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KINGS PLATE WINNER Bunty Lawless Carries the Morrissey Silks to Toronto Triumph. Seventy-Ninth Renewal of Famous Race Draws Thousands to Woodbine Park — Inaugural Card. TORONTO, Ont, May 21.— Bunty Lawless, sturdy son of the ill-fated Ladder and Mint-wina. racing in the burnt orange silks of W. F. Morrissey, established prc-racc favorite, raced to expectations when he scored a popular victory in the seventy-ninth running of the historic Kings Plate, oldest continuously run feature on the continent. Coming from behind under the capable handling of jockey J. W. Bailey, he scored in convincing fashion, leading the Cosgrave Stable filly, Mona Bell, to the end of the gruelling mile and one furlong journey by a length and a half. H. Giddings Cabin Gal raced to the third position, four lengths back and two and one-half lengths in advance of G. M. Hendries Grand Dame. Close to 30.000 racing enthusiasts jammed the old Woodbine plant to witness the running of the feature event, which carried the value of S7.F.00 added, of which the winner shared ,780 and 50 guineas, the gift of His Majesty, The King. Clear, sunny skies prevailed for the program and the track was at its best. Bunty Lawless raced the distance in 1:54%, one-fifth of a second from the record which was established by Korom-eter in 1934. LONG POST DELAY. There Was a delay of ten and one-half minutes at the start when Suffern, Aidwych and Cabin Gal were unruly. Starter Rowe sent them away in good order. Mona Bell displayed the most early speed, breaking quickly to assume command. She sprinted along to a lead of two lengths, followed by Bunty Lawless and Suffern. This order was maintained until the turn into the back stretch, where Bailey eased back from the swift pace and allowed Suffern the task of attempting to run down Mona Bell. Sufferns bid was of brief duration and he weakened suddenly when he failed to threaten the Cosgrave filly after going seven furlongs. Meanwhile Bailey was sitting snug on the Morrissey colt, patiently waiting until reaching the turn out of the back stretch before calling on the son of Ladder for his bid. Once released from wraps, the colt quickly moved up into contention until, as they swung into the back stretch, he was lapped on Mona Beils saddle cloth. At this stage Grand Dame loomed up stoutly on the outside, but Bunty Lawless was not to be denied, drawing clear as they charged through the stretch, easily passing the finish pole a length and a half in the van with Mona Bell, hanging on gamely to save the second end of the purse. Grand Dame, after her splendid bid in the stretch, again weakened and was displaced by Cabin Gal for third money.
