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; SIR HARRY BY A NOSE « Defeats Sunfire in King Edward Gold Cup After Spectacular Finish — Breeders Stakes to Circulet ♦ TORONTO, Ont., May 22.— The Seagram Stables Sir Harry, making his first start of the year in the King Edward Gold Cup at Woodbine Park this afternoon, scored a sinew straining victory over R. T. Wilsons Sunfire, when he raced home a nose in front. W. J. Salmons Display was third, beaten a length and a half for second place. The King Edward Cup was run as the fifth race. It was a dash of one and one-sixteenth miles, and a field of six went to the post. Display and Sunfire, coupled ?as an entry, were favorites. Sir Harry did not lack for admirers and was well supported by the Canadians. Johnny Maiben, who is riding for the Seagram Stable nere this spring, had the mount on Sir Harry, and he put on one of those brilliant rides of which he is capable. It appears as if Maiben shows his best form when riding against his old employer, W. J. Salmon. In todays running he kept Sir Harry, usually a sluggish horse in the early stages, up close to the pacemakers and, making the turn in the home stretch, skinned close the rail to take the lead at the eighth post. Display, which had swung wide, was right close to him and it looked as if the latter would beat the Seagram racer. In the final drive, however, Display tired and Sunfire then moved up and at the end was gradually gaining. It was a mighty tight finish between Sir Harry and Sunfire at the end. In fact the finish was one of those kind that it took the officials placing to decide the winner. Light View and Wellet, which made the early pace, retired from contention in the final strides and were last of their field at the finish. The net value of the stakes to the winner was ,950. Circulet, the Seagram Stables three-year-old that proved such a disappointment in the Kings Plate, made amends for his defeat when he galloped home an easy winner in the running of the Breeders Stakes, over the distance of a mile and a sixteenth, with ,000 added. A field of seven went to the post and Circulet and Dance Circle were coupled as the Seagram entry. They were heavily supported and ruled odds-on favorite going to the post. Starter Cassidy dispatched them quickly to a good send-off, but immediately the barrier was sprung, Circulet swerving to the inside, collided with Cuddle Doon and Shorelint. Maiben straightened him out and in the run around the first turn moved up to the pacemaker Goeland. He passed the latter going to the half-mile post and for the remainder of the way kept drawing away until he was six lengths in front at the eighth post. At the finish Maiben was looking back and easing Circulet up. Passing the judges, Circulet had a four lengths lead over Lindsay, Continued on eighteenth page. SIR HARRY WINS BY A NOSE Continued from first page. which beat Dance Circle by two lengths for second place. The stakes was worth ,420 net to the winner. R. W. L. Cowie has a good, game gelding in Kingsway, a son of Cudgel— Maltha. He beat a band of Canadian-bred two-year-olds in the running of the Mount Royal Plate, and did it in a way that stamps him as a useful sort. Breaking in front next to the inside rail, Kingsway set the pace until making the turn into the home stretch. Freethinker caught and passed him here. At the eighth post the Seagram colt looked a certain winner, but when the real test came he weakened, while Kingsway came again to finish full of courage. He again assumed the lead in the last fifty yards and at Uu finish won going away by half a length. There was some excuse to offer for Freethinkers defeat. The gelding broke slowly from an outside position at the post and it took something out of him to race to the front rounding the far turn, where he circled his opposition. The effort told on him in the final eighth and he weakened. Brucourt, carrying the colors of the Eastland Farms Stable, was an easy winner of the Lion Heart Steeplechase, a claiming handicap, over the two-mile course. Silas Veitch had the mount and he rated Brucourt under stout restraint until the last turn of the field when he went to the front and, drawing away into a long lead, won in a canter by fifteen lengths. Jingle was five lengths in front of Top Notch. When Veitch elected to make his move with Brucourt the latter raced past his opponents and at the finish was well in hand. There were seven starters and all finished the course without a mishap except Black Pepper, which fell at the ninth jump. Black Pepper landed on his head and broke his neck. Albright, who had the mount, was shaken up when Black Pepper fell on him. The McCreery combination put over another good thing when Fire Brigade beat Win 1-swept by a length in the fourth race. Fire Brigade was ridden by J. McCoy and set most of the pace, but was under a drive all through the stretch to stall off Windswepts challenge. Snelboc was third. When the start came. General Bullard, after beginning slowly, was rushed past the others and entering the stretch had a lead of a length and a half. Fire Brigade passed him going to the half-mile post and he remain ?:1 in front to the end. Ichitaro raced prominently to the head of the stretch and then quit. The conditions of the sixth race called for starters to be ridden by maiden jockeys and a field of twelve went to the post. Hobcaw and Hoity Toity were responsible for a long delay at the post. The latter, breaking fas*, rushed to the front when the start cam.s while Hobcaw swerved, interfering with Fair Cold and Sun Altos. Quillen on the latter pulled up. Hoity Toity showed the way, with Critic in close pursuit and they raced in this ord«r until the last sixteenth, when Hoity Toiiy began to tire and Critic, finishing straight and true, got up in the last few strides to beat her by a head. Sun Altos, after racing on the outside the entire way, gradually improved his position, to finish third, beaen a length for second place. His effort was much the best of the field. Knocked back when the start came, he ran much further than any horse in the race and at the end he finished on his own courage. j
