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I MOUNT ROYAL TURF NOTES t i For the first time of the current Quebeo racing season a steeplechase affair will occupy the premier position on a daily program when the best jumpers in the vicinity-will meet in the W. V. Henderson Memorial Handicap, a gallop of about two miles on Saturday. It is also the initial time for handicap conditions to govern a jumping affair, and the secretary has seen fit to allot J. G. Fairs Rural Shower and W. J. Dalys Rouge Catalan with the top weight of 156 pounds each. Jockey R. Conner reported sick on Friday and was compelled to cancel his four riding engagements. The apprentice allowance on G. W. Batts Army Game was waived in the seventh race Friday, making the Bright Knight mare carry 108, an additional five pounds. Jockey Tracey Vercher packed his tack and departed for Hamilton, Ont., to await the opening of the second summer meeting of the Hamilton Jockey Club at that point. After a days rest, jockey Joe Dyer resumed riding Friday. Dyer, who rode fifteen winners at the recent Kings Park meeting, went into. Fridays racing here with eighteen winners to his credit and is almost a certainty to capture riding honors at Mount Royal.
