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READY FOR OPENING AT MONTREAL. New Blue Bonnets Course Is Fast— Weather Is Clear — Good Card. Montreal. Quebec. June ::. The inaugural nut-tin, of the Montreal Jockey Club will Ugin at the lieV. l.liie Bonnets course tomorrow and an excellent pregraai i- offered by the new dub. in. -hided in Its ii-t ,,f offeriag i- the M t Beyal Handicap. the Kiaga Plate and a haadicap at three aaarten of a mile. There are already 300 hoi-cs on the groaad, while aeTeral carloads are due toaighl and toinotf.iw morning. The stables of T. B. Maiinix and 1 . T. Morris arrived from New York this an.-i noon, while Chinu and- rorsylhe. "Bah" May and Morris Welch, the latter with a eoasigaaaeal .•;• lei two j ear o! is ii the Newcastle Stable are due here lomenow. The staldes of .1. V FItbb, looepii i;. Seagnai and .lames Meagher «iil arrive froi Toronto tomorrow. Kverylhing about the beautiful Due Bonnets eoni-se js ready for the opetiim;. Ilie ...uise is coin pl.-le in every detail and the Hack i- p! ■otioittn-e I lo he one of the fastest and sal.st in the COOBtrj h is an eact dapHcate of the faaamM Son toga eoane. The steeplechase acid i- as i ,-i as a billiard table, while all the jumps are ..I the l*g« lalion bright. There are many u I Steeplechase horses lure and some stilling eontests tbrongh the li.iil should lie w iine--. d. .loiin r.o.ieii. one of the orgaafcven of the dab. is here from New York, to ad a- rierfc of the eoarae. Praak .1. Bryaa, win. will he the presidla; Jadge, has been here for several days. Starter Hade and his assistants arrived yesterday, while William 1. Higgs got in from Ball imoie this morning. J. Fitzgerald and W. C. Percy, Who will ait a-■ It wards, arc due from New ark tooaorrow inorn ing. The club nietnl.ersiiip has already passed the limit and Sir Montague Allen and James Cairullier-are thinking of increa- ing he BBejDbership QCOOl 900 to 500. The ctabhoaae at Blue Bonnets is s handsome structure, built on modern lines and U| to date in every reaped. Yostenlav over 1,000 persons visited the track, inspecting every little de tiiil Bad the general Verdict was thai the plan! could not well be improved upon. The grandstand is a double decker and will seat about 2,500. Willi line weather for the opealstt] the occasion will he made an auspicious on. The people in the Prooiaec "t Harbor, have everj reason io In- Broad of their race course, which will com pare favorably with any in the country. It is far and away the beat in Canada and as a mat lei of fact is SOjaaBed only by the courses around N.-w York. Many excellent rniers are named to start to morrow, and with sack as Merry Kngland. Irccii. Purslane; Patrician. Kitty Smith. Boll Weevil; Bocky Tom. Okis. Woodbiae; Lotus Ktiler. Inferno. Main Chance: Labi Teaag, Dr. Keith, full of Fun. Niblick. Dog Rose and Consideral ion among them, patrons of the new Hack are certain to view good racing. T. K. Lynch.
