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I i i i MOUNT ROYAL RACING FEATURELESS. Montreal. Que.. Octol er IS. — The offering of the Back River Jockey Club this afternoon was a featureless program. A change was made in the man-• agement of the betting ring. Jack Sheehan was put in charge of the prices, instead of the prieeniaker who operated with marked success at the previous meeting. The finish of the fifth race was so close between the first three horses that there was something of a demonstration when the utimlier of Parlor Boy was hung out first over Energetic, which had been hacked down from 10 to 1 to 2 to 1. Jockey La Masters received word by telegraph from his mother this afternoon asking him to re-i turn home at once, as his fatlier is in a dying cou-i ditiUi at J offers nville. Ind.
