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HALLUCINATION CHAMPION Crowned Best of Canadian-Breds in Winning Toronto Autumn Cup. Approximately 15,000 People Sec Commander Itoss Great Horse "Win "Woodbines i Opening Feature. TORONTO, Ont, Sept 24. Hallucination is now regarded as one of the best Canadian-bred" horses that ever raced in the Dominion. The four-year-old son of Fitzwilliam Pleasant Dreams this afternoon carried top weight of 123 pounds in the 0,000 Toronto Autumn Cup and won handily by two lengths at the end of the mile and a quarter. Horologe finished second to the smashing chestnut-King Solomons Seal was third. The race featured the opening of the final meeting of the year under the auspices of the Canadian Racing Associations. There were approximately 15,000 persons on hand to see the Cup and six other races decided. Considering that it was a mid-week crowd it was a good one, easily the largest seen at the races in Canada this year. Not only did Hallucination carry his weight and beat good horses in winning, but he ran within three-fifths of the track record of 2:04. Some of the dockers caught him that fast but the official timing was 2:04, in itself a remarkable race. Bonnie Omar was responsible largely for the speed of the contest. He was in front from a few strides after the start and reeled off the first quarter in :22. At that time it was predicted by those with the clocks that he would not maintain that pace for long. Flag of Truce was in second position with Commander Ross champion following in third place. "Walls was letting him run but had not called for any reserve although the half was passed in :47. The three-quarters were run in 1:12 and the pacemakers began to falter. Rounding the turn Hallucination went to the front and began to draw away. - In the stretch he met a challenge from Horologe which came from fourth place when the speed merchants began to fall back. In the stretch Horologe came within two lengths of the winner but got no closer to the big train which won under mild restraint from Pete Walls, who rode him perfectly. The Cup was the bright spot of a particularly bright card in view of the opposition encountered infarranging a good program at this season ofthe year. The Woodbine management is to be congratulated upon baing able to provide such racing as the opening when there are so many other tracks running and when the natural inclination of horsemen is to desert Canada at this season. The meeting1 opened -with a three-quarters dash in which Mercury successfully carried the silks of J. McMillen. He was three parts of a length in front of Watch Charm at the end of the journey. Atlantida beat the others In a field of eleven. The jumping race brought out a field ol eight and provided Toronto fans their first opportunity of seeing El Kantara the good son of "Voter Oppression, which came out of the subscription lists of last autumn. J. E. Davis got the gelding out of the draw but sold him highly to the Greentree Stable whose silks he carried in the Coventry Chase. El Kantara is by an American sire from an American dam but was bred in Europe. He was in front throughout the race today and ran gamely under top weight of 156 pounds. On the final turn of the field Tassel moved up on the son of Voter with a challenge but it was short lived and Glen Reagh came again at the end to beat Tassel for second place after having been in close pursuit of the winner from the start. The race netted the winner ,325. Two-year-olds performed in the third, the Eglinton Plate. Ten of them made the contest. Foolscap came with a rush through the center of the stretch after being outrun early and triumphed by a nose from Caduceus which finished three parts of a length in advance of Slice. The second and third horses had the contest to themselves practically all the way, but both weakened near the end and Foolscap came with a rush at the end after Caduceus had tucked Slice away. Canadian breds made the contest in the fifth. They ran a mile and seventy yards. Kings Court got up in the closing strides to win by a head. Poltova carried the silks of H. S. Hart to a victory of three parts of a length over Ceylon Prince in the sixth race. Teas Ready won the final. Polly Leighton beat El Jesmar for second money. Ambrose rode the winner for the Thorncliffe Stable.
