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CANTER FOR SON 0 BATTLE ♦ Man o War Horse Makes Every Post a Winning One. ♦ Easily Accounts for Thorncliffe Torse. Feature Race on Opening Program at Toronto Track. • TORONTO, Ont., May 27.— T. H. McCreery saddled the winner of the feature race on tin, program offered for an opening day attraction at Thorncliffe this afternoon when he sent the Man o War horse Son o Battle to the post for the running of the Thorncliffe Purse. This was a race of one and one-sixteenth miles and It was decided as the fifth race. There were five starters, and Son o Battle was an odds-on favorite. He was In with an ordinary band and it looked a case of any price was a good one. J. McCoy, who is under contract to McCreery, had the mount. Son o Battle began in front at the rise of the barrier and never relinquished the lead. Rated along under slight restraint until making the turn into the home stretch, the pacemaker drew away in the final quarter, increasing his advantage at every stride to win in a gallop at the end by five lengths. Campanini, the runner-up throughout, was second, and then followed Light View, beaten two lengths for second place. The one and one-sixteenth miles was run in 1 :46%, and the winner paid .70 in the mutuels. IDEAL RACING CONDITIONS. The weather man was kind to the Thorncliffe Jockey Club. The afternoon was a perfect one for outdoor sport and a large gathering graced the occasion, the attendance being on a par with that at Woodbine. Racing conditions could not have been improved upon, and with pleasant weather, a fast track and keen finishes in the some of the races the public enjoyed its afternoons outing. The Seagram Stable started out well at Thorncliffe when its Golden Sphere filly Ducissa scored a runaway victory in the running of the first race. This was a dash of five-eighths for maiden two-year-olds foaled in Canada. P. McGinnis had the mount and Ducissa, after making all of the pace, beat Miss Dentyne by two lengths and a half. R. EL News Throw Back, favorite for the race, finished third, beaten a length and a half for second place, and then followed Flying Fabric, another length away. Wacket was an easy winner of the second race. He was heavily supported and went to the post the favorite. Mooney rode a patient and confident race. In the early stages, Wacket indulged Tewsenelda with the lead and the latter made the pace until well Inside the final eighth, when Wacket, moving up with a rush, assumed an easy lead to win going away at the end by a couple of lengths. Tewsenelda beat High Dell by a length for second place. High Dell broke from the outside post position and raced on the outside of his rivals to the stretch turn, where he came through next to the rail. Townrow was driving him all the last eighth and at the finish was wearing Tewsenelda down. WINS FOR NEW OWNER. Contemplate won at the first asking for his new owner, H. C. Hatch, when he beat the imported racer Sonnelli by three-quarters of a length in the running of the Leaside Purse, a dash of three-quarters, which was run as the third race. Contemplate was first away at the rise of the barrier but in the run down the back stretch Sonnelli went to the front and set the pace until the last sixteenth, where Contemplate caught and passed him to win going away at the end. Contemplate was lucky in finding an opening next to the inside rail on the stretch turn, which Townrow was quick to take advantage of. It is doubtful if he would have beaten Sonnelli had he been forced to come to the outside in the stretch run. Belle of Govans finished third, beaten five lengths for second place. Sun Kin scored a runaway victory in the fourth race, outrunning his opponents from the start and, saving ground at the turns, was never headed. In the stretch he was inclined to tire and Pevic was forced to go to a drive to stall off determined opposition from Fenlight At the end Sunkin had a length advantage. Golden Lux was third, beaten four lengths for second place. Cottage Boy, which was made favorite, was a keen factor to the head of the stretch, where he tired. McGinnis was riding him hard most of the way. Rockslide redeemed himself for his defeat the other day when he came back with a good performance in the running of the sixth race, a dash of one mile and a sixteenth. Carrying top weight and under a good ride, Rockslide came from behind in the stretch to outgame the favorite Vellas and to win going away at the end by half a length. Vellas was made the medium of a heavy play and went to the post favorite. He flattered his backers by taking the lead directly after the start and in the run down the back stretch carried Fire Brigade along at a pace that made the latter quit after they had gone three-quarters. In the meantime Pevic was rating Rockslide along in third place. He had the latter under slight restraint and never made a move until well around the far turn. Entering the stretch, he came to the outside of Vellas and the pair fought it out in the last eighth. In the last fifty yards, Rockslide began drawing away. Millson was third, six lengths back, and a nose in front of Mi-la ria.
