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MONTREAL RACINGS GREAT POPULARITY Greater Crowd Than That of Saturday Views Seven Well Contested Races Montreal Quo September 7 Todays splendid card consisting of seven races and having the Strath cona Steeplechase and tire Laurier Cup Handicap as features served to bring out to Blue Bonnets an attendance far in excess of Saturdays record There was also an increase of bookmakers in line over Saturdays number fortyeight of them doing busi ¬ ness The brisk rains of the previous day made the main track a bit slow and favored horses with delicate underpinning but tlie steeplechase course was improved by the drenching as evidenced by the fast time made six seconds being clipped from the former mark for the short course distance distanceMany Many withdrawals during the afternoon reduced the starters in the different races to small numbers and while the finishes were not extra close the siHHt was enjoyable and profitable to the majority of speculators Six of the races were won by favor ¬ ites and second choices R Tompkins Jimmy Lane favorite was best in the steeplechase and won after a brisk drive to shake off Ariau and Goldtleur which were prominent factors for almost thrce piarters of the entire jour ¬ ney Jimmy Lane managed to draw away from his opponents after going over the twelfth jump and won well in hand Arian taking second place from Goldfleur Jimmy Lane was in the lead from tlagfall and set a fast pace that brought him to the finish six seconds under the old mark of 402 Waterway making bis first start at the meeting and ridden by Dion Kerr made a bad landing at the seventh hedge and fell heavily on bis rider Mr Kerr was con veyed to a hospital and after a hasty examination the physicians announced that he was not seriously injured There was an aftermath to the race when Gwyn R Tompkins informed the stewards that i rior to Hie race some unknown person had made overtures to jockey W Allen on Jimmy Lane to vreveiit his victory the consideration being f2oo Allen is said to have taken the money but not with any intention to carry out the plan of pulling tlie horse for be immediately brought it to Mr Tompkins with the story of the particulars Tomp ¬ kins bet the money on Jimmy Lane and gave it to the rider The stewards took the matter in hand and are making a searcn for the bribe offerer with a view to ruling him off the turf turfThe The lightly weighted Botanist was the most fa ¬ vored by the track in the Laurier Cup and landed the stake in easy style from Magazine the top weighted Lawrence 1 Daley securing third place Only four of tlie original named starters went to the post but the addition of John Carroll and Cooney K brought the field up to six sixTom Tom Dolan showed improvement over his previ ¬ ous race and defeated his recent conqueror Zipango in a canter Tlie price in view of the decisive beating administered him by Zhmngo then was ridiculously short against Tom Dolan but the wise ones knew what they were about for the horse never gave his backers a moment of serious anxiety winning all Hie way JCipango hud second place safe after turning into the stretch stretchPocomoko Pocomoko made a runaway of the opening race a handicap for twoyearolds at five furlongs and showed a smart performance Fernando winner of tlie second race over a poor baud was overlooked in the betting Cloistercss repeated her recent vic ¬ tory and took her opponents into camp rather handily in the sixth and Golf Ball had some trouble in landing tlie closing race raceThe The stewards ordered Tollgathercr and Mexican Silver withdrawn from the sixth race on account of their owners failure to report them in the pre ¬ scribed time to the paddock judge Tollgathercr was to have been the medium of a killing and large commissions on him were sent to outoftown poolrooms poolroomsJ J J Marklein will ship his horses at the close of the present meeting to Lexington II R Baker and E A iLevr will also transfer their strings at the ulaceAV same time to the same ulace AV Allen signed a contract today to ride for G R Tompkins for next year Marse yearMarse Abe which has been ailing is reported to be much improved but will not be in condition to start during this meeting if at all this season
