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EDEE WINS AT MONTREAL Saturdays Attendance Swells Meetings -. Total to Record for. Course Track Drying Out. MONTREAL, Que., June 1 Eldee," four-year-old r" daughter of Campacre and Nancy y Clay, racing in the orange and green stripes 13 of Mrs. K. Laura, raced to a handy victory y in the La Salle Hotel Handicap, feature e at Blue Bonnets today. Pestle, J. Cattar-inichs : good Canadian-bred, split the Laura a and Griffin pair, driving into second place, a a head in advance of M. J. Griffins Scara a Glen. Jean Pittston, another home-bred, J turned in the best race of hi3 career and " took fourth place before Doer. Jockey S. Beecroft was astride the winner and completed 1 a double for the afternoon, having lS previously scored with Top Shot. Another large crowd was on hand for the ie program "to bring the total attendance up p to a mark that has been unsurpassed in the ie history of the Blue Bonnets course. The ie track was on the slow side, but was fast t drying out after the heavy rains of yesterday. s- Beecroft had Eldee away in fourth place :e at the. start and moved up quickly to the le pacemaking Jean Pittston. in the first furlong: r- At this stage Pestle was third before :e Scara Glen. Rounding the turn out of the le back stretch, Eldee moved to the front in n quick order but was taken in hand and id rated along in the lead. Beecroft released his hold slightly on the winner in the ic stretch, and she responded quickly, drawing ig away, and had a two and one-half length h lead at the end.
