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WOODBINE PARK 1AUGURAL Noted Canadian Track Opens Today TodayWith With Running of Historic Kings KingsPlate Plate as Feature TORONTO Ont May 18 Another spring season of racing will have its inauguration Saturday with the opening of beautiful Woodbine Park Canadas outstanding race course courseThe The piece de resistance on the opening program of the Ontario Jockey Club is the Kings Plate the oldest continuously run race on the American continent The historic stake is haying its seventyfifth running and besides carrying 7500 added the richest endowed stake in the Dominion an addi ¬ tional fifty guineas goes to the victor a gift kingInterest from his majesty the king Interest in the Kings Plate has been run ¬ ning high all spring and the private trials of the various candidates in preparing for the plate have been followed with keen interest One by one candidates that ap ¬ peared to rate a chance for the coveted guineas dropped out until for Saturdays re ¬ newal one of the smallest fields in many a year will parade to the post a half dozen being named through the entry box boxR R S McLaughlin appears to have the Plate at his mercy with the unbeaten Horom eter a gelding that will in all likelihood rule the shortest priced favorite in the his ¬ tory of the stake Horometer will have for a running mate another unbeaten three yearold Pitchblende racing for R W R Cowie who had the thrill of seeing his Bilks carried to victory in the renewals of the Plate in 1931 and 1932 by Froth Blower and respectivelyAs Queensway respectively As a secondary feature the Ontario Jockey Club has provided the Fraser Memorial Steeplechase which will have its fortysixth renewal renewalThe The five supporting races have attracted the sort of fields that should provide close and thrilling contests Nine of the best sprinters in Canada have been allotted weights in the Trial Plate Handicap HandicapWorkmen Workmen have been busy for the past several weeks getting the course in shape for the opening and it is safe to say that Woodbine Park never looked prettier than tt does at the present time All that is needed to make the opening a banner one is a break in the weather weatherThe The Daily Double style of wagering will be used and will be on the second and fifth races The first race wiirbe called to the post at 230 p mdaily
