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CANADIAN OWNERS BIG DAY 6 Dominion Horsemen Play Important Part in Tuesdays Racing at Blue Bonnets. MONTREAL; Que., September 5. Canadian owners played an important part in- the results at Blue Bonnets this afternoon, their colors being carried to the fore in three of the first four races. While there was no carded attraction, the racing was of a spirited order and the majority of winners was forced to stand hard drives to earn their victories. Long-priced horses accounted for several of the races. The biggest upset of the afternoon occurred in the running of the opening dash, when C. W. Halls Dixie Dick was returned an easy winner from Veronica, with Fitzrue third. Dixie Dick dominated the running! from the start and, stalling off determined challenges, drew away at the end. Dixie Dick netted the largest return of the afternoon, 3.70 for . A steeplechase for three-year-olds and over, at two miles, furnished several thrills and spills, in which only three of the six starters completed the course without mishap. The winner came from an unexpected quarter when J. E. Smallmans Canadian-bred Gay Kap scored in a hollow manner from Sweet Kiss, with Theodosius third. The winner followed the early pace and assumed the lead after Sweet Kiss tired, to win by a wide margin. Sweet Kiss had as wide a margin over Theodosius. Barnabas was the first to fall and he went down at the second jump. Sea Monarch, the popular choice in the race, fell at the eleventh fence, while Enrico Caruso fell and was remounted, finishing fourth. Todays racing conditions were ideal, being of midsummer variety. The track was at its best and splendid time was. displayed in each dash. The crowd showed a falling off from the two holidays, but was well up to the average established at this meeting. The best race of the afternoon from a tin e standpoint was the fifth, which was at a mile, and M. V. Thomas continued the successful march of Canadian owners when he sent Chloris to the post. Her victory was an easy one from Brass Tacks, while the thiro portion of the purse fell to Sailor. Chlaris ran the mile in 1 :39, and to cap the score ran away a mile and half before she could be pulled up. Sailor ran away a mile at a stiff gallop. DAILY WINNER FROM ROSS STABLE. The J. K. L. Ross stable supplied its daily winner when Prismar, ridden by Turner, wan home an easy winner from a band of Canadian-bred two-year-olds at three-quarters. Anaprisa took second place, while Maypolo was third. Prismar was rated off the early pace and rounding the bend into the homestretch went to the front with a rush and drew clear to win by a wide margin. Maypole was the early pacemaker and quit bad! through the final sixteenth. Jockey C. Turner will leave for Belmont Park to ride Joseph E. Wideners representative in the Futurity. Trainer Tom Welsh wired Turner if he could come and immediately received an affirmative answer. AValter D. Scofield will take a division of the J. K. L. Ross stable from Blue Bonnet to Laurel, Md., at the end of this meeting. The Canadian crop of yearlings will also be chipped to the Maryland farm at the samc time. W. P. Frazer, who came up from Toronto to attend the meeting of the Canadian Racing Associations, is quite enthusiastic over the prospects of the coming fall meeting nz Woodbine Park. Among the owners who have made known their intention of shipping to Woodbine from New York are W. S. Kilmer with Exterminator and others, and a division of S. C. Hil-dreths stable, including Grey Lag; William Garth with several of the Cosden string and T. J. Healey with some of the R. T. Wilson horses, including Pillory. The meeting promises to be the greatest in the history of the club. For the first time since the organization of the Ontario Jockey Club the opening day of the meeting has been set for Wednesday. Jockey F. Weiner leaves for Toronto Friday evening to report to trainer Fred Schelko of the Thorncliffe Stable, for which establishment he will ride at that point. C. Hagen has taken over the engagement book of the apprentice R. Doyle for this meeting.
