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GREAT CROWD DESPITE RAIN Immense Attendance Braves Threatening Weather to Witness Blue Bonnets Racing MONTREAL Quo Juno 11 Boniface carrying tin silks of T K I Ross accounted for the eleventh running of tlio Windsor Hotel Cup which was offered as the feature attraction of the holi ¬ day card at lllne Bonnets this afternoon Sandy Heal was second while King Thrush was third The race was run over a track that had been severely drenched hy a sudden downpour and which favored performers at home in the sloppy going There was one withdrawal from the race Milk ¬ maid leaving a field of seven to contest it itThere There was a slight delay at the post due to the fractions actions of King Thrush and his stable companion When the start came Claver sent King Thrush to the front to kill off the others for his stable companion which Tlmrber had placed into fourth place next to the inside rail When the field neared the far turn Boniface moved up with a rnsh and going around his opponents drew away Sandy Heal might have been closer up at the end had he not been sharply interfered with by King Thrush at the eighth post postThe The card which was offered for the day was an exceptionally good one and brought together well balanced fields Rain which had threatened all morning fell shortly before the running of the first race and turned a lightning fast track into a sea of mnd Despite the threatening overhead condi ¬ tions one of the largest crowds in the history of the clnb packed every available space The club ¬ house lawns were the magnet for many social affairs affairsToday Today marked the final presence of their excel ¬ lencies the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire at a race cours in Canada They arrived in state and drove up the stretch to the clubhouse where they were received by Commander J K L Ross presi ¬ dent of the club They departed following the running of the feature race and were enthusi ¬ astically cheered by the crowd crowdThe The twoyearold filly Misdeal by Sir Wilfred Colorvieto by Collar won her fifth consecutive victory when she romped home an easy winner of the first nice The Prince of Wales Steeplechase which was offered as the secondary feature on the card was ruined by scratches which left but three to start The Canadianbred Bencher ridden by McAfee kept up his winning streak and made it four straight when he won in a canter from Soumangha Butcher Boy the only other starter lost his ridtr at the tenth fence but was remounted and finished the course Bencher carried 157 pounds and carried his weight in splendid style taking all his fences in a clean manner mannerP P J Oruham has decided to fire Sol Gilsey and he will be turned out until fall The horse refuses to extend himself in his races racesCol Col William Ilendrie who has been acting as one of the stewards was called to Ids home last evening His place in the stand was taken by Major Ilartland McDougall McDougallA A TJ Kirby will ship to Ottawa on Monday evening the horses he has quartered here hereSteeplechase Steeplechase jockey W Bbrgan was removed to a local hospital this morning suffering from a frac ¬ tured collar bone Borgun was schooling Lauron tian through the field and fell heavily at one of the fences fencesIt It has boen decided to close the entries for Con naught Park here on Monday instead of Tuesday as previously stated statedCharles Charles Campeau was a visitor today He is a diligent worker in behalf of the coming meeting at Dolorimier Park at this city citySheridan Sheridan Clark who is active in quest of racing matoriul for the coming meeting at Quebec reports that a great number of stables have signified their intention of shipping to that point pointS S Miller Henderson will ship from here to Ham ¬ ilton and rest up awaiting the opening at that point pointH H Bradflold will ship to Hamilton the horses Ragazza Plunella and the maiden Pansy Blossom BlossomJ J K L Ros will bo host to a party of visitors to his Canadian breeding establishment at Ver choros Quo some twenty miles from licre on Sunday SundayT T J Donohuo will ship the string of Mrs F Am ¬ brose Clark to Bolmont Park next Wednesday
