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MONTGOMERYS ACHIEVEMENTS RECALLED. New York. July 19. — Frank Brown, who is no longer actively Identlhed with racing, was a visitor at I oak-era on the day that Montgomery won at a mile and a half recently. Mr. Brown drove to the Empire City track witli Mrs. Brown, and the two of them backed Montgomery for old times sake. "What a cinch this race looks for old Montv, Sam." Mr. Brown said to Sam Hildreth. "One to 2 and 11 to 20 is a liberal price. And I have seen the day when the stout little chestnut would have been 1 to 100 in the company of such as Perry Johnson and Elgin." When Mr. Brown trained Montgomery in the summer of 1907 the Pcssara call was as good as the best. He and Emil Hera purchased him from F. A. Iorsvthe at Belmont Park just before the start of the Jockey Club Weight for Age Race. Thev paid 5,000 for the colt. Montgomery won the Jockey Club Stakes easily and then went over to Rrooklvn ami took the Bread Way Stakes. After Hint lie was placed in the Suburban, which fell to Nealon: lie won the Commonwealth from Frank Oill and Dandelion; he finished second to Frank 6111 in the Coney Island Jockey Club Stakes, ami was seconO to Peter Pan in the Brighton I lamlicap. When Mr. Her/: sold out in Hie fall of 1907 S. C. Ilililreth purchased Montgomery for 3,000. and. taking him to California, won the Burns and California Handicaps witli him. Montgomery was not a tii - t class f Oar-year-old when Hildreth brought him east in Hie spring of MB, and he has slipped backward steadily until lie Is now only a plater. The Pessara colt Is still as tough as a pine knot and he eoiild beat better lioi es Hum he does if he would only run as well as he can. The trouble with him is that lie will not extend himself iu a big field, and even when he has only one or two opponents he does not buckle down until he has traveled half a mile or farther.
