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KINGS PLATE VICTOR — ♦ Thorncliffe Stables Shorelint Wins Old Stake Race. ♦ Ichitaro Second and Lindsay Third — Eighteen Starters in Woodbine Parks Feature. i TORONTO, Ont.. May 18. — Shorelint, a brown colt by Oilman — South Shore, racing In the colors of the Thorncliffe Stable, was winner of the Kings Plate at Woodbine this afternoon. Coming from behind in the stretch and wearing Ichitaro down in the final eighth, Shorelint got up in the last twenty yards to win going away by a length and a half. Ichitaro finished three lengths in front of his stable companion Lindsay, and then followed Vestip. There were eighteen starters in the Kings Plate and Dance Circle, Irish Sphere and Cir-culet, running coupled as the Seagram Stable entry, were favorite and well backed. The field, a big and cumbersome one, was finally sent away to a good start and Dance Circle immediately went to the front to set the pace for her stable companions. Straightened out on the back stretch, she opened up a lead of a length and a half and showed in front until on the far turn, where she tired, and Ichitaro, passing her without much effort, drew away into a three lengths lead. Gwynne was next to the rail and at the eighth post was still two lengths in front. J. D. Mooney, who had been rating Shorelint along under slight restraint, gradually improved his position until he was in a contending position turning into the stretch for the final run, called on the Thorncliffe racer and he responded gamely. At the end he was going well, while Ichitaro was tiring badly. Circulet, of which great things were expected, was never prominent. Beginning slowly, Maiben hurried him to the first turn, where Meteor Sparks collided with him and carried Circulet extremely wide. This knocked the latter out of the struggle and he never was able to recover from the bumping he received at this stage. CARET PULLED UP. They were pretty well strung out at the finish. Carey was pulled up after leaving the back stretch and followed all the others home. The first mile was run in 1:43% and the mile and an eighth in 1:57%. The net value of the plate to ihe winner was 0,710, the fifty guineas the gift of His Majesty the King, and a silver cup which was donated to the owner of the winner by the club. It was a brilliant opening of what promises to be a great season of racing in Canada. A tremendous gathering was on hand, some 25,000 racing enthusiasts being present. The Ontario Jockey Club provided a brilliant program for the occasion and some stirring contests were witnessed. The club house contingent reminded one of the old days when the flower of Canadas social set turned out at Woodbine. The course never looked prettier and much enthusiasm was in evidence. The Kings Plate is to Canada what the Derby is to their neighbors across the line and its running always arouses great interest throughout the Dominion. Todays victory is the first that the Thorncliffe Stable has scored since 1922 when South Short, the dam of todays winner, scored a clever victory. TWELVE STARTERS. Equation and Patricia J. were scratched from the Trial Piatt, which let in two of the also eligibles, Bramabiau and The Tartar. There were twelve starters and The Heathen, despite his heavy impost of 120 pounds, was made the favorite. He was ridden by M. Fishman, outran his opponents from the start and at the end won easily by two lengths and a half. W. J. Salmons Stephanus was second, three lengths in front of the Eastland Farm Stables Contemplate. These three were in close competition from the start, with The Heathen setting a fast pace. The long striding son of Donnacona went to She quarter in :22% and the half mile in :47 flat. In the stretch Stephanus kept bearing over towards the rail and several times Schaffer stopped iiding in an effort to get Step/ianus to go to the outside of the leader. The Salmon colt is a rail runner and this probably cost him the race. The three-quarters were run in 1 »2%, which showed that the footing was in excellent condition. A field of twelve sent to the post in the Goodwood Plate, the conditions of which called for maiden two-year-olds, foaled in Canada. H. C. Hatch furnished the winner in Natures Eye. a big upstanding filly by Kingship from My Star. They were rather a fractious band at the barrier and Archipelago was in the main responsible for the eight minutes delay. They were finally sent away and Miss Dentyne quickly assumed the lead and showed fae way into the stretch, where the Seagram gelding. Freethinker, moving up fast on the outside, took the lead. Natures Eye, a factor from the start, came through next to the inner rail. In the final eighth Freethinker was inclined to bear out and Goodwin had his hands full trying to keep him straight. At the end Freethinker had enough of it and began to tire and Natures Eye, finishing straight and true, shook off Freethinker to win going away by half a length from Throw Back, which in turn beat Freethinker by a length for second place. Some real good jumpers have won the Aintree Steeplechase in previous years, but there were none that was gamer than todays winner, Rubigny. Ridden by the English rider, George Duller, and jumping in bold fashion, Rubigny raced under restraint tor the first turn of the field. The second time around the Dorwood gelding carried the French mare Malvoisine along at a good stiff pace and going to the tenth jump took command to retain the lead thereafter. At the finish Rubigny had a margin of fifteen lengths to spare over Dragon de Vertu, which in turn beat Huffy twenty lengths for Becond place. Special Account showed a great turn of speed the first time around, where he drew away into a long lead. At the sixth jump he made a bad landing and lost his rider, and Lady Nora II. refused at the seventh jump. At the ninth obstacle Red Indian pulled up. The remainder of the field finished the course without mishap. The footing was deep and heavy and it was rather a severe test to negotiate it. The dis-, tance was two miles and there were fifteen jumps. The purse was ,000 and the net value to the winner was ,170. Kenneth Dawes, one of the prominent members of the Montreal Jockey Club who is interested in the Mount Royal Stable, was here to see the Kings Plate decided. Eddie Baker, who covers the racing for the Ottawa Citizen, was also present. A rousing finish came with the running of the Cavendish Plate, a dash of four and a half furlongs, for two-year-olds, when Wacket came from behind in the stretch run to wear Vacillate down to win going away at the end by a length. Another head away followed the Seagram Stables Bachelor Skipper and then came Tewsenelda. The disappointments of the race were Wrackell and Florazetta, neither of which raced prominently at any stage. In the early running Bachelor Skipper showed in front and, rounding the turn for home, he led Wacket by a head. Vacillate was three lengths away. He was in a jam at the turn out of the back stretch, where Curran was forced to pull up. At the eighth pole the three leaders were on almost even terms, with Wacket in third place. When it came to a drive, the latter responded with splendid courage. J. D. Mooney, who rode the winner of the Plate, had the mount on Wacket. Mooney evidently has regained the form he displayed a few years back when he was rated as one of the best jockeys in the West.
