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J 1 LONG BRANCH TURF NOTES T The riding colony at Long Branch was augmented by the arrival of jockey Eugene Burns, who came down from Detroit to ride the E. F. Seagram horses that are being campaigned in the Dominion by J. Thorpe. Burns rode many winners at the Motor City course and expects to have an equal amount of success here. Ted Clark, handicap star of the Dr. C. N. Mooney stable, which was winner of the 0,000 added Waggoner Handicap and other leading events, is back in training for some of the richer stakes to be run later in the season. Condition books embracing the seven days of the Metropolitan Jockey Club meeting, to be staged at Dufferin Park beginning June 20, were released from the printers on schedule and distributed among the horsemen at Long Branch on Friday. Racing secretary Charles F. Henry, who prepared the book, made provision to cater to every class and age during the meeting at the intercity plant. Balaxy, a two-year-old in the P. Delaney stable, bucked her shins on Friday morning while being breezed and the daughter of Cudgel and Baltas was withdrawn from the opening race. The following horses have been added to the outside list of starter Tom Clark: Sue Jones, The Corner, War Haste and Learoyd. Jack Hutton has been placed in charge of fourteen members of the H. R. Bain stable, which will be campaigned on Canadian tracks for the remainder of the season. Jockey D. Brammer was forced to cancel his mounts in the sixth and seventh races when he suffered a recurrence" of pains in his right side after riding Far and Fast to victory in the fifth race. Both handicaps, the Long Branch and the Canadian Breeders, each of ,500 value, to be run tomorrow, have drawn the cream of the local handicap brigade. In the latter home-bred event, Monsweep, Kings Plate winner, is among the entrants. A number of the races have been oversubscribed, eligible lists being necessary. The third race of the day, for four-year-olds, has attracted six horses, five of which have been winners this season. George McDermid sold the plater Gold Prize to George Potter of Toronto for a private consideration. McDermid, who has Leo D. and Miss Donovan here, will continue to train Gold Prize. Saturdays program at Long Branch is not only one of the best of the season, but there will bo a number of added features that should appeal to the capacity crowd that is expected to attend now that the weather man has promised moderately fair, warm weather. David S. Gillie3, steward for the incorporated Canadian Racing Associations, was among the visitors who came down front Hamilton Saturday. Jockey F. Mann became indisposed after working several horses during training hours Saturday morning and canceled his engagements for the day.
