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DUFFERIN PARK INAUGURAL Torontos Popular HalfMiler Opens OpensGates Gates for SevenDay Meeting Norvell at His Post TORONTO Ontario June 14 Dufferin Park Torontos only half mile track swings into action tomorrow for a sevenday meet ¬ ing Lacking in splendor the compact track never the less has an atmosphere peculiar to itself The proximity of the plant to all parts of the city has always been an in ¬ centive to lure capacity crowds and there is every reason to believe that given good weather this meeting will threaten recent attendance records recordsFor For opening day racing secretary Wash Norvell has arranged an attractive seven race card with the shortest tilt at six and a half furlongs and three races at a mile and a sixteenth Distance races are always popular over a half mile track trackHeading Heading the program is the Jubilee Han ¬ dicap In this seven have been named over ¬ night including Projectile and Sweepstaff which will run as the H C Hatch entry The other races all contain the claiming clause but the conditions have been so drawn up that the promise of keen conten ¬ tion is seen in each number numberThe The same staff which conducted the sport at Long Branch will oversee and govern the racing at Dufferin Park The entire plant has been freshened up by liberal ap ¬ plications of paint and the same methods of wagering that were used at Long Branch will be in vogue vogueRacing Racing secretary Wash Norvell made his first appearance at the track since hia lengthy confinement in the hospital
