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FINALE AT BLUE BONNETS » William T. Captures the Windsor Hotel Cup Handicap. Easily Accounts for Closing Day Feature, Scoring by Three Lengths Over Brown Wizard and Boom. ♦ — — MONTREAL, Que., June 22.— William T.. the four-year-old gelding which races ,for W. E. Caskey, Jr., accounted for the Windsor Hotel Cup Handicap at Blue Bonnets this afternoon when he won by three lengths. Ridden by W. Curran and rating far off the fast early pace, he came with a burst of speed when called in the home stretch to pass Brown Wizard and Boom to win going away at the end. There were four starters and Display was the public choice. They were promptly dispatched to a good start and Kurtsinger rushed Brown Wizard to the front and on the back stretch opened up a lead of five lengths. He set a rapid pace and went to the half mile in :47%. Display was last at this stage with William T. about a length in front of him. Making the turn into the home stretch. Brown Wizard began to tire and the field bunched up. At this stage Display was in a contending position and it looked as if he might win. When the final test came, however. William T. shook off the others and the finish found him going away. Display came again at the end and in another stride past the winning mark he was in front of Boom. Brown Wizard tired badly and was beaten off three lengths for third place. William T. ran the mile and an eighth in 1 :52, which equaled the track record for the distance. The three-quarters were run in 1 :12% and the mile in 1:3S%. LARGE CROWD PRESENT. Today marked the closing day of the Montreal Jockey Clubs first meeting of 1929, and a large crowd was in attendance. The club had no cause to find fault with the weather man, all seven days during the meeting here being ideal for outdoor sport. A majority of the stables that raced here will ship to Hamilton. Several stables, including those of E. F. Sanford, Mrs. J. Simpson Dean, A. R. Lawson, R. T. Wilson, Jr.. and Walter J Salmon, will remain at Blue Bonnets until the resumption of racing at Montreal. Evergreen, racing for W. J. Salmon and ridden by F. Mann, scored an easy victory in the running of the opening dash of five-eighths when she galloped home with a lead of four lengths in front of Washington Carrie. The latter, quick to get into her stride, was the one to make the early pace, and she led until just before making the turn into the home stretch, where Mann sent Evergreen up with a rush on the outside in the run through the home stretch and assumed an easy lead to draw away without effort in the last eighth. Washington Carrie was tiring at the end and in a desperate drive just managed to last long enough to beat Lead Gold by a nose for second place. Skid showed that he was a non-stayer when he was beaten by a head by Wrackell in the second race. He was a bit fractious at the post and was taken to the extreme outside position, from where he started. Curran, alert when the barrier was sprung, rushed Skid to the front and in the run around the far turn drew away until he had a lead of four lengths entering the home stretch. In the final eighth he began to tire and Wrackell, finishing gamely, wore him down to get up in the last few strides to win by a head. Play Ball *vas third, five lengths back. Companion propped when the start came and was last to leave the post. PEBBLES LOST BY HEAD. Pebbles Last scored a clever victory in the third race when he beat Marat by a head. A field of seven went to the post and Negotiator was favorite and well backed. In the early stages Munning dashed to the front and led by a big margin util after passing the three-eighths post, where he began to tire. Bethel had been rating Pebbles Last back of the leaders and on the far turn moved up on the outside. He was carried wide entering the stretch, but, responding with energy, caught and passed Munning to draw away just after passing the eighth post. At the end he bore over to the inside and was tiring, and in a desperate finish just managed to last long enough to stall off Marat, which came from behind to finish with a rush. Negotiator was third, beaten four length for second place. Mr. Gaiety came back after his miserable performance the other day, when he was beaten off nine lengths by Attack and Trout-let, to win the fourth race in easy fashion. Wilson kept him closer up in the early stages and on the far turn he went to the outside of the leaders and in the stretch wore Mineralogist down to win going away by a length and a quarter. Troutlet was third, beaten lengths for second place. In their previous meeting Troutlet beat Mr. Gaiety four lengths. Despite this, Mr. Gaiety was well backed and went to the post a 3 to 5 favorite.
