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; . ; ; , , I . I - i 3 i 3 f i ; ; t : - , j ; i i 1 s i Woodbine Park Ushers In Canadian Racing Season Ten to Ace Outstanding Choice To Take Kings Plate Renewal TORONTO, Ont., May 22. Woodbine Park, palatial home of the Ontario Jockey Club and long acknowledged one of the "most beautiful race courses in America, opens the 1942 eastern Canadian racing season Saturday. With local interest in the sport running at a fever pitch for the past many weeks, there is every indication that this meeting of the current World War n. will be the most successful the old East End course has enjoyed in a good many seasons. As in other years, the Kings Plate, with its ,000 and 50 guineas added purse, oldest continuously run stake event in Amer-; ica, occupies the premier position on a fine opening-day program of eight races that secretary Galliger has fashioned, and this seasons renewal of the nine-furlong test, with the gift of His Majesty the King, promises to develop into a most interesting race, even though on paper Harry Giddings Ten to Ace appears to have the race at his mercy. Of the original 34 three-year-olds nominated for the gallop of the Guineas, 10 others besides the Giddings fireball have been named overnight to face starter Rowe, , and it is rather difficult to guess which entrant will enjoy secondary favoritism. By reason of. his splendid racing record as a juvenile when meeting defeat on only one occasion in all his six starts and the manner in which he has trained for the ! Plate, Ten to Ace will go to the post a . prohibitive choice, some experienced price i makers quoting him a 1 to 10 shot. Another reason for the chestnut son of Stand Pat and Royalite figuring to be practically backed off the boards is the disappointing : manner in which a number of other contenders have come up to their engagement in the affair. Ten to Ace will be guided by the capable , : hands of C. W. "Could Win" Smith, a lad who handled him in all his efforts last . season. There are some in the field that should command some support and atten-t tion. Of these, J. E. Smallmahs Depressor has impressed the clocker brigade most. I The latters final mile trial was a good one and his ability to travel far was demonstrated last year both in the mile of the Coronation Stakes and the mile and 70 j yards of the Cup and Saucer test. River-E dale Stables Clocklike also will have sup-b porters, and H. C. Hatchs Cossack Post, even though his final .work of the training ; session was under par, should not go beg- ging for backers. .
