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Canadian Maturity Won By Favored King Maple McMacken Colt Wins With Ease In 0,000 Woodbine Feature By RUSS DELUCA Staff Correspondent f-WOODBINE PARK, Toronto, June 18.- rhe McMacken Stables King Maple, four-yar-old son of Fairaris and Noon Maid, performed to expectations when he came home winner of the third running of the 0,000 added Canadian Maturity Stakes here this afternoon. Although the event was a betless affair, the running occupied ttfe full attention of a sweltering and sun baked crowd. .Second honors in the Maturity fell to his stablemate Life Line, who held that position of the purse safe from J. E. F. Seagrams Three Striper by four lengths. E. P. Taylors June Brook was fourth leading home Windina and Staff Reporter. This was King Maples second score of the season and his ,985 share of the parse brought his total winnings to 3,645. It appears that King Maple is now well on the road to becoming the second Canadian-foaled thoroughbred to earn 00,000 in prize money. . King Maple, who looks exceptionally fit the moment, toured the nine furlongs in :52 over a fast track, f According to present plans, the classy McMacken colt will next be seen under Ittks on the closing afternoon of the On-Krio Jockey Club meeting when he will face open competition in the ,500 added Dominion Day Stakes. E. P. Taylor, vice president of the Ontario Jockey Club, presented a trophy to Mrs. Gordon McMacken following the running of the event. The story of .the Canadian Maturity Stakes is easily told as King Maple, moved to the front shortly after the start, rapidly drew away from his opposition and scored with ridiculous ease. Life Line trailing in the early running, closed with a, rush when roused in the home stretch, but was no match for the winner. Three Striper was prominently placed from the start, held on to be third. The North Downs Farms Momus, a three-year-old chestnut son. of Natchez and My Rose, turned in a smashing effort to easily annex top honors over three others of his own age in the ,000 added Toronto Cup Handicap. Handled by Lyman Richards, the winner reached the end of the mile and a sixteenth two and three-quarter lengths before the Bill Beasley Stables favored Little Wolf, who led E. P. Taylors Captor by three and a half lengths. J. J. Flemings Flying Admiral finished last of the four that contested the issue. Momus paid .20 .after covering the distance in 1:45 and earned ,765 of the gross purse Of ,550.
