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= GENERAL THATCHER TO FORE Easily Defeats Opponents in the R. J. MacKenzie Memorial at Thorncliffe Park. TORONTO. Ont., June 6. — Saturdays torrid Wf-atlur failed to make any impression j on the devotees of racing at Thorncliffe and a crowd of eight thousand was on hand to I witness the racing of the last Saturday of the . meeting. They came prepared and coats and collars were shed freely in an effort to me-t I the intense liLat, while the ladies elected to j use para-sols. Thornc.iffcs richest offering the R. J Mackenzie Memorial Handicap, at a mile and an eighth, with ,500 as its reward, fell to the I Nevada S*ook Farms General Thatcher in j rather hollow fashion. Thomasine. the first string of the J. II. Shreve entry, finished sec-, and and Irince Hamlet was third. General | Thatcher was stoutly supported and heartened his supporters by being right behind the pacemaker, John F. Kleavc-, until well down the stretch, where he easily moved to the i front and was an easy winner over the tiring j Thomaf inc. The latter had displaced her , stablemate in the last eighth. Kv.-n Prince 1 Hamlet came on strong enough to take the third portion of the prize from John F. Kh aver. General Thatcher was under a stout pull : for the entire journey and could have moved I to the front at any time. Thomasine took back off the early pace, moved up at the : stretch turn, guined some ground and then | tired badly. In the meantime John F. Klea-ver was done for and Prince Hamlet overtook him for third place.
