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Seek American Stables For Racing in Ontario Booklets Pointing Out Various Inducements Being Distributed TORONTO, Ont., March 31.— Encouraged j by the increased number of American-owned horses campaigned in the Province | of Ontario, Canada, last season, the In-j j | corporated Canadian Racing Association, i • governing body of the turf sport in that | I I sector, is distributing a booklet among ! | j American horsemen which points out the inducements offered American stables to send their horses across the border to race this season. I This circuit is made up of seven tracks, , I j Woodbine Park, Thorncliffe Park, Long Branch and Dufferin Park in Toronto; I Hamilton, at Hamilton; Fort Erie, just I across the river from Buffalo, N. Y., and j Stamford Park, at Niagara Falls, Ont. Each track offers 14 days of racing, 98 days in | ; ! | all, and all except Stamford Park stages j i two seven-day meetings, whereas the Ni- | agra Falls coruse operates 14 days straight, j There are, however, 14 straight days of racing at both Woodbine Park and Dufferin Park in the spring and fall, for Thorncliffe has transferred its meeting to the Ontario Jockey Club course and Long Branch meetings are now being held at Dufferin Park, due to war-time emergency conditions. Purse distribution at these meetings will exceed 00,000 this year, Woodbine Park offering ,000 minimum purses, while the J lowest value at all other tracks, except j Stamford Park, is 00. There is a 00 ! j i minimum at the Niagara Falls track. |
