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of the Province; Hector Cameron, T. N. Gibbs, M.P., 

 W. Lount, M.P.P., Sheriff Powell, Sheriff Reynolds, Dr. 

 Andrew Smith, R. Pringle, and many other prominent 

 turfmen from all parts of Ontario. The great race of the 

 day, of course, was the Queen's Plate, and as the ten 

 contestants which sported silk for the event filed round 

 to the starting post, there was a good deal of suppressed 

 excitement. Quimby's voice was echoing far and near, 

 ''How much am I offered for first choice! $20 I am bid 

 and Terror sold," and so on till the drop of the flag 

 proclaimed the Queen's Plate of 1870 then under process 

 of settlement. 



The distance was two miles, and before the half-mile 

 pole had been reached the field was pretty well trailed 

 out. On the run up the back stretch Terror got clear of 

 his company and turned into the home run first with two 

 open lengths the best of it. Nearing the stand, at the end 

 of the first mile. Jack on the Green let out a link and 

 moved into second position, and as they swept past the 

 judges ' stand Rathowen raced into third place, thus pass- 

 ing the betting box in the order in which they had been 

 sold. But before the next quarter had been reached, a 

 simultaneous shout echoed along the quarter stretch. 

 "Terror is beaten!" ''The favorite's gone!" and they 

 had guessed it aright, the colt had hung out the flag of 

 distress and Jack on the Green and Rathowen were fight- 

 ing for the lead. As they swung round the turn into the 

 straight run, another yell from the crowd proclaimed a 

 second surprise, and sure enough two of the fielders, Jack 

 Bell and Rapid Roan, had left the ruck, closed upon the 

 leaders and at the bushes the four were bunched and it 

 looked a guessing match to choose the winner. But as 

 they levelled from the turn Jack on the Green and Jack 

 Bell got clear, and for a few hundred yards it was a neck 

 and neck struggle, then the latter forged ahead, and as 

 they squared for home showed nearly a length to the 

 good. A punishing finish resulted, but it was of no avail. 

 Bell was full of running, and thus the Queen's Plate of 



