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VICECHAIRMAN VICTORIOUS Son of Ballot Easily Captures Jacques Cartier Stakes at Blue Bonnets MONTREAL Quo June 14 The running of the Jacques Cartier Stakes the main attraction of the closing day program at Blue Bonnets was won by W Locks ViceChairman the fouryearold son of Ballot Bittra in an easy manner and eight lengths ahead of Fort Bliss and Bolster which finished second and third respectively There was a slight delay at the post but the field was dis ¬ patched to a good start Fort Bliss set the pace for threequarters ilicn fell an easy victim to Vice Chairmans challenge The latter went along leis ¬ urely until the last eighth where he drew away into a big load Fort Bliss tired badly near the end and barely saved second place from the fast finishing Bolster BolsterToday Today marked the close of the spring meeting under the auspices of the Montreal Jockey Club and it was one of the most successful in the history of that association from every standpoint The crowds have been much larger than hitherto patron ¬ ized the course and the racing was of a high order all through The new management is greatly elated over the manner in which the public lias responded to its efforts and it will not ba surprising to find Commander Rosj and his associates planning to further popularize the Blue Bonnets meetings Sec ¬ retary Angovino will probably have some announce ¬ ments to give out regarding seme contemplated im ¬ provements in the near future futureApart Apart from the running of the feature race the card was a well balanced one and brought together good fields Racing was of a keen order and spirited finishes were the order orderDOUBLE DOUBLE FOR C T WORTHINGTON WORTHINGTONThe The colors of C T Worthington were much in evidence during the afternoon Mabel Curtis and John Hoshor scoring a double for his stable The latter came from behind to defeat Swift Cricket in a stirring finish while John Iloshor made all the pace to win in a comfortable manner Both horses were ridden Tiy Jockey Saladin SaladinKing King Terry scored another victory for J9hn Lumsdcn when he was returned winner by a Svdc margin over Candidate II after a spectacular race through the field in which all the starters finished j the course Jim Thorpe a jumper of good parts last year was making his first start this year and pulled up quite lame lameSharp Sharp showers of short duration which fell a couple of times during the afternoon drove the large crowd to the shelter of the stands but how ¬ ever had no effect on the going goingA A party of Baltimore County business men wno are on a motor tour through eastern Canada were the guests of M M Mahoney at the track this afternoon The party is composed of Messrs R Bennett Donell Louis Donell Earnest Denning and Austin Denning DenningJohn John OByrne will rest up at Montreal the small string that he is now racing here till later in the reason reasonJockey Jockey J McTaggart will ride at Ottawa as a free lance and will report to his contract employers the Thcrncliffe Stable at Hamilton HamiltonP P J Miles will ship to Quebec to race at that point Jockey Bodanowski will accompany the stable stableLazy Lazy Lou was excused from starting today by the stewards The mare threw out a stifle yesterday yesterdayAllan Allan Bullcroft has taken over the Canadian bred Salvatelle from D Kearney for D Raymond RaymondSteeplechase Steeplechase jockey W Borgan was discharged from tho hospital this morning and is carrying his shoulder in a plaster of paris cast castOFFICIALS OFFICIALS FOR QUEBEC RACING RACINGThe The following officials have been named at Que ¬ bec Stewards Raymond Beaudry and Malcolm MacFnrlnne clerk of tho scales Dr Charles Cnm poaii presiding judge and racing secretary Sheri ¬ dan Clark starter K Tribe TribeJockey Jockey Tlmrber departed for Ottawa this morning with tho E T ZoIIicoffer stable stableThe The Windsor Stakes closed here today with a liberal list of nominations nominationsJ J W Healy has turned over the jumper John Douglas to Tim Donohue destined for racing at New York Mr Donohun leaves tomorrow with cloven head the property of Mrs F Ambrose Clark ClarkO O P Sherman was forced to ship to Hamilton due to lack of stable accommodation at Ottawa OttawaTrainer Trainer T F Bornman after Pimlicos splendid race yesterday anncmnccd that he would be a sure starter in the Hamilton Derby Jockey Gregory will ride him himDr Dr F W Asho who has been acting as overseer in the piddock at this meeting lias been compli ¬ mented by tho stewards on his work and it is pos ¬ sible that ho may officiate in the same capacity on other tracks The presence of Dr Ashe in the paddock eliminates the possibility of the recur ¬ rence of the ringing case which happened at Ot ¬ tawa last year
