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SEAGRAM FILLY UNBEATEN Toe Dance Wins Second Start of Career in Maple Leaf Purse at Dorval Park. MONTREAL, Que., June 25.— Winning the second start of her racing career, the Seagram Stables shifty filly, Toe Dance, a three-year-old daughter of Digit, bred at the Waterloo Farm, provided the feature of the afternoons racing at Dorval. The fillys triumph came in the Maple Leaf Purse, one of two attractions on the program. The race was over six furlongs and throughout was a contest between thoroughbreds raised in Ontario and Quebec, with the first named province holding the margin at the finish. Uvira, fleet daughter of Cudgel and a product of the Vercheres breeding farm, was the one to furnish the contention, though at the finish the Seagram fillys margin was better than a length. Holding the reputation of being an exceedingly fast beginner, Toe Dance got away fast and in the early stages opened up a lead of two lengths. She was quickly joined by Uvira, also noted for her early speed, and with Daisy Fair back in third place, the first named two fought it out. Toe Dance was not fully extended, however. She saved ground all the way and showed a good effort, the race being run in 1:12%. Ladies Day was responsible in a large measure for attracting another big crowd to the track for the second day of the meeting. The weather was cloudy and threatening, but this did not deter the fair sex from turning out in large numbers, making a colorful array. Carus Clarus, a gelded son of the great Carlaris, showed his ability to carry weight when he defeated a band of eleven other juveniles going five and a half furlongs. The winner, burdened with 119 pounds, and further handicapped by a lengthy delay at the post, while Melody Miss and Kenora were misbehaving, followed close on the pace of Chinkee, moved to the outside of the leader in the stretch run, and, racing Chinkee into defeat, moved on to hold Carrots safe in the run home. Marlene ran an impressive race. Breaking sluggishly, she was last to leave the post, and did not extend herself until after going a furlong. From that point she made up a tremendous amount of ground to finish third.
