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MONTREAL STAKES HAVE FILLED WELL Total of 171 Entries Received for Nine Fall Events at Blue Bonnets Montreal Que August 13 The nine stakes to be raced for during the autumn meeting of the Montreal Jockey Club September G 13 inclusive closed with exceptionally good entries The nomina tlons average well up with any season since the organization of the club there behu 171 entries for the nine events an average of nineteen to each stake Many of the regulars who nave raced at Blue Bonnets during the past two or three seasons will return again this autumn with strengthened strings while a number of newcomers are to be found among the nominators nominatorsThe The events for the steeplechasers have tilled par ¬ ticularly well having attracted the best of the horses now being raced through the field There will be a long lapse for the jumpers in the United States between the Saratoga and Laurel meetings there being no events for them at Havre do Grace and because of this the majority will lie shipped to finish out the Canadian season here and at Toron ¬ to The events in which the greatest local Interest centers are of course the running of the Kings Plate and the Provincial Xursery Stakes These have drawn sis many entries as a year ago while there is a marked improvement in the quality of the nominees Each Season of late the values of thee two stakes have been increased and it has had the long desired effect of encouraging the breeding of thoroughbreds in the Province of Quebe6 Quebe6The The largest entry is in the Hochelaga Stakes for twoyearolds For this thirtyone have been named The next largest is for the Champlain Selling Stakes for threeyearolds and over with thirty nominated Tweutvsix are named for one of the steeplechase events and twenty for the other The following are the stakes and the number of entries for each eachHochelaga Hochelaga Stakes 1000 added 31 entries entriesBlue Blue Bonnets Breeders Stakes 1000 added S entries entriesKarl Karl Grey Cup 1200 added 21 entries entriesDerby Derby Cup 1000 added 13 entries entriesChamplain Champlain Stakes 1200 added 30 entries entriesStruthcoua Struthcoua Steeplechase 1000 added 20 entries entriesHendrie Hendrie Memorial Steeplechase 1200 added 20 entries entriesProvincial Provincial Xursery 800 added 12 entries entriesKings Kings Plate 1800 added 10 entries entriesThe The book for the Blue Bonnets meeting will be in the hands of the horsemen during the coming meeting at Windsor The program for the seven davs this full will b one of themost attractive ever sent out by the club Besides the nine stakes there will lie several overnight handicaps of good value
