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I 3 t 5 0 - - r j , , ? • r " ; • • r [ | j j to! 5 | 1 1 1 ; 1 GREAT CROWD AT OTTAWA • Connaught Park Entertains One I of Its Largest Gatherings. ♦ Holiday Purse to Malapert — sistlit Haider Home First in the Secondary Attraction. • OTTAWA. Ont, May 29.— One of the larg- est crowds in the history of Connaught Park turned out this afternoon to see the racing on the third day of the spring meeting. T. P. Gorman, secretary of the association, was roundly complimented upon the gathering. Plasant weather, coupled with the occurence of Ascension Thursday and the incident holi-day, caused the turnout. Although the management expected a goodly patronage today, it was unprepared for the assemblage. Programs were at a premium after the- second race. The Holiday Purse featured the program. Malapert, flying the silks of the Canadian j Seagram Stable won the contest. Forest | Flower, R. T. Wilsons filly, finished second. I Suppliant, another i"ew Yorker, was third. Forest Flower opened up a long lead in the early running. Nearing the half, Suppliant began to move upon her and Malapert began pressing them both about the same time. Terry Wilson had ridden patiently up to this time upon the English-bred daughter of Charles OMalley. When urged, she came to the outside of the leaders, wore them down j ! in the stretch and won by a length and a half, with plenty in reserve. This filly is of the improving sort and may go on to better things. Forest Flower, in spite of the energy spent in her early dash, held on gamely, winning second money by a head. Under the riding of J. Judy, an apprentice ; under contract to George Phillips, Night . j Raider made all the pace in the mile and three-sixteenths of the sixth and won by a ; length from Wedding Prince. Irish Pat was I third in a fild of six. At the half it appeared i ; as if Judy had made too much use of Night Raider and that the pursuers were about to rna over him, but he saved ground thereafter ; and opened up a safe lead entering the • stretch. Coral Reef, flying the silks of J. W. Kearns, scored her second consecutive victory in the third race, a three-quarters dash. Scobie rated her behind the pace, came to the out- j side of Watch Charm in the stretch and won j i ! by a neck going away from the son of Spur. 1 Jackson finished third, five lengths behind the first two after an even race. j | Carry On won the Canadian-bred race. He carried the silks of the RiverJTale Stable of j j I Continued on sixteenth page. : | j GREAT CROWD AT OTTAWA Continued from first page. James Heffernan. the Toronto sportsman. The race was at a mile. Carry On won by a length from Flaming Wire. Tiger Tim finished third. Lady Choco won the opener by a neck. Sligo finished second and Petty Lcighton third. Nine platers made the contest. Iady Choco took the lead early and held on well under good rating. althouRh it was necessary for Lee to ride her hard to outlast Sligo. S. EL Dudleys Treviscot was easily best of a common band of jumpers in the Novice Steeplechase. He took the lead midway of the final turn of the field and won by ten lengths from Bulldog Drummond, which made the pace up to the time Watkins made his move on the winner. Madrid finished third. McDoran was fourth. Hasty Arrow refused the second obstacle. Sun Mart, carrying the silks of J. J. Lyons, won the final race. The same colors were borne to victory in the last race on the preceding program by Irish Pat. Stonewall finished second and Brush Boy third in the contest at a mile and a sixteenth. T. Hodge is bringing out an apprentice named L. Boggs. who comes from the bone town of the Garner brothers in Iowa. Ten of the J. K. L. Ross horses are on the way from Laurel to Blue Bonnets
