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. , I j . i . . . . . . . , . . TORONTO CUP CLOSES MAY 2 Valuable Race of Ontario Jockey Club Expected to Attract Stars of Handicap Division. TORONTO. Ont.. April 11.— The Ontario Jockey Club calls the attention of horsemen to the closing on Wednesday, May 2, of several of the important stakes to be decided at the coming spring meeting. The foremost of most of these, from the standpoint of monetary value, at least, is the Toronto Cup Handicap, of 5,000 added, which will have ■ its thirty-sixth running on Thursday, May 21, Victoria Day. This race, r t a mile and an eighth, for three-year-olds and over, is expected to attract many of the leading handicap performers on the continent, as it has in seasons past. The King Edward Gold Cup Handicap, Woodstock Plate and Victoria Stakes, the 1 first of these for three-year-olds and over, the second for three-year-olds exclusively and the third for two-year-olds only, are open events, and to each is added a ?3.000 purse. The remaining race of these events, which are to have their closing on the above-mentioned date, is the William Hendrie Memorial [ Handicap, also of ,000 added. Which is limited to three-year-olds and over foaled in Canada. W. J. Salmons Display, which amassed the splendid total of C578,676 in his races of last season, was victor from the Carlton Stables Ruskin, Senator P. F. Joyces Harry Baker and several other leading handicap performers in the 1927 renewal of the Toronto Cup, and it is altogether likely that the brilliant son of Fair Play will again be found among those comprising the field for the 1928 running, as Mr. Salmon usually sends his horses to race in Canada. Weights for the Toronto Handicap will be announced on Tuesday, May 15, for the King Edward Gold Cup, Friday, May 18. and for the William Hendrie Memorial Handicap, Thursday, May 24. Each starter in the Woodstock Plate, the three-year-old race, will carry 12G pounds, while the juveniles starting in the Victoria Stakes will each be asked to take up 122 pounds. » , —
