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HKRZ BUYS MONTGOMERY. PAYS 5000 AND WINS JOCKEY CLUB WEIGHT FOR AGE RACE. Backs the Pessara Colt Heavily — Jack Atkin Stops After a Mile — De Mund Again Quits — Muddy Track. Now York. .Tunc ". — Montgomery, running in the interest ..! 1 : 1 1 1 i 1 Hcvz. Imt I Bllllt the colors ■! p. a. ronythe, won the Jockey cinii Weight for Age Race at Bel in Park thla after— oo in saeh I iii;i iiIK-r :ls to stamp liitn as ■ I ho! oimhly good tiiiri- o ir old. .Inst before the hone* wenl to the pool Ben paid Forsythe 125,008 to cash for the -on ot iv— mi:i. The deal was not coaaoaiBntcd In linn- tor :i rhaage to be in. Mir in the Jacket won by the rider, bal the bene nra fat Ben awl the v:.l r the race is Blared !«• hi- accoant. k* the iii-w owner backed the coll liberally, it is lik.-b lli:it he won him bait out. it not more. Last fall Fersytae asked SMMSM far Mow tgeaicry. Mi— is. Mackensje, or the KlrMeld Stable, betas offend their ehoiee, Montgomery or ioiiroiinc al thai figure. Thejr bought tin- hitter. Before that, htarhew Oarhetl bad aa option ea the eoM fw 7.500 and tin- bane Oal af Reach, lmr Montgomery •track himself and Hie deal ml off. When Tor -Mhe took Montgomery to Vw Orleans hi-l Wiatet to will the crescent City Derby, lie afenl the rail to B. I.. Thomas for 115,000. The deal was not daaed aad lot sy the made money by wait lag A tew daya ago Oarhetl offered 117.800, hut this was n freed. Forsyihe holding out tor .$«■"., » mi. That Montgomery is ■ smart colt there is ao denying, ami good fadgna 0a MN cow alder ihc price paid for him ■areeeeaable. Be took up scale freight today ami won with eeaoaausate ease. Unlike waited OB .Tack Atkin lo the last furlong. hut whea he inrucii Moatgoanery loose the eall aaaaed the parfasafcrr in ■ ball daaea iliMea to win cantering. lack A 1 k in was aa added st .trier Bad was heavily bached. He waa well Batted by the sloppy goiag, imt the distance, one mile aad an eighth, was loo minh for him. lie tired ha.lly after going one mile. Continual rain since Satnniay night had left the Hack ■ quagmire and withdrawals were numcNius. I»e Mund again gave the taleal ■ bard blear. It i-l.anl t j aay why be was so heavily hacked after his diseppoiol log racea tiiis s-ring. The darts are was secn fai llWOf. and i.e carried US pounds, yet he was hacked from ."■ to t lo 3 lo 2. He led to I lip stretch, then ran wide and quit badly, finishing last. The paddle wad in goad form in spite of the changed track conditions, lour of the races going lo lite favorites, while the ether winners were well hacked. Willi the Van Corilandt Handicap as the slake feature, tomorrows card promises well and. with I. ail of f aailh ■_ Vervane. l.cii Shaw: Sir Todding ion. Master of Draft, The Cricket: Glorious Betsy. Koiiitc. Semnro: Okenite. Chart* s Kdward. Bed River: Bin-kman. Sheriff. Williams. Dick Shaw: Hol-Bcher, Ho Between and Nealoii showing among lie-ealrlea, goad racing is in prospect.
