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HIGH ASPIRATIONS FOR BLUE BONNETS. Montreal. Que.. September 22. The success of the Montreal Jockey Clubs recently ended autumn meeting indicates a growing desire on the part of the citizens of this nietroiHiiis of Canada for high-class siMirt. The membership of the jockey club, comprising as it does the most prominent men in .Montreal, is a guarantee that Blue Bonnets will always be a course where sport will be given precedence over conunercialisni, resembling in this respect Saratoga, its nearest neighbor among American tracks. It is the ambition of Sir II. Montagu Allan, the president, and those associated with him, to make the track one of the finest in America, not only from a visual standpoint, but in the magnificence of its stake disbursements and the .piality of the horses that will be attracted thereby. The salubrious climate, rich grasses, and abundance of pure water combine to make Blue Bonnets a desirable place in which to rest a jaded liorse or to still further increase the prowess of an already vigorous animal. Thomas Clyde of Salisbury. Mil., was one of the first to recognize the merits of Blue Bonnets In this respect, and with the realization came a desire characteristic of the gentleman, who never lets anything in a pecuniary way prevent his having what he wants in connection with racing. By an agreement with the jockey club, one of its best stables on the property between the park and street railway and Molsons avenue, lias been sot aside for his exclusive use, and in turn the young millionaire erected a handsome bungalow facing Molsons avenue and adjacent to the stable, containing sumptuous quarters for his trainer and manager. Captain W. V. Presgrave. Mr. Clyde can sit on the porch of his bungalow and watch the horses at work on the splendid oval across the xrtiy. and it is his intention to keep Ills horses regularly at Blue Bonnets when they are not racing at Toronto. Saratoga and Pimlico. They will winter as usual at Salisbury, but the end of the Maryland Jockev Clubs meeting in the spring will see the horses on their way to Canada again. Mr. Clyde has made many friends in Canada, and it is in no small measure due to his example and encouragement that a number of local sportsmen have Invested in thoroughbreds and will race or breed horses in tho near future.
