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FREETHINKER WITHDRAWN Early Favorite Not to Go in Kings Plate Due to Injury Nearly Score Ilemain in List of Probable ProbableStarters Starters for Historic llace on AVood AVoodbines bines Opening Bay TORONTO Out May 15 With only one day remaining before the running of the his ¬ toric Kings Plate there are still nineteen likely starters for this seventyfirst running Since the last summary was made Free ¬ thinker the Seagram Stables strongest hope and the future favorite for the race and J E Smallmans Crystal Ball have been definitely declared out It was not surprising when W H Bringloe announced the son of Omar Khayyam withdrawn Though the foot injury suffered in his first Woodbine trial was not very serious the member has re ¬ mained sore and all hope of getting him to the post has been discarded discardedTrainer Trainer Bringloe also decided against Twenty One Shillings going in the race and thus his choice will bo made from Pandorus Par Excellence Sphere of Beaut y and Gilded Casino with the first three the most likely to carry the colors Paul McGinnis and Frankie Mann will of course have Seagram mounts A third rider had not been decided upon uponThe The J E Smallman hopes will rest in Fair Fortune bay gelded son of For Fair and Tickolette and Tommy Burns will pilot this stables lone representative representativeH H Little is to have the mount on Aymond and as previously announced Pete McCann will be aboard the other starter from the R H New stable Vestip VestipIt It is extremely unlikely that J C Fletcher will start more than two and his last years dependences Lindsay and Ichitaro will prob ¬ ably get the call Dick Townrow is ex ¬ pected to ride one of the Fletcher horses The other rider will be made known today todayThere There has been no change in the Thorn cliffe Stables plans except that another rider must be found to replace Mooney who is re ¬ maining in Kentucky to ride Ned O in the Derby Negotiations were pending with three prominent riders today Last minute support showed an inclination to switcli around to Ararsity He finished his final mile trial this morning in better style than his stablemate Whale Oil being timed in 150 handily to the latters 151 driving The strip was quite muddy and Whale Oil was packing plenty of weight weightT T S Cochenours Quatra Bras one of the highly regarded contestants was a doubt ¬ ful starter about a week ago but this good looking bay gelding is now classed among the sure starters and there is considerable sup ¬ port manifested for him among the horse ¬ men at Woodbine WoodbinePat Pat Gaiety will carry T M Glasscos colors in the race and W Noel will guide him Trainer R F Wilson has been making an ef ¬ fort to secure jockey Fred Stevens for A J Halliwells Zarf The Hastings Stable is all set for a rider for Star Crest having secured the services of L Schaefer first string ride for the W J Salmon stable Trainer W Russell gives last minute assur ¬ ance that P Lamantias Granite Rock will be among the field but has not as yet been suc ¬ cessful in securing the rider he has in mind Brave Alonzo will have the services of Snider The Riverdale Stables Loves Arrow and Alex Walshs Pertness complete the probable field fieldTwo Two carloads of horses reached Toronto Wednesday afternoon one going to Woodbine and the other to Thorncliffe The Woodbine shipment included the Ascot Stable and R E Potts string There are eight in the Ascot lot namely Observation Assessor Charlie Cockcy Captain Dance Henry L Light View Rundale and Shan Tung TungEd Ed White clerk of the scales has arrived He renewed acquaintances witk many at the secretarys office this morning
