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NEAR CLOSE AT MONTREAL BUT ONE DAY REMAINING OF A REMARKABLY WELLPATRONIZED MEETING Czar Outstays Dennis Stafford and Lawrence P PDaley Daley in a Close Finish Allans AllansEasy Easy Steeplechase Montreal Quo September 11 Todays attendance nt IJluc Bonnets llic closing day but one was of Konerous proportion and representative A reflection of the big crowd on hand was seen in the betting iiig whore thirtyeight layers transacted a tremend ¬ ous business Favorites Avon the majority of the races and as all the winners wore liberally sup ¬ ported the backers had by lonjr ways the best of the nrsniiicnt Tlie mile and a furious handicap resulted in a hardfought struggle and a desperate finish of Vliroc in which Czar acauitted himself grandly by winning by a small margin from Dennis Stafford with Lawrence I Daley in third place only a short distance away The latter was conceding much weight to his opponents and by his showing today lirovid his superiority over the leading pair under final weights weightsThe The presence of several of the best gentlemen riders of the day astride several of the starters in 1ho sixth race took considerable of the amateur caror from it and a betting duel developed between tli partisans of the Tucker boys anil Dion Kerr The latter was on Kosemount favorite but Niblick rid uen by John Tucker was Iwcked almost into equal favoritism Harry Tucker upset calculations by bringing Sparkles home the winner after a wellsus ¬ tained drive Rosemount gaining second place and Niblick third thirdThe The steeplechase was probably the poorest one of the meeting Ariau far outclassed his opponents and MTOII handily from Butwell the only other one that ilid not come to grief Tin MacCool ridden by W AlIeTi fell after going over the eighth fence but was remounted by a stable hand named W Burns and finishing in the time limit gained third place placeMabel Mabel Htnry finally managed to take a purse after numerous attempts when she landed the clos ¬ ing race from a fairly good band of youngsters Che opening race went to Tcnakoe in a canter from DIka JugginsPretension and Jubilee Juggins Pretension showed marked improvement this after 3IOOU when he landed the second race from practically the same sort of opiwncnts that he was defeated l y when ridden by G Burns An investigation lias been on since the running ot the horse in his last start and several persons bave been interro ¬ gated by the stewards including a prominent book ¬ maker who it is said layed heavily against the horse when beaten by Chief Hayes The stewards still have the race under investigation and it is understood that if any developments crop out iockey Burns will be the sufferer 1 II Heed favorite in the third race had scant vhancc after the start when his saddle slipped and Powers broke a stirrup stirrupPreparations Preparations are being made by the management to accommodate a big attendance tomorrow at Blue Bonnets as Karl Grey governorgeneral of Canada lias signified his intention of being present to wit ¬ ness the racing Barney Schreil cr will ship the horses he has been racing here to Toronto I U Strode will ship the horses he has been rac ¬ ing KyT here to Lexington Ky T C McDowell and P Dunne will ship their strings to Lexington on Monday next J T Ireland T W Moore E Alvey and Hi It Baker will follow with their consignments as soon as cars to transport their stock are available availableWhile While no otliejal announcement lias been made for the present it is likely that John Bxlen will again resume his position as racing secretary at Santa Anita AnitaL L A Cellits racers that have been campaigned hero will lie shipped to Fort Erie where they will rejoin the others of the Cella string and the entire lot KyConsiderable shipped to Douglas Park Ky Considerable pressure by horsemen and race follow ¬ ers was brought to bear on the Montreal manage ¬ ment without success to have the meeting extended for several days daysJilnrO JilnrO Fcrriss Jr contemplates retiring from the racing business and is making an effort to dis ¬ pose of La Veita Mcllvain and St Vohna
