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WOODBINE PARK INAUGURAL INAUGURALLong Long Established Kings Plate Fea ¬ ture of First Days Racing of 1937 Season in Canada TORONTO Ont May 21 With Canadas premier turf classic the Kings Plate down for decision and a supporting card that attracted many of the leading performers in the Dominion racing in Canda will be ushered in at Woodbine Park Saturday by the Ontario Jockey Club for a season that promises to be the best in recent years For the Kings Plate that is endowed with a greater value than last year eighteen nomi ¬ nations were received for the oldest fixture run continuously in North America and among the lot are the outstanding horses Of the province to strive for the prize of 7000 added and fifty guineas the gift of his majesty King George VI Thirteen in ¬ terests will be represented in the large field scheduled to go postward for the seventy eighth running and from all indications the race is certain to attract much interest and a brilliant assemblage assemblagePatrons Patrons of Canadian racing have had their appetites whetted by the long interim since the close of the 1936 season and from all reports the gathering is expected to wipe out all previous attendance records pro ¬ viding of course the weather is favorable favorableRacing Racing secretary R S Shelley in com ¬ piling the introductory program outdid him ¬ self by arranging a supporting card that is certain to reflect on the sport in Canada for the remainder of the season most every good horse being named to start in one Of the eight numbers that will furnish the entertainment
