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FIELD FOR KINGS PLATE As Many as Twenty May Start in Woodbine Feature Seagram Sfixlile Probably Will Have Three Threelo lo Carry Its Popular and andSuccessful Successful Colors TORONTO Ont May 13 Next Saturdays field for the Kings Plate opening day fea ¬ ture at Woodbine Park will come from twentythree probable starters and as it is known that the Seagram stable will start only three of the six eligibles while no defi ¬ nite announcement has been made as to just which will be selected the field at the very outside may number twenty Of these there are six that can be classified as doubtful starters leaving a minimum estimate of four ¬ teen to compete for the rich stakes the fifty guineas donated by his majesty and the cup Those which can be classified as probables at the present time are T S Cochenours Quatra Bras J C Fletchers Ichitaro Lind ¬ say and Rosswin T M Glasscos Pat Gai ¬ ety A J Halliwells Zarf Hasting Stables Star Crest P Lamantias Granite Rock J R Mclntyres Brave Alonzo R H News Ay mond and Vestip Riverdale Stables Loves Arrow J E Smallmans Fair Fortune and Crystal Ball Thorncliffe Stables Whale Oil and Varsity Alex G Walshs Pertness and the Seagram Stables Freethinker Par Excellence Twenty One Shillings Pandorus Gillied Casino and Sphere of Beauty BeautyJust Just which will be selected to carry the black and yellow colors of Candas biggest racing establishment the Seagram Stable is still very much a matter of conjecture Trainer Bringloe has been working hard on Freethinker since he went lame in last Friday moinings trial and the success of his labors was apparent when the Omar Khayyam gelding jogged about the tracjc a couple of times Monday morning with no apparent sign of lameness but it is very doubtful whether Freethinker will start startIt It is likely that the three will go at any rate and Pandorus is one of the most fancied eligibles There is little to choose between the others on their trials trialsWHALE WHALE OIL WELL LIKED LIKEDWhale Whale Oil was the horse selected by so reliable an authority as W H Bringloe as the big threat for his Seagram candidates to overcome and in addition to those who have fancied the big son of Oil Man right along many have switched their support to him after the failure of Freethinker in his first test at Woodbine WoodbineWhale Whale Oil and Varsity have been most consistently in the public eye of any candi ¬ dates in training at the Ontario Jockey Clubs course They have been hardened to the exacting plate test with training and will take it easy for the intervening days daysUless Uless some unforeseen circumstance crops up between now and Plate Day Lindsay and Ichitaro the pair that finished second and third respectively in last years running will make another bid forthe prize In fact opinion solicited among owners and trainers at the course was fairly evenly divided be ¬ tween the chances of this pair and the Thorn ¬ cliffe candidates Whale Oil and Varsity VarsitySupport Support for Lindsay is mostly due to the splendid manner in which she negotiated her trial over the full Plate distance last Satur ¬ day morning She was at the end of the nine furlongs in 159 and while there have been other works just as good from a time standpoint none has been more handily ac ¬ complished the Fletcher mare finishing her task with ears pricked prickedTrainer Trainer Norman Hanson has gone as far as to engage jockey W Noel to handle Pat Gaiety the T M Glassco candidate for the Guinas This fellow was going miles before he left Windsor for Woodbine and is just being given enough work to keep him tight ¬ ened up for next Saturdays big test testZarfs Zarfs name has not appeared in the head ¬ lines much during the recording of trials at Woodbine but trainer R F Wilson in ¬ sists the Seagram bred filly will be a sure starter Saturday SaturdaySTAll STAll CUEST HATED HIGHLY HIGHLYStar Star Crest is considered one of the surest contenders and there is no lack of support for the Hasting Stables good looking gelded son of For Fair Marion Gaiety GaietyIt It is J R Mclntyres serious intention to start Brave Alonzo and jockey Snyder will have the mount on the brown son of Lovetie and Amelia Jenks if he goes goesTrainer Trainer W Russell was not too sure about Plamantias bobtailed candidate Granite Rock contesting but would not declare against the possibility of his charge being included among the starters startersAymond Aymond and Vestip have been selected from R II News six eligibles to attempt to emulate the achievement of their stable mate Troutlet in the 1027 running Ves ¬ tip which will be ridden by Pete McCann will be making his second bid Aymond generally considered but a sprinter galloped over the full plate distance in 2 01 and a fraction just about as impressively as any ¬ thing else has worked and has earned his right to have a crack at the rich prize prizeLoves Loves Arrow is another one that little has been heard of Yet the stable appears satisfied that the colt has shown enough to be entitled to a chance at the big prize prizeThere There is just a possibility that the J E Smallman representation will be reduced to one starter Fair Fortune as Crystal Ball clolapsed rather badly in his Monday morn ¬ ing trial Trainer Wes Sherrard was not overconfident about Quatra Bras making the grade next Saturday The horse is fit and good but simply will not give his best in his trials If he does not go there will be a lot of people disappointed It is sur ¬ prising the number of supporters this colt has among horsemen at the track
