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TEDDY HASLAMS GOLD CUP Mooney Racer Accounts For King Edward Handicap at Toronto I Inclement Weather and Soft Footing at atWoodbine Woodbine Park Has Big Affect AffectOn On Attendance TORONTO Ont May 26 Teddy Haslam racing under the silks of Dr C N Mooney of Toronto drove to a neck victory in the t thirtythird Tunning of the King Edward Gold Cup Handicap midweek feature at Woodbine Park today Under 110 pounds which included five pounds overweight car jried 1 by jockey Pat Remillard the son of Teddy and Sweetheart challenged the early pacemaker in the stretch took a short lead j and under vigorous handling lasted long t enough to turn back a stout bid from Mrs T I Stevensons Tempestuous in the final furlong z and earn a neck margin at the end endTempestuous Tempestuous winner of the race in 1936 was slightly more than a length before H C Hatchs Kandahar while Parkwood Stables Abbatoro the early leader finished fourth two and onehalf lengths away awayBy By his victory Teddy Haslam which was j making his first start since a New England campaign earned 935 Remillards success was his second victory during the afternoon afternoonSMALL SMALL FIELD FIELDThe The small field hesitated only slightly in the stall gates before they were dispatched in good alignment This order was main ¬ tained through the back stretch with Teddy Haslam racing lapped on the outside of Abbatoro and Tempestuous being waited with within easy striking distance and be ¬ fore Kandahar Abbatoro fighting stub ¬ i bornly surrendered command to Teddy Has ¬ lam at the furlong post and Tempestuous j moved up to make his challenge on the outside Under stout pressure from Remil ¬ hisI lard Teddy Haslam was able to maintain his advantage to the end while Kandahar failed to seriously threaten the challenging Tem ¬ pestuous pestuousRain Rain which fell almost continuously until the third race left the track in a sloppy condition conditionUppermost Uppermost under the light and dark blue silks of Harry C Hatch and installed a strong favorite justified that confidence when he drove to victory in the Coburg Plate Handicap six furlongs semifeature offered fifth on the program Coming from behind the early leaders and finishing fast through the stretch the winner wrested com ¬ mand from Cosgrave Stables Joyride in the final sixteenth and drove past the finish line threequarters of a length before Joyride Ouragan was third for the Parkwood Stable one and onehalf lengths away with Med fourthI way Stables Far Cry finishing in fourth position before the distant trailer Arabian Myth The winner which was expertly han ¬ dled by jockey Young negotiated the six showingI furlongs in 113 an excellent showing through the sloppy footing footingATONES ATONES FOR DEFEAT DEFEATUppermost Uppermost was making his second start at the meeting and his victory today atoned somewhat for his narrow defeat in the Trial Plate last Saturday Lipton racing for Hugh S Wilson drove to victory in the opening race a six fur longs dash when he lasted long enough to retain a head margin over the fastclosing Sock Dologer The stretch duel of the first pair drew them out three lengths before Santan which was third Lipton had suffi ¬ cient speed to outrun his rivals on the back stretch disposed of Claremont and then gamely turned back the challenge of Sock Dologer The latter suffered some early interference but finished full of run when clear and would have been up in a few more strides Lissom Lad racing for Phil Mecklenburg made his seasons debut a winning one when he was easily best of the band of eight that met in the second This was a division of the opening race and at the end Madeleys mount romped across the finish line three lengths before Aunt Flor Only a neck away Play Book was third Gold Clip was sent out to set the early pace and Madeley rated his charge next in line and within easy reach When asked for speed through the stretch Lissom Lad surged to the front without effort and was never in danger to the end
