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MOTHER SEAGRAM VICTORY Famous Silks Continue to Dominate Sport at Woodbine Park. Santan Adds Victoria Stakes to List of Stable Successes Lindberg In limelight. TORONTO, Ontario, May 24. Edward F. Seagrams Santan, courageous son of St. Henry and Ann C, drove to a nose victory before 20,000 turf enthusiasts in the Victoria Stakes, the most important open race for two-year-olds of the Canadian spring meeting at Woodbine Park, this afternoon. Fred J. Ryans Sachem was a threatening second, and E. Bruners Aneroid, the tiring early leader, was third, four lengths away in the field of seven. Santan raced the five furlongs in :594, just one-fifth of a second slower than the track record. Immaculately appointed. Woodbine was at its best to entertain the large Victoria Day holiday crowd which witnessed the triumph of the Seagram silks, which have dominated the meeting beginning with their smashing victory in the Kings Plate on opening day. They saw the stout-hearted Santan meet the best juveniles in training in this section and go on to a victory that was forecast by the installation of the Seagram youngster as an odds-on favorite. The winners share of the purse was ,160. Apprentice Herb Lindberg, riding his second winner of ;the day, got Santan away in good fashion and dropped him in close attendance to the early pace set by Aneroid for three furlongs. Swinging into the stretch the Seagram youngster forged to the front, but Sachem, which had also been reserved off the pace, -moved up with a rush. It was a ding dong duel between Santan and Sachem in the final furlong, with Lindberg plying his whip freely and the veteran "Dude" Foden hand riding vigorously. Santan, however, had. his opponent beaten and managed to hold his nose in front to the finish. Aneroid tired from his early pacemaking and dropped into third position. The Park-wood Stable pair, Knights Fancy and Ab-batoro, which had been heralded by fast trials, failed to display speed at any stage and were not dangerous. Peaceful, which Frank Gilpin brought to l peak form in two races at Pimlico, easily i graduated from the maiden ranks at the expense of six other juvenile non-winners in the four and a half furlongs first race. H. Lindberg jammed the Rustic filly through in close quarters along the inner rail to take command after two furlongs and, once in front, the Gilpin miss just galloped to hold a two-length advantage at the end. The Corner, which was in the pace throughout, lasted to outgame Sir Rollie by a length for the place award. Three horses came through the stretch so closely lapped that only the judges could separate them in the mile and seventy yards third race. Ralph Lentinis Darksini, with the veteran Remillard up, earned a nose decision over Modern Ace, the favorite, and Virado was just a head away in third place. The others were distanced.
