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f .DORVAL PARK TURF NOTES 4, g Racing secretary Bury reported that there are now twenty nominations for the renewal of the Quebec Derby scheduled for Saturday, the closing day of the session. The latest received is from Fortune P. Ryan, who has nominated Action, just now racing in New York. It is expected that a field of at least a dozen will start in the race. Jockey Mitchell cancelled all his engagements due to the accident to his foot suffered Monday in the last race when Whoop-tedoo threw him against the fence before the start of the race. Leo Dandurand stated Monday that the Dorval Jockey Club would positively give their second meeting as scheduled. His partner, Joe Cattarinich, will reach Montreal Wednesday when some other announcements will be made regarding their racing plans. Jockey H. Hay was set down for the remainder of the meeting for rough riding aboard Athel in the sixth race Tuesday. Tommy Gorman, secretary of Connaught Park Jockey Club, was an arrival. He came down from Ottawa to confer with the horsemen regarding the second meeting of his club which opens August 13. He was accompanied by Allan Baxter, entry clerk at Connaught Park. Tommy Gorman regretted very much that the Montreal Jockey Club had decided not to give a second meeting. The owners who are stabled at Blue Bonnets have made a request to the Montreal Jockey Club to permit them to remain in the stables at Blue Bonnets until the end of August. This would help the owners in keeping down their expenses as it would cost them a considerable amount should they have to van horses from the Dorval track to Mount Royal or Kings Park each day on which they are named to start, at either of those tracks. " W. Todd was added to the riding colony here. He came in with the horses owned by J . M. Reed and scored his first victory when Dewey Fly won,
