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BREAKS MONTREAL RECORD BLUE BONNETS MANAGEMENT ENTERTAIN i BIGGEST CROWD EVER SEEN AT COURSE Bwana Tumbo Wins Connaught Cup for C S Camp ¬ bell and The Prophet Is Returned Winner of Prince of Wales Steeplechase Montreal Quo June 7 The standing room only sign conldhave been displayed at Blue Bon ¬ nets this afternoon long before the running of the first race The crowd was the largest that ever visited the picturesque course back of Mount Koyal The grandstand was filled and the tremendous over How dispersed thcniselve as comfortably as ixis sible 011 the roof of the stand the stairway and tho spacious lawns lawnsSociety Society also lent its patronage liberally and tho clubhouse enclosure Avas crowded to such an extent that it was uncomfortable to move about It was the first really large crowd that has witnessed racing in Montreal and better still it was a high class gathering much different from the element that sectionTho attends other meetings in this section Tho Montreal Jockey Club provided a good pro ¬ gram for the occasion There were seven races on the card with the Connaught Cup and the Prince of Wales Steeplechase as tho features The stable of C S Campbell which has furnished most ot the winners of the Canadianbred races run during the meeting sent Bwana Tumbo to tho post in tho Connaught Cup and despite the fact that he had tins steadying imjiost of 181 iioiinds in he saddle he won with great ease after leading all the Way Bwana Tumbo was ridden by J Wlson assumed an easy lead in the dash to the first turn and raced under restraint for the remainder of tho trip Cliff Stream moved up with a bold effort In rounding the turn Into the homestretch but the leader easily dis ¬ posed of him iu the last quarter quarterThis This was the second running of the Connaught Cup the brief history of which is as follows Year Winner AWt Jockey Val Time 1912 Plate Glass 7 KM K Martin 955212 1013 Bwana Tuiiibo4 131 J AVilsou 1095 210 210There There Averc ouly fgur starters in the Prince of iiWaUH tJJtyiiU icluiNO and one of them Jack Dcn nerien fell at the lifth fence Tho other three furnished a splendid contest racing in close order to the sixteenth feint where tlny bunched up From then to thp finish The Prophet held command winning Iwniflly from Gun Cotton Buckthorn which npido most of the pace tired Imdly in the last finishThe furlong anil was eased up at the finish The tabled history of the Prince of Wales Steeple ¬ chase Is as follows followsYear Year Winner AWt Jockey Val Time 19PS Touchwood 4 148 SalTcl 075510 1909 Kara 0 15S J Lynch 1455 581 1910 Minto 4 143 Kellcher 1295 5155 1911 Steve Lane S 142 Lynch 1130 525 1912 Highbridge 0 152 Simpson 1155 534 1913 The Prophet 4 152 Kermath 1275 515 515Hoffman accountedfor Hoffman running in improved form accounted for the third race an allowance affair sit one mile when he beat the AVcllbacked Towtou Field Tho latter appeared a certain winner in entering the homestretch where he dashed Into an easy lead He tired badly in the final furlong however and Hodman easily disposed of 1dm at the liuish Caper liuishCaper Sauce added another to his long list of victories when he won the second race a dash of six furlongs for Canadianbred horses He was rated off the pace until inside tho final furlong where he took command and easily disposed of his opposition The largest field of the afternoon went to the post in the sixth race a dash of five and a half furlongs The winner turned up in Uoyal Message which won easily after working her way up on the outside outsideT T F Slieedy is replenishing his stable prepara ¬ tory to shipping to Belmont Park He bought Stentor from Mrs L A Livingston this morning and will add a couple of others to his string before leaving here hereThe The horses that Hugh Penny brought from New York for W J McDcrmott will be turned over to Thomas Shannon Thrifty will be sent to Jamaica to race at that meeting hut later ou will be sent back to Canada CanadaIt It developed today that J W Hedrick put In a claim for the sprinter Gold Cap yesterday The owner of the horse was not awaro of the transaction until about noon today when one of Hcdricks men turned horseCol up witli an order for the horse Col J S Hendric who has been acting as pre ¬ siding steward at Blue Bonnets left for his home In Hamilton yesterday and Francis Nelson will assume his duties for the rest of the meeting
