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PLAN UNIFORM COLORS FOR ALL RIDERS MONTREAL Que May 20 In the absence of a carded feature the fifth race on todays card at Mount Royal was of most interest The three quarter mile dash brought about a keen contest with Olive James outgaming Twenty Seven in a stretch duel to score by a length lengthThe The return of warm weather brought out the larg ¬ est weekday crowd of the meeting over 3000 paying admissions admissionsAt At a meeting of the Quebec Breeders Associa ¬ tion today plans were discussed for the adoption of uniform colors for riders at all tracks of the association and tills innovation will be introduced at De Lorimier tracks meeting which opens July L Under this plan there will be uniform color for each number For instance the rider of horse number one will always wear red horse number two green horse number three yellow and so on It is thought this will greatly assist the public in distinguishing their horses at all points of the race The present system of colors causes f re ¬ fluent confusion in maiiy instances The colors on two or three starters are almost identical With brilliant colors of striking contrast there will be no possibility of mistake by either public or offi ¬ cials cialsThe The Hunt Club of Quebec has applied to the Breeders Association for the officials now presid ¬ ing on the association courses and these officials will go to Quebec when the meeting opens there on June 21 21Jockey Jockey McDowell was indefinitely suspended and bis case referred to the Quebec Breeders Associa ¬ tion fot appearing at the rooms in an unfit condi ¬ tion to ride rideTom Tom Jones and Little Ed were ordered on the schooling list yesterday by Starter Tribe TribeJockey Jockey J McBride was given two days suspen ¬ sion for rough riding on Nordeck Belle in the sixth race Wednesday
