Final Saturdays Racing in Canada, Daily Racing Form, 1921-10-16

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FINAL SATURDAYS RACING IN CANADA MONTREAL, Que., October 15. The final Saturday of racing in the vicinity of Montreal for this year brought out a banuer crowd to Maisonncuve today. Perfect autumn weather prevailed, but the going was deep and holding. A scries of claiming races made up the "program and the fourth race resulted in a ridiculously easy victory for the heavily backed Jack Healey, which did not leave tltti result in doubt long, going into the stretch seven lengths in front and winning under a stout pull. Allies AVny scored his second victory of the meeting in leading a band of Canadian-breds in rather easy fashion in the three-quarters mile dash, which was third on the card. Thp first disqualification in a long while on local tracks occurred here in the sixth race, following a flagrant -piece of rougli riding by jockey Norman Collins. Tho latter had the mount on Truant, whh led to the stretch turn, where Tony, with th? colored rider, A. Jacobs, in the saddle, pulled up pn; ;vpn terms. All through the stretch Collins olbowfd ttud jostled Jacobs, with the two horses running1 almpst against the outer rail. MouowUUq Altainaha got through on the inside and close a big gap, with the result that the three finished noRP.fi apart, and it was somo minutes before the officials placing was made. ThiR was followed by the disqualification of Truant, giving first place .to Tony, second to Altamaha and third to Waking Dream. Suspension for sixty days was the punishment pitted out to jockey Collins,


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