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lRISCILLIAN scores again AUGUST BELMONTS GOOD HORSE FIGURES IN CLOSE FINISH WITH PLATE GLASS. St. Bass, Winner of Kings Plate and Other Stakes at Woodbine, Continues His Victories at Blue Bonnets — Spellbound Takes Stake Race. Montreal. Que., June 8. — -Keen contests were the order at Blue Bonnets this afternoon. Well matched holds went to the [Mist and most of the finishes found the winners under hard drives to win by small margins. In three instances it head separated the first two. The card was one of the best offered during the meeting and a large crowd turned out. Speculation was keener than on any day during the week. August Belmonts brilliant racer. Priscillian, scored a victory by a narrow margin when he beat Plate Glass a nose iu the third race, running seven furlongs in 1 :25J. It was Priseillians eighth straight victory. He and Plate Glass raced like a team from start to finish and Eddie Dugan. outrode Guy Garner in the final drive. The first race, which was for Canadian-owned horses, furnished a splendid contest, the finish finding six of the seven starters in a close bunch with heads and noses separating the first four. The winner turned up in the three-year-old St. Bass, which led from start to finish. St. Bass has a clean record this season, todays effort marking his fourth straight success, the first of which was achieved in the Kings Plate nt Woodbine. The Jacques artier Selling Stakes, the feature of the program, also furnished a stirring contest, the first six in the race finishing in a bunch, with Spellbound victorious in the final stride over Herbert Turner by a neck. S. C. Hildreths Hamilton Court ruled favorite in the betting and was beaten a length for second place. Bello and Pinna Ken raced head and head for most of the distance in the steeplechase and it was hard to tell which would win until the final fifty yards. In the final drivp, the weight told on Dinna Ken and Bello beat him a scant length. The tabled history of the Jacques Cnrtier Stakes is given below: Year. Winner. A.Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 1907 Niblick 5 85 J. Murphy. .$ 675 1 :40g 1!K18 Joes Fast 3 84 Francis .... 675 1:30 1909 Centre Shot 4 108 Mcntrv .... 1.675 1:42? 1910 Banives 3 103 G. Burns .. 1.530 1:47* 1911 Spellbound 5 103 Gross 1.595 1:39* 1 Jockey Eddie Dugan, who is riding In splendid torm. had the BMWat on the first three winners. C. II. Shillings suspension expired today and he will ride the Hihlreth horses tomorrow. Jockey Goldstein, who has been riding for Thomas Clyde during the past few seasons, has been offered a contract to ride in Germany ami may leave for that country at the conclusion of the Blue Bonnets meeting. Thomas Healey is acting as James Mi-toriiiieks agent in the matter and it is for tho hitter that Goldstein will ride if he goes abroad. V. Powers and W. Knapp have both proven failures fn Germany, according to reiiort, being unable to make the weight tei]iiired. After her defeat in the seventh race on Wednesday. S. C. Hildreths Rose Queen was claimed by Sam Louis for 8B0B. According to the new rusaa of the Canadian Pacing Associations, a man is not required to have a starter in a race to claim a horse. This is the tirst instance where an outsider has taken advantage of the new rule. Blackford, which was claimed by Edward Trotter a few days ago, lias been turned back to his former owner, R. E. Wat kins. W. E. Bidwell. secretary of the Kentucky State Pacing Commission, was a visitor at Blue Bonnets this afternoon. He is here in the interest of the roar-mile Endurance Stakes to lie run at one of the Kentucky tracks next fall. Mr. Bidwell will remain here a few days before returning south. W. P. Eraser and several members of the Ontario Jockey Club were visitors to the Blue Bonnets course this afternoon. Senator Gibson, president of tho Hamilton Jockey Club, was also present. The latter is about to sail for Europe on his annual trip. He reports Hint all of the great three year olds on this continent are eligible to start in the Hamilton Derby, which will Ik run on the opening day of the Hamilton meeting.
