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MAKES RECORD AT TORONTO : Queen Towton Lowers the Three-Quarters Time to .1:13. - - Dnnlap Racer "Winner of the Gait Handicap, "With Hawk Cod Finishing Second and Lieutenant II. Tbird. - TORONTO, OnL, June 14. The Gait Handicap, at three-quarters mile, occupied the premier position on the card furnished at Long Branch today. A. G. Dunlaps Queen Towton, the lightweight in the field of five, was returned the winner in track record time, running the three-quarters in 1:13. Hawk God, from the stable of C. Ferraro, was the one that raced into second place, with R. E. Potts Lieutenant II., the odds-on choice, a neck further back in third place. From a poor start, -Aucilla was the first to show in front, closely followed by Hawk God and Queen Towton. while Endor and Lieutenant II. were away slowly. Hawk God soon displaced Aucilla, closely followed by the Dunlap five-year-old, while Aucilla began dropping back. After the first quarter had been traversed. Queen Towton had disposed of Hawk God and moved into a good lead "Meanwhile, Church had called upon Lieutenant II. and the Potts gelding began moving up. When the stretch was reached. Queen Towton still held command, followed by Hawk God, with Lieutenant II. next on the outside. Brown kept after Queen Towton all through the stretch and the mare, holding to her task Jn game fashion, was well clear of Hawk God at the finish, while the latter held Lieutenant .II. safe. The latter tired from his effort in trying to reach the leader, while Aucilla was making up ground at the end and was four lengths in front of Endor. The latter could not make up any ground after his poor start Though a chill wind blew across the center field, making it uncomfortable for those leaving topcoats at home, it was a remarkably good crowd that was on hand to witness the sport. SF.W TRACK RECORD. A new track record was established for the five-eighths when W. C. Trovers Titter negotiated the distance in 1 :01. Rough Sea, from the Flamingo Farm, was second, while R. Freemans Apple Pie finished in third place. Titter was away quickly, raced Traps into defeat and, continuing in game fashion, was not seriously threatened. Rough Sea worked her way on the outside and closed with a rush, while Apple Pie stayed close to the rail in the stretch run and was a fast going third. Twelve Canadian-breds met in the second race and Davenport, sporting the silks of Mrs. A. E. Alexandra, was returned the winner in a driving finish and R. Newells Greybourne, coming right back with another smashing effort, was second. Lady McNeill, from, the RiyerdaJe Stable, after racing for-wardly. held on long enough to save third from the fast-finishing Tippance. The latter was taken up repeatedly in the run down the back stretch, but closed with a good burst of speed when in the clear and was going fastest of all at the finish. A field of the cheapest platers at the track started in the third race, and Leda, a three-year-old daughter of Trojan Alledo, which races" for G. Peterson, was a length and a half in advance of A. Brents Rural Gossip at the end of the three-quarters, while two lengths back of the second horse was the favorite, Golden Locks. O. Brown had Leda away well, overhauled Golden Locks and easily held Rural Gossip safe in the stretch. Golden Locks, after being passed by the first two, continued gamely and was four lengths clear of the fast going Tony Beau. The latter turned in a good effort, making up considerable ground in the last eighth of a mile. EDDIE RICKENBACHER EASILY. Eddie Rickenbacher easily defeated nine other platers that met in the fourth race over the three-quarters route. Eddie Rickenbacher was hustled into the lead, opened up a good gap and was not menaced at any stage of the journey. He ran well in advance of Donges at the finish. The latter showed a credible performance, making up a world of ground in the last quarter mile, and wore down Kia in the last twenty yards for second place, while the latter continued gamely and outlasted Quin Chin for third. Eddie Rickenbacher was claimed out of the race for ,S00 by C. Ferraro, who was represented in the race by Kosciusko. Dentaria, racing in improved form over her previous start, made a show of her opponents in the mile and a sixteenth, sixth race. Dentaria raced into command going to the first turn, stalled off repeated challenges and was not menaced in the stretch. Atwood worked his way up and was second, seven lengths in advance of John F. Kleaver. The latter was up with the leaders for the entire trip and held on well.
