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GOOD 11ACING AT MONTREAL CLOSE FINISHES AND GENERAL DEFEAT OF FAVORITES THE FEATURES Belmere Runs Another Winning Race Arionetta Da feats Elizabeth Harwood Racing People Flockinff in from New York Montreal Quo August 31 The influx of visitors from Buffalo and New York swelled todays attend ¬ ance at Blue Bonnets to the crowding point Al ¬ though no stake offering was featured a good card was presented and it resulted in spirited racing Favorites were downed in five of the races and the thirty layers in line reaped a rich harvest The principal upset came with the running of the steeplechase over the short course when Delcanta a strongly supported oddson favorite was easily beaten by Blue Pigeon The latter showed much the most speed for the entire distance and although In ¬ clined to blunder while approaching some of the fences held the favorite safe and won as his rider pleased Ballycastle which was favored for second place unseated his rider at the first hedge hedgeBelmere Belmere again showed a sterling performance In beating a good band of selling platers at a mile in the closing race Belmere was made favorite and for a time gave his backers anxiety by trailing far back but in the stertch he moved up with a rush and wearing Huck down near the end won handily enough The poor showing of Golden Shorts caused the stewards to seek an explanation from jockey Ott her rider The boy claimed that the filly had tried to run out most of tlie way The wayThe finish in the first race between Ceremonius Lomond and Servlcence was one of the closest ever witnessed in these parts tlie trio finishing in the order apartDoubt named only noses apart Doubt was selectexl in the second race and Powers presence in the saddle gave him an additional fol ¬ lowing He ran disappointingly and failed to get a place Leonard Joe Hayman leading all the way won marginCella by a comfortable margin Cella and Corrigan representatives fought it out in the third and Arionette managed to beat Eliza ¬ beth Harwood to the finish after a spirited drive A mediocre field started in the fifth and it resulted in the defeat of Miss Catesby another favorite Tartar Maid winning in the last stride With bet ¬ ter management Miss Uatesby would have won Two wonTwo special trains arrived this morning from New York and Buffalo with nearly every layer of promi ¬ nence on the turf The New York delegation reports that every train leaving Xew York for Montreal will be crowded with race followers for the nest few daysThere days There was a mixup before the first race caused through an error lit scratching Jolly After an ex ¬ planation the stewards allowed him to start Jockey startJockey AV Ott was lined 25 by the judges for using offensive language Jockey languageJockey Kesiting was suspended for one week by the starter for incompeteney at the post Barney postBarney Schreiber was an arrival today from Buf ¬ falo He stated that he had shipped Emperor Wil ¬ liam to New York and he would iu future be trained by Herman Brandt BrandtJ J R Wainwright who was negotiating for the purchase of Chapultepec from Burlew ONeill stated today that he had not consummated the deal on legsTom account of the horses suspicious front legs Tom Shaw will be a visitor here shortly Billy Cowan nnd Dan Donnelly arrived this morning but did iiot cut in They probably will be In line to ¬ morrow
