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WOODBINE PARK TURF NOTES Starter Thomas Rowe uncovered a new method in starting horses in jumping races here on Monday Carrying the battery box bell and release button on his shoulders Rowe lines up the starters and when ready contacts the bell in the same fashion as the regular races are started on the flat The old method was to start the fields by use of the flag flagJ J Badame arrived from Narragansett Park where the spring meeting recently came to a close There are about a dozen horses in the Badame stable stableGeorge George Hay made his first appearance of the season at Woodbine Park on Tuesday and was busy during the afternoon passing out application blanks for stall space at Long Branch BranchDunlins Dunlins Lad listed overnight to run in the Thick Thorn Steeplechase was excused from fulfilling his engagement for the reason that one of his legs filled filledTrainer Trainer Harry Giddings of the Parkwood Stable reported that the injuries suffered by Red Pirate in the Kings Plate on Saturday are more serious than was first thought and fears that the colt will be away from racing for an indefinite period periodA A special train made up of horse cars will leave after the close of the Thorncliffe Park meeting for Montreal MontrealIt It was learned Tuesday that Ernie Hart will ship Stocks on from Detroit to run in the King George VI Coronation Cup to be run here on Saturday It was also learned that Alfred G Vanderbilt is considering the starting of Scotch Bun in the race The lat ¬ ter stable is at Belmont Park ParkA A silver cup given to the Ontario Jockey Club by Leopold de Rothschilds and made by the silversmiths of King George 3Hf will be presented to the owner furnishing the win ¬ ner of the King George VI Coronation Cup Handicap on Saturday SaturdayF F McTague a brother to jockey C Mc Tague made his debut as a rider at Wood ¬ bine Park on Tuesday The youngster is under contract to the Seagram Stable
