view raw text
MONTREAL MEETING COMES TO CLOSE Schorr Stable Takes Three Races on Getaway Day Including the Champlairi Stakes Montreal Quo September 14 Tho fall meeting of the Montreal Jockey Club was brought to a suc ¬ cessful close this afternoon with the running of a card of seven races The sport was of a high order throughout the seven days Notwithstanding the threatening aspect of the weather a recordbreak ¬ ing crowd journeved to the track and were treated to keen racing with close and exciting finishes finishesThe The stable of J W Schorr had a good day win ¬ ning three races including the Champlain Stakes with his Puryear D Break oDay filly Edda Tea hann who had the mount reserved her in the early running went to the outside at the head of the stretch caught the leaders and drew away to an easy victory Mission an added starter showed in front for awhile then dropped back only to come again and outlast Cliff Edge for second money moneyThe The second race aroused much interest amongst the horsemen and racing men due to the fact that I eochares and Calgary were meeting again Cal ¬ gary cs usual broko first and showed keen speed in the early part of the race Leochares the eventual winner followed the leaders until straight ¬ ened out for home then moved up fast and out gamed Calgary which weakened after racing Tank ¬ ard into subjection Calgary does not seem to bo the highclass colt that he was credited with being He does not like the cnppy going hero and perhaps ho will rim better at Woodbine where the going is smoother Two smootherTwo of the Schorr victories may be attributed to jockey Butwells skill His finish on Froglegs was a high class one He kept the heavilyweighted threeyearold behind the pacemakers moved up turning for home and outrode and outgeneraled Rowley on Inspector Lestrade The latter ran an improved race and showed a brilliant turn of speed throughout throughoutThe The Hendric Memorial Steeplechase for fouryear olds was a spirited contest J R Fells Highbridgo handled in superb style by Pemberton wore the lead ¬ ers down in the last half mile and outlasted Buck ¬ thorn in the final drive In the other race through the field Young Morpheus went to the front with a rush and was never in danger thereafter He won pulled lengthsAfter up by about fifteen lengths After betting had been going on for about five minutes on the seventh race Ta Nun Da was scratched All bets were declared off and twenty minutes allowed for a new book Ta Nun Das trainer failed to bring the horse to the paddock and the stewards ordered that he be scratched scratchedJockey Jockey James Butwell was In receipt of a tole gram from Algernon Daingertield today ordering him to report to Ids contract employer Albert Simons at Havre de Grace Butwell left for there tonight tonightFalcada Falcada was jumped on in his race yesterday and was cut down This necessitated his withdrawal from the fourth race this afternoon afternoonAugust August Belmont wired his trainer Louis Feustel to ship his horses from Montreal to Laurel f Tommy McTaggart left for Baltimore tonight and will rido at Havre de Grace for the next two weeks weeksWord Word was received today from Windsor Out that Tommy Burns and Ralpn Worthington of New York who were arrested on a charge of furnishing information to poolrooms rrere found not guilty and were discharged
