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LONG BRANCH OPENS TODAY Plentiful Array of Horses for Meeting at Orpen-Owned Course on Outskirts of Toronto. TORONTO, Ont, June 4. Long branch, the attractively appointed mile course on the western outskirts of Toronto, will throw its gates open for the meeting which launches the 1935 season for the Orpen confederacy tracks tomorrow. With the Orpen organization and the Thoroughbred Breeders Association in agreement after a series of conferences, it is expected -tnat there will be no dearth of horses during the seven-day meeting running from June 5 to June 12. . .. The opening day card reflects this harmonious attitude. Topped by the ,000 added Humber Handicap of six furlongs, the program is well filled and includes three contests for horses foaled in Canada. In the absence, through illness, of the veteran racing secretary, Washington R. Norvell, David Boyle has been appointed assistant secretary, and assumed his duties Monday. Seven of the best sprinters now in training in this section have, been entered in the Humber Handicap. The J. E. Small-man entry of Quickly and Canterfcoy will likely go to the post favorite, with the former carrying tqpweighl; of 118 pounds. , . Another notable feature of the launching of the Long Branch meeting will be ihe opening of the campaign of the full string of the -Harry C. Hatch establishment. Ths powerful stable trained to the peak and ready, will unlimber its heaviest guns on the -Long Branch purses and is expected to be a powerful factor during the meeting. - Perfect weather and a fast track are prg dieted for the opening. The racing strip; has been painstakingly groomed and horsemen report that it was never faster. The attractive plant is a picture of beauty, the stands and rails newly painted and the lawns and infield vivid greensward. The Daily Double" will been the second and third- races each day. The Long Branch Jockey Club has issued an invitation to all owners and trainers stabled at the course to attend a dinner in the horsemens dining room on Thursday evening at 7 oclock. This will, be another step toward bringing the horsemen and track officials closer together in meeting; the problems facing both this season.
