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T X M r, n • P " ° of * ■ ■ • : " . w [ !l ? on . " , s j . . ! . J , j . . J1 I ! * a . . . in . • s , 1 * t J j j J ,. ■ t t ! ,. t a I • i. i • I i in n j - ; "- a d - ■s •t ■;. II a a I. r. is io -- s- ii- :,. .;■ BOO ,, jo 760 -,, -,,, --, Mr, ;- 35 j0 3X5 - MO in 9M hi MO jo 27a r.i B0 2oo hj 333 .-, 200 M 2»o Mi 200 iu 17.". PLUCKY AT BLUE BONIXETS MEETING GOES RIGHT ALONG DESPITE THE LOSS OF THE BIG GRANDSTAND. Red Post Victor in the Valuable Kings Plate Back Bay Once Again Defeats Pan Zareta — Track Gossip. Montreal, Que-.. September 2. — Accomplishing a tremendous amount of work in a short time, the officials of the Montreal Jockey Club had a temporary grandstand in readiness for its patrons at Bine Bonnets ihis afternoon. Under tin- sBpervisiou Colin Campbell, one of the directors of the club, things were get iu readiness for he opening and Montrealera turned out in goodly numbers to help make the meeting a sucee-sful one. There were two temporary stanels. one under the blistered and warped framework of the old one, and another on the lawn below the mutuel building. Manager Ilolmau of the- Dorval Iark Jockey Chile loaded two cars with chairs and benches. which were rushed over to Blue aounets this morning and the-se were placed in the temporary stand and lie spacious lawns. Iatrons were put to little inconvenience and. with the splendid afternoon - sport provided, mack enthusiasm was manifested. fin- ninth renewal of tin- Kings Plate was the feature race of the program and it le-sulted in the best race of its kind ever inn over this course. There were six starters, with Corf Volant and Suivez Moi coui led as the Charlevoix stable entry. Pour of the starters finished closely- bunched, will, Bed Iost iirst. Lady Spendthrift second. Keddest third ami Ce-rf Volant fourth. Bed lost led from the start and was never headed, although Claver was forced to ride- desperately through the last quarter to withstand his opposition. Any one of th- Hist four appeared to have a winning chance all through the homestretch. exclusively for horses bred, owned and raiseel the Province of Qaebee, the Kings Plate is the feature stake of the fall meeting of the Montreal Jockey Club, and its list of winners, since its institution in l.i07. is as follows: Tear. Winner. A.Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 1907 Woodbine 5 1:: Digglns $ 51S 2:20% 1908 Harmony 4 12.! J. W. Mlrv 740 2: IS 1909 S. S. a i! US -L Howard . 1,140 2:18* 1910 T.L.of.Mercia. .4 124 Uoldstein ... M.". 2:!.-. lull Kilo 4 121 J. Wilson .. 1,005 2:1:;- l:ilJ*Sans Droit ...4 124 Small 1.380 2:17% 19 Ilanovt 3 112 E. Martin .. 1. -Vl" 2 : i H - 11H4 Iri h Heart. . .4 120 I. Goldstein. 1.740 2:1416 ail.". Bed lc-i : US A. Claver .. 1.090 2:11 *Floral Crown finished tirst. but was disqualilied for fouling. Tin- Widow Moon set a dazzling pace in the seven-eighths handicap and led into the- homestretch before sin. tired. Back Bay tnlshed fast and raced into a derisive lead in the last sixteenth. I.-in Zareta was seeond. The seven-eighths were run in 1:2.". tin- fractional time being 2.I. 47. 1:12. A carload of horses arrived from Saratoga this morning. In the consignment were K. T. M -n Ke.-ve-r - Springmass and Frank Bains string in charge .-i William Cahill. Sheridan Clark, secretary of the Dorval Iark Jockey ciuii. was a vi-itor at Blue Bonnets thH afternoon. He- distributed the condition books of lii- mrrttnr. ami received applications for stabling fri in several « f the horsemen he-re-. Capt. W. F. Iresgrave. who did heroic work in saving the- clabboase ami mutuel building at Blue Bonnets, ha- seal his apprentice rider. L. McAtee t Belmont Iark. wbere he will do the light weigh l riding for the It. 1. Wilson stable. Captain Iresgrave live- in a cottage at the head of tin- homestretch and was one of the lirst at the burning grandstand. Gwyn Tompkins shipped Co- jumper Weldship from Saratoga to Plmlieo iu care of a. ;. Weston. where the- horses wiil be- rested until the fall inciiing of i he- Maryland Jockey club. Peter Sheridan has arranged to ship what year* lings In- purchases at the New York -ales to H. •■ lb-el. veils farm near Laurel. Md.. where they will be- broken next fall. Joseph McLennaa has received a letter from Harrj BreivogH ihis morning informing him that the stakes to be- run during the Amarel meeting in October had tilled beyond all expectations. Some lor. owners are represented in the sixteen stakos ami tin- number of entries total 879, an average of 52. Tcioiuas II. Cooke, well known to race-goers as tho caretaker of horses iu transit from here to Europe, including Voter and other meat horses, mas an arrival here a couple of days ago, Mr. •■-.l,c while iii Frane-e a few week- ;,;;,,. visited a number of American trainers and i-cc-kev-. He- reports thai William Duke, the trainer of tin- Vaaderhilt stabb-. has recently taken up thirty yearlings and that the Vaaderhilt string i- tin- attest looking band of bones il ha- even been his pleasure to Inspect. Mr. link,- is making an effort to take- some- 91 the V.iiiilerhilt horses to linn- Ayres with the Men of racing them iu thai country until the conclusion "f the war. He reports thai Ci-ne Leigh has over 108 horses in hi- rare and that he has also one- into the bog raising business on a l.erue- scale. Fred Bartew is looking after dnrenre Markays h rw and Frankie ONeill i- assisting Mr. Duke in breaking the Vanderbill yearlings. While in Knu-Vi land Coke- i-iie-el Jack Joyner. The- latter has a number of horses ef his own. having nmde several giMxl purchases recently1. Despite the reports to the contrary, Joyner will remain in England. He- ha- :, in his charge the horses owned by Lord Lonsdale Winnie OConnor is at the front as :, private iu tin- French army anil Daisy Free-mans wife is a red cross nurse, with the Fri-ne-h army. Temporary licenses were granted to several trainers and Jockeys who came on from Saratoga, among them 1:. F. "arm in. Jr.. ,. K. Brysoa, a. Moore ami Jockey LiitVeny.
