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WILL BE NO RACING AT WINDSOR TODAY. Officials Will Attend the Funeral of William Hen-drie at Hamilton Incidents of Yesterday. Detroit. JIIcIi., June 2S. The Windsor racetrack will lie closed tomorrow out of respect to the memory of Mr. William Hendrle whose funeral will take place from his late home in Hamilton tomorrow afternoon. Secretary Parmer, Judges Price, and Nelson and a number of others including starter Dwyer, left tonight in a private car for Hamilton to attend the funeral. They will be back Saturday morning. The track was heavy tills afternoon, and withdrawals on this account caused the fourth race carded to lie declared off. The surprise of the day was the victory of Little Wally in the steeplechase. On form Little Wally was legitimately the 30 to 1 shot the lmokmakers made him for in his previous efforts he showed little sliced and fenced badly. Today he was a mighty good horse. He was kept away from the early running, but when called on went right up to the leaders, clearing the obstacles without touching them and stood a hard drive from the last jump to the wire outganiing Dawson, the well backed favorite.. The victory was an "eagle bird" for the books, as very few bets were wagered 011 the winner. Boola sustained her reputation as a fleet filly by running away with the second race. She was hard held all the way and had her opponents In distress before the stretch turn was readied. From a 100 to 1 shot Edwin Gum has liecome a short priced favorite. The books laid 7 to 5 against F.dwln Gum in the last race and he justified their good opinion. He won, but was tiring fast at the finish and would probably have been beaten 1 had the route been a bit further. J. Markleiu came near securing a purse with his colt Prytanla In the fifth race. Prytanla wqs off badly and at one time was a dozen lengths behind Sam Clay the winner, and was beaten a head, With anything like lui- even break, he Svoiild have won off by himself.
