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j | | j | ! j ! j CONNAUGHT CR0WDSSCAN1Y Threatening Weather Affects the Attendance Unfavorably, But the Racing Was Good. OTTAWA, Ont., May 27.— Forest Lore, running in the colors of R. T. Wilson, won the Queen City Purse at the Conaught Park opening this afternoon, beating Great Buck by a neck at the end of its mile and seventy yards, llama finished third in a field of six. Malapert, Lucky Antoine and Delusive were the fourth, fifth and sixth horses at the end of the feature of the inaugural day. Spencer Bullman rode the winner well. He had the best horse under him and seemed to sense it. For nearly three-quarters of a mile he restrained the Campfire colt in third place and then as Lucky Antoine, the pacemaker, began to come back, moved up in pursuit of Great Luck. In the final sixteenth he challenged the latter and wore her down in a bitterly contested drive. Rama lacked his usual early speed but saved ground when he decided to run and finished well. The race was run over a fast track, although it sprinkled rain at intervals through the afternoon. Because of threatening weather a small crowd was out for the opening. P. Gormans Sure to Win, a winner at Woodbine Park in his only start there, started in a field of useful two-year-olds in the initial race and outfinished R. T. Wilsons Clear View, to win by a head at the end of five-eighths. Mary Dear finished third. P. Walls rode the winner. The Seagram Stables Isoletta triumphed by two lengths over a band of Canadian-breds in the second race, a mile and seventy yards dash. Wilson had the filly in front through-I out, but had to ride her out to win by two lengths. Flaming Wire outgamed El Jesmar in a drive for second money. LION DOR DISAPPOINTS. Lion dOr was a disappointment in the third race on the card, a three-quarters sprint. Apparently in with horses much below his class, he could do no better than finish third to Round Robin and Wrackhorn. Lee rode the winner. He saved his mount close up to the pacemaker, moved up with him when nearing the stretch and kept him going to win by a half length. Lion dOr set the early pace under restraint, but gave way when called on for a hard drive. Admirer won for the second time in succession in the Jubilee Purse, the fourth of the days offerings. Following Ablaze closest Continued on sixteenth page. j , . ■ : ] 1 I 1 I I CONNAUGHT CROWDS SCANTY Continued from first page. from the start of the race Mrs. T. J. Dono-huos colt passed him and won by two lengths from Hillman. Ablaze finished third. Hill-man, starting for the third time in his life, began well the first time and ran a good race for the place money, Romanelli rode the I winner. Vitamin, in the colors of E. Saunderson, I came around the leader in the sixth race and won going away by two lengths, with Guelph and Jim.son in second and third places at the end of the mile and a sixteenth. I Irish Pat came with a rush at the end of i the mile and an eighth of the final race i and won going away by a length and a half • from Mormon Elder, which had taken the I lead from Treviscot in the stretch. Attorney I Muir finished third in a field of eight. Sco-bta rode the winner. Thirty riders registered with taward White, in charge of the jockey room, to ply j their profession at the opening. L. Morris turned up wearing a shoe for the i first time since injuring a foot at the Pimlico ! opening and will be in action in a day or two. The papers on E. Renzetti were transferred | from the Brookdale Stable to W. Wick. The boy will ride for Bob McKeever, with J. Mc-Keever making his engagements.
