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, ® , ! | j ! j I L ! I I l I . k f 3 I ! 1 j | 1 " I TRED AVON MAKES AMENDS » Defeats Recent Conqueror, Clotho, in Long Branch Feature. » Royal York Hotel Handicap Brings Out Crack Band — Gay Parisian Outstays Shady Well. ♦ TORONTO, Ont., June 11— The best field of the Canadian season went to the post in the Royal York Hotel Handicap, one mile and a sixteenth and endowed with a purse of ,500, the feature attraction on todays program at Long Branch. Tred Avon, the game, gray daughter of Sir Greysteel and La Muiron, racing for S. W. Labrot and cap ably ridden by jockey J. Burke, triumphed, standing a hard drive to overhaul her recent conqueror, Clotho, from the C. V. Whitney establishment. Frumper, under the silks of Mrs. H. Pyne, accounted for third. From a good start it was Clotho that was quickest in stride and, outrunning his field to the first turn, opened up a good lead. Frumper was racing in second place and the gray filly was heading the others, with Joe Flores leading only one member of the field, Royal Ruffin. There was no change in the positions in the run through the back stretch and, as the field reached the far turn, Clotho was still running in front. Frumper and Tred Avon were next and racing heads apart. Burke stayed close to the rail while making the turn, came to the outside for the final drive. Barnes went to the whip on Clotho near the furlong post and still held command. Tred Avon was not to be denied, however, and slowly moving up to the Whitney colt, got on even terms a few yards from the finish and managed to show in front in the final strides. I It was a fitting finish to one of the best contests of the meeting and the winner was loudly acclaimed as she cantered back to ! Continued on twenty-seventh page. : i i . • ; i i TRED AVON MAKES AMENDS I Continued from first page. the winners circle. For the first time since i the season opened, summer-like weather pre- . vailed and a crowd that taxed the course to i 1 capacity was on hand. The Canadian-Breeders Handicap, one : 1 mile and a sixteenth, with a value of ,500, , 1 served as the companion piece to the Royal i York Hotel Handicap. The Breeders Han- ■ 1 dicap was exclusively for Canadian foals ; y and brought out the small but select field . 3 of six, which included an entry of the Seagram Stable, composed of Shady Well and Young Kitty. The Erindale Stable furnished : the winner in the gallant old eight-year-old, Gay Parisian. The place position went to j Shady Well, and the Hastings Stables Star . j Crest was third, in advance of Pat Gaiety. [ Young Kitty and Aymond, which set the J pace, tired and finished last. The victory of Gay Parisian was only f achieved after a thrilling finish. Ralls ; brought the son of Parisian Diamond from i last place to wrest command from Shady r [ Well in the final strides of the journey. Shady Well was content to race back off £ the pace, while her stablemate and Aymond L were disputing the leadership. It was after f Young Kitty had surrendered her lead that t Shady Well assumed the lead but, despite j holding on in courageous fashion, was un-■ - equal to the task of staving off the challenge of the victor. Star Crest was a length i -rther back and five lengths in advance of Pat Gaiety. Altsheb raced to his first victory of the 5 year, the Captain Alcock racer defeating the band of ten that opposed him in the second 1 race over three-quarters. The lightly regarded : Hieaway raced into second place and 1 , Baboo was the one to take third.
