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MONTAUK AN EXCITING RACE KINGPIN BEATS BELL HORSE AND ROYAL METEOR IN HOT FINISH. Apache Returns to Good Form and Vanquishes Good Opposition — Rcsebeng Brother Takes Measure of Trance — Noon a Repeater. New York. July 14.— Kingpin was winner of the Montauk Stakes at Ynnkers today when he just did beat Bell Horse and Royal Meteor. The finish was the best of the season, the trio being so closely aligned at the end that it was a case of three heads on the post. Royal Meteor, though giving eighteen pssjaajs to each of the other starters, rtiled an odds-011 favorite. He was forced to do his best all the way when first Bell Horse and then Kingpin carried him along. The race represented a decided improvement for Kingpin and a notable fact was that he wore blinkers, while in his last previous start, when so equipped, he was beaten off. The mile and twenty yards handicap brought together the best field of the day. and it went to Apache, one of the liest backed of the contenders. He outbroke his company and Pad from start to finish, outlasting Nimbus and Prince InspefJaL The latter was crowded back at the start aud to reach third place had to close a gap. Stare repeated his victory of yesterday and Ros-seaux, at a long price, beat George Odoms Trance, favorite in the three-quarters of a mile dash for selling platers, old Bad News was also a winner and Noon, recently purchased from .1. E. Madden by William Walker, won his second race in his new colors. It was reported from O. A. Bianchis stable today that Keep Moving had gone lame overnight and would be away from the races for some time. The Turk came out of the Seagate yesterday lame in his near foreleg. County Fair, which started yesterday, was found dead in his stall this morning. No reason could bo assigned for his death. Petrouius came out of. his last race so lame that he has been temporarily retired aud he will be tired and blistered. Frank Weirs Calley Slave wears a scalping boot in his gallops and races. The big chestnut geldings action is not of the best and Mr. Weir finds he gallops without Injuring his off hind coronet when so equipped. Nowadays horsemen use bandages Instead of iMMits and saddlers dispose of aliout one-tenth the boots they supplied some years ago. James R. Keenes filly Jest got out of her stall at the Yonkers course Monday evening and made a night of it rambling all about the Empire City territory. She was returned to the stable uninjured the next morning.
