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WHITING MARE TRIUMPHANT ♦ Mary McNeil Outstays Sun Altos in Long Stretch Drive. •- Accounts for Texaco Purse, Feature of Thorn- cliffe Tark Program — Littles Hide Big Factor. TORONTO. Ont., May 29. — Cyrus Field Clarke sent a fit mare to the post when he saddled C. L. Whitings filly Mary McNeil for the running of the Texaco Purse, the feature race of the afternoons offering at Thorncliffe this afternoon. There were six starters in the Texaco Purse and the Seagram Stable furnished the favorite in Wandering Minstrel. A heavy play developed on Sun Altos. From a speculative standpoint, it looked like a two-horse race. In the early stages Pevic sent Sun Altos to the front and he led into the back stretch. Going to the half-mile post. Wandering Minstrel moved up to take the lead. The riders on both of the choices were over-anxious and both were hustling their mounts along. Little, who rode Mary McNeil, handled his mount with much better judgment. Rating back of the leaders and last but one until well around the far turn, he waited until entering the stretch before making his move. He came to the outside and, when called on, Mary McNeil responded with a game effort. Fighting it out all during the stretch drive, she gradually wore the pacemakers down and, getting up right at the end, beat Sun Altos by a head. Milaria was third, a length and a half back. Then came the tiring Wandering Minstrel. Sun Altos, which finished on the inside, was staggering at the end and swerving over to the inner rail. He would probably have won but for this. The silver cup, which went to the owner of the winner, was accepted by trainer Clarke in the absence of his employer. FAVORITE IS UNPLACED. The races at Thorncliffe this afternoon were run over a drying out track. The footing was lumpy and slow. Weather conditions were ideal and a large crowd was present to witness the sport. The opening event of the afternoon, a test over the seven-eighths route, found a field of nine starting, for which Ferseth was a heavily backed odds-on favorite. He finished unplaced, however, the winner turning up in the sadly neglected Troy Miss, from the stable of M. H. Pons, which came from well back and in a thrilling stretch drive managed to dispose of Waffles inside the final sixteenth to win by a neck. Waffles saved second place by a half length, while Curdle was two lengths in advance of Sunswept for the minor award. Scared O Nothin scored a runaway victory when he galloped home with a lead of seven lengths in the second race. Beginning in front, Fisher hustled him into a lead of a length and a half in the first eighth and, always holding his opponents safe, he kept drawing away on the far turn. At the end he was only cantering. Aziz was second, a length and a half in front of The Top and then followed the favorite. Prancing. The latter, outrun from the start, was never able to keep up and Schaefer was driving her all through the stretch. This filly evidently did not fancy the footing and it would be wise not to condemn her on her showing in this race. IMPORTED FILLY WINS. Heartache smothered her opponents In the running of the third race and scored over the Ascot Stables Frieda L. Phillips sent Heartache to the front with a rush directly after the start and quickly assumed a lead of a length and a half. On the far turn she increased her advantage until she led Frieda Lu by five lengths. In the stretch she tired a bit and at the end was ridden out to win by a length. Frieda L. beat King Charles seven lengths for second place. Kentucky Colonel was never prominent but managed to finish fourth. Thymon showed speed on the far turn but when he tired his rider eased him up. Harry Giddings saddled another winner for H. C. Hatch when he sent the imported filly French Lass to the post for the fourth race. She was in light and the footing was just the sort she fancies. Beginning with the leaders, French Lass, in the early stages, raced Fair Anita into submission. The pair raced head and head down the back stretch. On the far turn The Tartar moved up with a determined challenge which the Hatch filly stalled off to draw away entering the stretch. In the final eighth another horse took a crack at her when Mineralogist challenged. At the end Townrow was forced to go to a drive and at the finish French Lass beat Mineralogist by half a length. Fair Anita was third, another length and a half back. When Lactarius won the sixth race it meant a double for the Hatch Stable. Town-row rode a good race on the son of Cudgel. Off well, Lactarius raced Bond Slave into defeat in the run down the back stretch and on the far turn, where Imbros made his move, Townrow took Lactarius under slight restraint and permitted the imported racer to take the lead. Entering the home stretch, where Imbros made an extremely wide turn, Lactarius again took command and in the final eighth fought it out with Imbros. He outgamed the latter at the end to win by a neck. Millson finished third, another length back. As the race was run, Imbros was probably best and had Stretton been able to keep him from bearing out he would undoubtedly have won. C. E. Myatt has arranged to ship his stable from here to Ottawa at the conclusion of the Thorncliffe opening. J. O. Gorman purchased from the Seagram Stable this morning the two-year-old Jug of Gold, a son of Golden Sphere. Mr. Gorman reports that his brother, Michael, who has been confined for several months suffering from rheumatism, weighs but ninety pounds. Thomas McCreery left for New York last night to meet his employer, J. F. Byers, who is due to arrive from Europe on Saturday. Mr. Byers has a pair of eligibles. Humanist and Sonnelli. in the Prince of Wales Stakes to be run at Thorncliffe Monday, and he may come to wilness the running of that race. McCreery will bring jockey MeNamee back with him to ride one of the entry in this race. P. L. Ciceri acquired from Thomas McCreery by private purchase the plater Fire Brigade.
