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Connaught Park to Stage Its Meeting This Year YearSeeks Seeks July 31 to Aug 14 Dates Other Quebec Tracks Make Plans PlansMONTREAL MONTREAL Que May5 With the uncertainty as to racing at Blue Bonnets cleared away president Tommy Gorman of the Quebec Racing Association has an ¬ nounced that Connaught Park Jockey Club at Ottawa would carry on as usual and had today claimed dates of July 31 to August 14 inclusive and that there would be a meeting of the association on May 10 when dates for Mount Royal and pos ¬ sibly Kings Park would be allotted allottedThe The Montreal Jockey Club in annual session last week decided not to operate racing at Blue Bonnets this season which came as no surprise as announcements to this effect had been made frequently though unofficially before This does not mean however that the big plant will be closed R James Speers the Winnipeg rac ¬ ing magnate who has done a brilliant con ¬ structive job in the West is reported to be interested and Joe Smoot of Washington and the Quebec Association may also be in the field to lease the plant for the season seasonThere There will be racing in Quebec said Tommy Gorman today We could not take any forward steps until we knew what Mrs Cattarinich who controls the stock of the Jockey Club planned to do Now that we know we can go ahead and make our plans plansConnaught Connaught first in the field for dates had the best meeting of the season in this province last season Mount Royal was next best Blue Bonnets was the only loser but it is believed that a thorough rehabilitation of that undertaking would put it back on its feet in a racing way
