nine entries. In all, eleven stakes • of 8,000 will be decided at the coming meeting- There are handicaps and other races of ,000, ,500 and ,000. As is the custom at meetings of the Ontario Jockey Club, steeplechasing is a strong I feature, 0,500 being set aside for cross-! country racing, with ,000 the lowest value : of any overnight event. ARRAY OF STAKES. The following are the stakes announced : Toronto Cup Handicap, for three-year- ! olds and upward. A sweepstakes of 0 each, forfeit to the winner, with 0,000 added, of which ,500 to second horse, 00 to third, and 50 to fourth. One mile and an eighth. King Kdward Gold Cup Handicap, for three-year-olds and upward. A challenge cup ! of the value of ,500, with ,000 added. A sweepstakes of 0 each, forfeit to the i winner, with ,000 added, of which ,000 to second horse, 00 to third and 50 to fourth. One mile and a sixteenth. Connaught Cup Handicap — A challenge cup, for three-year-olds and upward, the : bona tide property of Canadian owners resident in Canada, to which is added a sweep- stakes of $.!0 each, forfeit to the winner, | with ,000 added, of which ,000 to second I horse, 00 to third, and 50 to fourth. One | mile and a sixteenth. William Hendrie Memorial Handicap, for . three-year-olds and upward, foaled in Can-i ada. A sweepstakes of 0 each, forfeit I to the winner, with ,000 added, of which 1 ,000 to second horse, 00 to third and 50 to fourth. One mile. Woodstock Plate, for three-year-olds. A sweepstakes of 0 each, forfeit to the ! winner, with ,000 added, of which ,000 to I second horse, 00 to third, and 50 to fourth. One mile and a sixteenth. Victoria Stakes, for two-year-olds. A sweepstakes of 0 each. forfeit to the winner with ,000 added, of which ,000 to second horse, 00 to third, and 50 to fourth. j Five-eighths mile. Coronation Stakes, for two-year-olds, foaled I in Canada. A sweepstakes of 0 each, I forfeit to the winner, with ,000 added, of I which ,000 to second horse. 00 to third, and 50 to fourth. Five-eighths mile. A __
