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INFERNOS KING EDWARD HOTEL GOLD CUP Wins It for the Third Successive Time and Makes It Mr Seagrams Property Toronto Ont June The King Edward Hotel Gold Cup one of the big attractions of the Wood ¬ bine meeting and the feature lace offered by the On ¬ tario Jockey Club this afternoon proved an easy victory for Joseph K Seagrams Canadianbred In ¬ ferno which beat Zipango out a length after racing in front under restraint for the entire trip Infer ¬ nos victory today meant much to his owner for the conditions of the rrce read that the handsome trophy becomes the property of the owner whose colors were carried to victory four times or three times in suc ¬ cession Inferno had won the race in 100G7 and he clinched Mr Seagrams claim on the cup when he won this afternoon The cup which Is of solid gold is valued at 1500 and this together with the 15 0 added money meant that the stake was one of the richest of the meeting Infernos victory was a bloodless one lie dashed to the front on the turn into the backstrctch and set the pace under slight restraint all the way At no time during the running was the result in doubt and at the finish Shilling had Inferno well in hand handThe The complete tabled history of the King Edward Hotel Gold Cup is given below Year Winner A Wt Jockey Val Tim 190 Wire In 4 117 J Walsh 190 2101 104 Claude 4 122 J Daly 1500212 105 Tongorder i 100 K Walsh 2280209 2280209190li 190li Inferno 4 117 Treubel 1820205 1907 Inferno 5 125 McDanlel 1570200 1570200190S 190S Inferno 125 C II Shilling 2980 209j 209jThe The Beaufort purse furnished one of the prettiest races of the meeting Kllicott winning after a sharp stretch drive with Cave Adsum and Oxford These three ran in close order all the way and fought it out under a drive all of the last furlong furlongThe The steeplechase resulted in a series of mishaps four of the twelve starters coming to grief The race was run over a new course and after taking the first jump the field was required to come to the right of a big tree just opposite the grandstand All but three of the field failed to do this and after the race the riders of Picktime Tony Hart and Little Wally lodged a protest which was not al ¬ lowed Manzauo set a very fast pace until at the eleventh jump where he fell and then Sam Parmer dashed into a long lead leadIn In the closing race Bertha K the favorite was all but left at the post She seemed hopelessly beaten in the run down the backstretch where she was a dozen lengths back of the leader Shilling kept at her and on the far turn she gradually closed some of the gap and after a sensational stretch sprint managed to get up in the closing strides stridesEddie Eddie Tribe one of starter Dades assistants leaves for Denver on Sunday Trilxj will do the starting at the meeting which begins at Overland Park June IS IST T W Pangle sold the twoyearold Stone King to A W Maybee this morning morningThe The stewards promise to hand out a ruling In the Montclalr race within the next fortyeight hours which will be of a sensational character According to a rumor u couple1 of owners and a big bettor are mixed up lit the scandal and when the ruling is mado they will be included In the same category with jockey Goldstein GoldsteinTansyl Tansyl owned by Dillard Hill died at Woodbine this morning of pneumonia pneumoniaWilliam William Shields shipped his big stable to Montreal tonight to bo on hand for the opening of the meeting at Blue Bonnets on Saturday SaturdayStarter Starter Dade will leave for Montreal Saturday and will leave William Snydcr to do the starting on the closing day at Woodbine WoodbineKllicott Kllicott Inferno Wilton Lackaye and Bertha K were the winning favorites and as all were heavily hacked by the public the Ixxiks did not lay up any ¬ thing on the afternoon afternoonJoskey Joskey Xicol who is riding in great form just now bad two winning mounts and finished second in two other races racesFour Four of the races furnished stirring finishes and in two of them small margins separated the first two at tho end
