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ROSS STABLES UNLUCKY DAY Both Baby Grand and Roselyon Meet Defeat at Blue Bonnets Clavers Weak Finish Responsible For Baby Grands First Re ¬ verse in Seven Starts MONTREAL Quebec June 1 Today was not Commander Ross lucky day at all events the patrons of Blue Bonnets did not think so The Ross stable has a large following in Montreal and when Baby Grand and Roselyon failed to win their races the crowd was a disapi ointed one Baby Grand which had won six straight races was thought to be invincible and a large volume of money was wagered on his chances When he lost the followers of the stable tried to get even on Roselyon but the best the latter could do was to finish second to Bclario which came from behind with a bnrst of speed at the finish and won going away Roselyon after disposing of Fort Bliss tlis pacemaker in the stretch run tired tiredBaby Baby Grand was permitted to drop belaud the leaders in the first quarter of his race and after moving up on almost even terms with By Jiminy filtering the stretch went wide and lost because Fator outrode Clnver in a hot finish There is no doubt that Baby Grand would liuvc won with a stronger finisher in the saddle Baby Grands defeat was a stunner to the big crowd crowdThe The finish in the opening dash was one of the closest and most thrilling of the meeting the first four horses reaching the finishing line almost on even terms and the result was in doubt until the judges announced the placing Little Maudie being declared winner Bellringer second and Tarascon third When the start cahie in the fifth race Bencher rciired up and Primrose tumbled off offFourteen Fourteen carloads of horses will pull out of Mon trpal for Ottawa tomorrow The first special will leave in the morning and the other at the conclu slon of the races at Blue Bonnets Among thoso leaving are A Bulcroft J Lumsden J S Tyree James Arthur J Dixon M Williams S A Clop ton C Williams W J Burke P Delaney Ed Moore N S Vail W A Burttschell Frank Farrar P T Bornham J W Dayton Nevada Stock Farm J K L Ross C A Crew T Hodge Sea ¬ gram Stable Brookdale Stable M Gorman E F Whitney Triple Springs Farm E T Xollicoffer M Seifert D Shaw G Foley J Bauer Harry Giddings L Brown B A Jones Stuart Polk B B Rice I Irby P J Miles R Stickney G R Allen and A Major MajorW W P Riggs who arrived from Baltimore yester ¬ day acted as one of the stewards at the meeting of the Canadian Racing Associations yesterday The applications of jockeys E Ilileman W Dini kinson and P Wakoff for licenses were laid over Tin date schedule for the fall season was changed and the meeting at Connaught Park Ottawa will follow the fall meeting at Windsor The commit ¬ tee declined on appeal to reopen the case of Uncle John which was suspended for ninety days at the Woodbine meeting for the refusal of his trainer to bring him to the paddock after being refused permission to scratch him himAfter After a workout at King Edward Park this morning G Dnnlops Queen of the City dropped dead deadStuart Stuart Polk disposed of Enos Snow Queen and Assumption at private sale to J S Wlialey who will race them at King Edward Park ParkSheridan Sheridan Clark was a visitor at Blue Bonnets this afternoon He reiwrts the plant ready for the opening of their first meeting which begins on Saturday and that the class of horses are a bit butter than in previous years yearsC C T Worthington claimed Betsinda for lOOu and J J McCaffcrty claimed Bonstellu out of the same race for the same amount amountJ J B Dunn decided to freshen his horses up and shipped the entire string to Hamilton yester ¬ day Other owners who will ship from here to Hamilton at the conclusion of the meeting at Bine Bonnets are G M Hendrie Jack Phillips and C T Worthington Louis WorthingtonLouis Martin returned to New York yesterday Commander J K L Ross has taken over the apprentice Ie Mayo and the latter will do the light riding for the stable
