The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-09
ONTARIO JOCKEY
CLUBS SCHEDULE
Canada Circuit Will Prove Big
Success the Coming
Year.
NO PURSE WILL BE
LESS THAN $500
HOrsemen Confident That Can
ada Will Be Great Rae
ing Center.
'riounc Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
TORONTO, Ont, May s.-Eutrics fo1
the stake races of the Ontario Jockey
club. which closed last Saturday, indi
cate great race year in Canada Ac.
cording to w. p. Fraser. secretary of
the club, there are more high-class an.
lmals 10 compete this year than Canada
has ever seen. The formation of the
I Canadian Racing association To govern
! the sport in the Dominion doubtless has
done much to aid in securing the many
, ontries, but. of course, the main reason
! is the restriction Of betting in the
! United States
! The consequent reduction in tho
! amount of the stakes and in the actual
number of racing days about New York
has forced many an owner, rich as well
thoroughbred string. The magnates Of
the turf Ike James r. kecne, Harry
Payne Whitney, w. K. Vanderbilt and
August Belmont. have their stables
competing for the rich purses of Eug-
land and France. as have many other
we!i-to-do Americans, who have not the
same extensive breeding interests.
But many man with less capital
10 devote TO the sport is compelled to
ever though his horses be well bred
AMI classy, Hence the filing Of the
Ontario Jockey club 5 programme and
probably those of the other tracks on
the circuit, Among the Ontario club s
premier events are the Toronto cup of
$4,000, the Woodstock plate of $1,000,
the Victoria stakes Of $1,000 and the
Nocdbinc stceplechase Of $500. In
fart. during the fortnight of racing the
chm Will off pl,Npn nfrrr
events TO which il will add $4,000, a
liberal allowance. No purse will be less
than $500.
Kenilworth Closed
Though there will be no racing this
year over the Kenilworth track at Buf-
falo, the Niagara Racing association IS
track at Fort Erie, now part of the
Canadian circuit, will hold two sessions, !
one from July 10 July 2S, the other !
from August 26 to September 4. Being |
right across the river, Buffalo folk Will |
make up the bulk of the attendance
Stakes to be run at the summer meet !
the mile and a quarter event, for the |
3-year-old, valued at S3500: the Niagara
stakes, 2-year-olds, five furlongs, $500; |
the Fort Erie stakes. selling. 3-year-olds |
and upward, six furlongs. $500, and the
Grand Canadian steeplcchase, handicap.
full course, $1,000.
The events to be run at the fall
meeting Will be the Iroquois Hotel
stakes, handicap, 2-year-olds, five and
2 half furlongs, $500, and the Canadian
sportsman handicap, 3-year-olds and up
ward. cue mile and sixteenth, $500
Convinced Of the future of Canadian
'acing, the management at Fort Erie
llso plans $4,000 stake race for 1910
o be known as the Dominion handicap,
For ayear-olds and upward. at mile
md quarter. The guaranteed cash
Talrc Of $4,000 will be split up as fol-
ows; $3.50 to first. $3.50 to second,
100 10 third and $3.50 to fourth Liza.
'llties will be Sl5 at date of entry, $50
additional if not declared by March !,
9o9, and $50 additional to start
Weights fifteen days prior to the date
ct for the running of the race. A win
Ter of $500 after publication of
Weights TO carry five pounds extra.