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t , a j to .0 | Jj le 1 !r be ie y 1_ , j 11 j I ? : 1 : | " | I " j 1 | I j I j, j ■ his is I ! TOO 1 ! — I I re , at t 1j Br n_ at a. /e , s s he e ill I I "JL ! I J* j - of - j L. 1 . j is a of - __ I TWO FALL AT DUFFERIN PARK- f k I I j 1 Shimmering Goes Down and Westys 1 , j Hero Falls Over Him — Jockeys Uninjured — Speed Victorious. TORONTO, Ont., June 19.— Mondays pro- - 1 gram of the Metropolitan Racing Association 1 1 1 1 at Dufferin Park was made up of seven i j 1 1 claiming events, the principal of which was 3 the fifth, named the Forest Hill. Speed, , chestnut Flight of Time and Rosern gelding, , | | racing for the Cosgrave Stable, proved a 1 1 I popular victor of the feature when he drove 2 | 1 to the end under the handling of C. Mc-1 -1 Tague. a length and one-quarter before the 1 j 1 Four Ls Stables Spearman. Third place 2 went to J. Watermans Trajectory. A spill marred the running when the Do-| - •minion Stables Shimmering, after finding, t difficulty in negotiating the turns, stumbled 1 j the final turn and fell, causing Mrs. F. W. . Merrills Westys Hero to fall over her. Jock- - 1 eys Osborne and Remillard, astride the two, i, I were thrown clear and were unhurt. | A good crowd witnessed the second days s program and was greatly augmented when i the gates were thrown open following the e I feature race. A decided rise in temperature e j made the program more enjoyable, while e 1 i the track was at its best. ; There was only a slight delay at the start t | of the Forest Hill and they were away in i 1 good order. Clarksdale drove to the lead at t once, followed by Shimmering and Speed. As they made the first turn and came to 0 I the stand for the first turn of the track, :, I Clarksdale held the lead, racing a length be- :- fore Shimmering, while Speed was a length 1 and one-half back. At the paddock turn n Shimmering moved up on the outside of f Clarksdale. but attempted to bolt. When straightened away in the back k stretch, McTague called on Speed and, . driving him through on the inside of Clarks- dale, took command. As they sped down the back stretch Trajectory and Spearman drove e up fast on the outside. Leaving the back k stretch Speed drew clear, while Spearman ! moved around Shimmering and Clarksdale. Shimmering again attempted to duck out ,i and in straightening stumbled and fell, i Westys Hero coming on to fall over her. Entering the stretch Spearman made a bold bid, but McTague again called on Speed H and in the drive to the end he drew clear r 1 again. Spearman was before Trajectory by y a length and one-half at the end. •
