Montreal Patronage is Good: Inclement Weather Fails to Keep Race Goers Away from Blue Bonnets-P. T. Chinn Scores Double, Daily Racing Form, 1910-06-07

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MONTREAL PATRONAGE IS GOOD. Inclement Weather Fails to Keep Race-Goers Away F from Blue Bonnets — F. T. Chinn Scores Double. . Montreal. Que. June i. — Just when the prospects " for a fast track looked good, showers again set in 1 mid Cue going at Blue Bonnets this afternoon was ! heavy. The weather was anything font inviting for outdoor sp.irt. font despite this the attendance was * large. Scratches were numerous, many withdrawals l«-ing made in some of the races. A majority of the ■ •vinners wimi in easy fashion, the only close finish of the afternoon cooling with the running of the * openiug dash, which called for maiden two-y ear-olds. in which P. T. Clark and Jack Ryan fought it out ; [ in the stretch and passed the winning mark noses apart. It was a tight tit and the judges eould have placed either of the two first. When the break 1 came in this race the field founched up and loth 1 Bedwinc and Virginal were crowded out of contention, iheir jockeys being forced to pull up. The interference eul an important figure in the result. • as ltoth of the horse- named closed big gaps. Red-wine would surely have won with better racing luck. • The Chinn stable was more fortunate in the other " two races in which it was represented fee a starter. ■ Judge Mmuli and Bed River both made runaway 1 affairs of their races and won by big margins. The 1 Hie for Canadian bred horses proved easy for Bur sar. while Ballacalla. under a clever ride hv Harry [ Boyle, easily won tie- steeplechase. The result of the race thai calfo d tor Blllltl ridels proved 1111 •Mi -factory, in that Rio Crande. much the best horse ill tin- race, tailed to win. Rio Crande was ridden by Mr. BasSeCBMI est the latter permitted his s mount to drop entirely too far out of the struggle in the early stages. When he elected to make his s run he was forcid to dose a big gap and. after looking ■ to have link" "f Roanoke beaten in the stretch, • Rio i.iMielc tired at the end. William Walker took his first purse of the meeting : when Orcagua cantered home with a big lead * in the .-losing dash. Jockey Guy Burns rode ltoth of 1 Ihe Chinn winners. John t Ryan, general manager of the Canadian ] Bureau ..f Breeding. 1im1.iv seeured the promise of r stallions from It. It. Williams. J. W. Schorr. Jack Atkin and Henry McDanicl. Tin- latter has promised 1 to dojiate Light Wool, a handsome horse bv Wools th-Tpc.


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