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EVA SONGS KINGS PLATE Carries P. E. Lalannes Colors to Victory in Blue Bonnets Labor Day Feature. MONTREAL, Que., September 4. Labor Day, coupled with clear skies and warm weather, served to attract a record-breaking attendance to Blue Bonnets this afternoon. The card was a good one and despite the smallness of the fields aroused considerable enthusiasm and was productive of spirited racing. The track benefited by the storm which swept this locality on Sunday and was in fast condition, and as a result the time displayed was well up to the standard. The running of the Kings Plate, the outstanding attraction at Blue Bonnets, resulted in any easy victory for P. E. Lalannes Eva Song over D. Raymonds Mouette, with Doriehne third. The race, which was for horses foaled, owned and raised in the Province of Quebec, was at a mile and a quarter and brought out a field of seven starters, Mouette was installed the opening choice, but a heavy backing for Dorando on the strength of the morning works, forced the latters price to edds-on There was but little delay at the. barrier before the horses were dispatched on their way in perfect alignment. Dorienne set the early pace and was pursued by Eva Song, while Mouette was racing third. There was a. gap of several lengths with Dormai leading the second division, which was closely bunched. When well settled on the back stretch Eva Song took the lead and from there or made the running to win by two lengths. Mouette came with a rush through the final eighth, but a half lengths advantage over the tiring pacemaker, Dorienne. Dorandt from which so much was expected ran a bad race. According to authentic records this Kings Plate was instituted in 183G and has beer, run almost continuously. The race has ar added gift of fifty guineas from His Majesty the King, while the Province of Quebec, in the interests of the improvement of breeding, makes special awards to the breeders of the first four horses. JIM COFFROTII TAKES STEEPLECHASE. A steeplechase under claiming conditions witnessed the colors of C. K. Harrison, Jr., the Baltimore sportsman, triumphing for the second time at the meeting when Jim Cof-froth had a clear advantage at the end over Elysian and Free State. The winner dominated the running throughout and outclassed his opponents in jumping and speed on the flat. Elysian made a determined bid, but was unequal to the task when Veitch called upon his mount. A rattling finish resulted with the running of the first race of the afternoon, which engaged the largest field of the day when Icon, racing for W. Maltby, outclassed Ku-klux, with the tiring Max Gold in third place. Icon came from behind the pace and was sharply ridden out during the final sixteenth. Lee Enfield, by good riding on the part of jockey Doyle, accounted for the fourth race, which was at five and a half furlongs, in a stirring finish from Camouflage, with Mumbo Jumbo third. Samuel Nesbitt, owner of Dorienne, which finished third in the Kings Plate, lodged a complaint against the winner, Eva Song. In the protest he claims that Eva Song raced on the half-mile tracks in the name of M. F. Williams, who is an American, and that the transfer to P. E. Lalanne was not made until July 24, and after that date the mare ran in the name of Williams, winning a race at King Edward Park. The stewards referred him to the Jockey Club. Mortimer H. Mahoney left for Baltimore Saturday night, but will return before the meeting concludes. Jockey P. Gross, an apprentice, was an arrival from Quebec and will ride as a free lance at this meeting. Francis Nelson had an interview with jockey Mack Anderson this morning and notified him to appear before the committee of the C. R. A. tomorrow. H. J. Mclntrye was a visitor from Hamilton this morning and will remain for a few days. Trainer George Walker reported that the five yearlings, four fillies and one colt, had been broken at Brookdale Farm, at Barrie, Ont. They are the offspring of Herendesey and Tippecanoe. ; .
