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BLUE BONNETS ORDER OF RUNNING The program book for the spring meeting of the Montreal Jockey Club at Blue Bonnets from Tues ¬ day June 8 to Tuesday June 15 Inclusive lias made Its appearance The book is a well arranged mw tills season and is sure to meet with tlie approval of the horsemen generally It Includes five stake races four of which are open to all as well as eight ivernight handicaps of good value Tlio handicaps will be ruu ou afternoons that there Is with one or two exceptions no stakes down for decision Seven races will be run each afternoon during the meeting of seven days which will in ¬ clude a steeplechase Steeplechasing is one of the popular divisions of tlu sport in Montreal and owners of such horses have been well catered to by the club The overnight purses niakc the book attractive for all classes pf horses and there will be uo purses of less value than 500 500Oil Oil the opening day a handicap for threeyearolds and over with S700 added will be run over a dis ¬ tance of one mile On the second day a handicap for threeyearolds 000 added will be run over a distance of threequarters Ou the fourth day two handicaps will be run one for Canadianowned threeyearolds and over with 500 added and the other for steeplechasers with 000 added This race will bo over a distance of about two miles milesOn On the fifth day a handicap for Douiinioubrcd threeyearolds and ovcr will be run over the mild course This has 000 added On the same day a handicap for threeyearolds arid over will be run over the threequarters course This lias 000 add d On the sixth day a telling handicap for threeyear olds and over will be ruu over the five and a half furlongs course This has 500 added On the closing afternoon a handicap with 701 nddcd for threeyearolds and over will be ruu over a dis ¬ tance of one mile and an eighth
