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I IMPROVEMENT AT DORVAL , • Decided Change in Weather Conditions Results in Increased Attendance. MONTREAL, Qne June 24 .— There was a ! decided change in climatic conditions at | I Dorval this afternoon, which was welcome j j relief from the incessant rains of the last I I few days, when the sun cast a warm heat i over the locality. The track had not re- i covered from the drenching and todays I ! strip was a heavy, sticky mass. Despite the absence of a feature race the fields that contested each contest were well balanced and keen finishes resulted. The best of the j j afternoon was the two-year-old dash, at five- j eighths, in which Kimball Patterson furnished , the winner with B. Hardings Patchwork. I This miss displayed a liking for the going j I and outran her opponents from the start, , but was sharply hustled along by Stirling through the final eighth to win from the fast I J closing KImer Dyer. Illusionist was a good I j i but tiring third. | The warm weather had a decided effect on I the attendance thi3 afternoon, a decided increase being noticeable. The public went ; astray in locating the winners, as the ma-jority j of the victories returned good-sized i ; dividends for the usual investment. ! The outstanding attraction of the days rac-Ug j was the riding of jockey Stirling, who j scored four victories, Chow in the opening | dash, Raa in the third, Patchwork in the I fourth and Franc Tireur in the sixth. Chow scored a victory for his new owner, | ! ; H. Herdel. in an easy manner from Al and I ! Jago. The winner came from behind tho leader, Jago, and after a brief tussle drew clear. Kager lOyes furnished an upset when she proved best in the second to win by a safe margin from Waac and Perigourdine. Ran supplied another upset in the third race when he defeated the stoutly supported The Decision and Fort Churchill. The latter j I flattered his backers in the first part, but i I quit badly and finished in the ruck, while j i place. Straight Shot was up in time to take second j | A. Swinke kept up his winning perform- | ! ances when Austral was a victor in a i dash over a long distance of ground in an ! easy manner. Widow Bedotte took second j place, with Miles S. third. The winner, as usual, came from behind and in the race through the stretch shook off hia opposition i i and drew away. Widow Bedotte had a short j | margin over Mils S. at the finish. FOUR WINNERS FOR STIRLING. Stirling brought his score up to four when he was successful with Franc Tireur in the I sixth race, a dash of a mile and seventy i i yards, in which he defeated Archive and Al i ; Pierce. The latter ran out and finished next i to the outside rail. Jockey Huntamer scored his first victory | since his fall at Tijuana last winter when he brought home Rouen first in the closing ; dash. ; Harry Giddings will ship from here to I i Hamilton tonight. Among these that have stall reservations there are as follows: Riv- | erdale Stable, George Choos, K. J. Salt, A. V. j Thomas, A. Swinke, Mrs. L. A. Livingston, I P. J. Graham, A. Bullcroft, J. R. Skinker, : M. Smith, J. II. Stotler, P. G. Christopher. J. F. Hynea, R Glassco, C. W. Hall, R P. I ! Coppage, Poxhead Mews, G. W. Glick, Ben Holmes, W. A. McKlnney, Brookdale Stable, i T. Doyle, C. Morton, J. Bckert, A. C. Baretto, j i J. B. Dunn, Shaffer and Conway, Seagram Stable and the J. K. L. Ross stable. Jockey R. Romanelli departed for Hamil- j ton this evening and will ride as a free lance i at that point Fdward F. Whitney left for New York today and announced that he would again attend the yearling sales at Saratoga and replenish his stable. Fred Richard, manager of the Dorval Jockey Ciub. announced today that a new passenger siding would be constructed this summer. The present siding will bo raised and new platforms built. Other Improve-meats are under construction, which will bo I decided upon later. Chow was sold previous to the running of tlie first race to 1L Hurdle at private terms by w. Ormea. Trainer Kim Patterson reported this mors- : ning that the three-year-old filly Mcco was badly kicked at the post yesterday, which j will keep her on the shelf for a short while, j T. Doyle at private terms sold to B. B. ] Rice, acting for H. II Bilson, the filly Mad NelL
