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MONTGOMERYS SPLENDID WORK. Meaaphla, Tenn., March lv Montgomery, ridden by jockey Shilling, worked I mile and an eighth mi ":01i. Hie lirst mile in 1:422. al Montgomery Dark this morning. This was his tiual trial over the local course for the Crescent i iiy Derby. He will be .shipped to New Orleans tomorrow or next day. Fred Iorsythe announced that he had secured iiermissioii for Shilling to ride the coll Saturday. The offer «if It. L. Thomas for Montgomery has not Inch BC •cepted and he will carry Ilie Chinn and Iorsythe colors in the Derby. Montgomerys form last year was lietler than that of Yankee Girl and on the addi lioiial strenglli of his splendid work today, he will ihave the sappsrt of the Memphis contingent.
