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J I ! DOUBLE FOR CONNIE SMYTHE Sir Marlboro Wins Woodstock Plate for Canadian Sportsman. Leamington Plate to Stablemate, Shoeless Joe — Ideal Weather Conditions Prevail at Woodbine Track. TORONTO, Ontario, May 25.— Sir Marlboro, brown three-year-old son of Swift and Sure and Mad Delight, carried the blue and white silks of Connie Smythe to victory in the fifty-second running of the Woodstock Plate. It was the second victory of the day for the Smythe stable and jockey C. Mc-Tague, Shoeless Joe having raced to victory in the previous event. Sir Marlboro shouldered the impost of 121 pounds and raced the mile and seventy yards in 1:43%, two-fifths of a second slower than the track record established by Luggage in May, 1931. He displayed dazzling speed and, setting all his own pace, raced in the fractional time of :23%, :47%, 1:13, 1:38%, being ridden out at the end. Repeller, racing for J. Hazza, took the place honors a length and one-half back and four in advance of the Parkwood Stables Petcrhof. H. Giddings Sea General, which was second in this years Kings Plate running, and H. R. Bains Dark Channelle made up the balance of the field. BIG CROWD. A large crowd was in attendance for the fifth day of sport of the Ontario Jockey Club. Sunny skies, with a rise in temperature, prevailed. There was only a slight delay at the start and the field was away in perfect order. Sir Marlboro was away in the lead, followed by Sea General, Dark Channelle and Peter-holf. As they swung around the paddock turn, he drew clear and went to the inside. Entering the back stretch, he held a length and one-half lead, while Dark Channelle raced in second place, the same distance before Sea General. Through the back stretch, going to the half-mile ground, Sir Marlboro increased his lead to three lengths, -while Peterhof began to move up on Dark Channelle on the inside. Rounding the turn, Sir Marlboro went to a five-length lead, while Peterhof moved to second place and Repeller began to gain. McT AGUES GOOD RIDE. After straightening in the stretch, Mc-Tague called on the Smythe colt and had him urging to the end. Repeller, meanwhile, closed fast and, disposing of Peterhof, was i only a length and one-half back of the winner at the end. Peterhof, racing evenly, re- mained in third place. Shoeless Joe accounted for the fourth purse of the meeting for the stable of C. Smythe in the running of the Leamington Plate. Ridden by C. McTague, who is leading the riders, the seven-year-old son of Black Servant held a length and one-half lead over G. F. Potters Penabud at the end of the six furlongs. Third place went to Skating Fool, stable companion of the winner. Fraidy Cat, from the Brent-trained stable of A. S. Madison, refused to break from the starting gate and was left.
