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Purse for Dominion breds, $400. Certainly this bill of 

 fare thirty years old compares favorably with the pro- 

 grammes of the present day, and the revenue derived in 

 those days at a meeting was insignificant in comparison 

 with what is obtainable now. At the meeting alluded to 

 my old friend Roddy Pringle won the Queen's Plate with 

 Mignonette; Charley Boyle running second with Nor- 

 lander. Dr. Andrew Smith scooped in the Kempenfelt 

 Stakes with Edenton and the Canadian Derby with War 

 Cry. Clem Alloway, one of the very best gentlemen 

 riders that Canada ever produced, won the Hotel Keep- 

 ers' Purse with Rainbow. Dear old Joe Grand landed 

 the Northern Railway Purse with Jack the Barber, and 

 O'Neil won two races with Lord Byron. It was a thor- 

 oughly pleasant meeting, and the Toronto contingent, 

 numbering several score of good sportsmen, all gathered 

 at Barrie the evening before the meeting started. Each 

 hotel in the place was crowded with visitors and every- 

 body seemed to enjoy the sport. 



