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MCARREN IN LUCK IN MONTREAL RACING Takes Two Purses with Sparkles and Gold Heart Extension Matter To Be Settled Wednesday Montreal Quo June 10 Weather conditions were not favorable for good racing at Blue Bonnets to ¬ day the track being heavy while a steady drizzling ruin fell all afternoon Despite these drawbacks a large crowd turned out and results exceeded expectations several of the Rices furnishing keen contests in which the winners were forced to stand long hard drives to win by small margins A steeplechase over the twomile course and a race whiclf called for gentlemen riders were tlie attrac ¬ tions that drew out the society folks and the club ¬ house verandas were well filled filledThe The gentlemen riders race furnished the best contest of the afternoon Sparkles winning by a head from Cnrsus after a furious stretch drive T Wright of Baltimore who returned from Gravescnd this morning and where he rode George Odoms Oracnlum to victory had the mount on Sparkles The latter set his own pace but tired badly in the stretch and just managed to last long enough to stall off Cursvs game rush rushManzano Manzano won the steeplechase in a canter from Flying Virginian The latter was very ably ridden by Mr Kerr but could never get up Goiiig to the hist jump it seemed as if Flying Virginian might have a chance but in the drive on the Hat he tired and Manzauo drew away awayP P II McCarren furnished two of the afternoons winners Sparkles and Gold Heart both carrying the Brooklyn turfmans colors The hitter beat a field of fast sprinters ill the opening race for which he was an outsider in tlie betting bettingCreel Creel won his third straight victory at the meet ¬ ing when he captured the second race He was giving away weight to everything in the race and wiin in a canter from Goes Fast Creel was ridden by Shilling and was under restraint until straight ¬ ened out in the homestretch where lie moved up with a rush rushJohn John lioden and James Carruthers both members of the executive committee of the Montreal Jockey Club returned from New York this morning The executive committee of the club will meet on Wed ¬ nesday and decide whether the meeting shall be ex ¬ tended At present the chances for an extension seem favorable but a positive announcement will be made Wednesday noon Many horsemen have wired here wishing to send on their stables to participate in the meeting The attendance this afternoon was augmented by the arrival of a number of New York ¬ ers and speculation in tiie ring was brisk
