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RESTORATIONS IROQUOIS HOTEL STAKES. Big- Crowd Sees the Sport at Fort Erie Tickles Race May Be Investigated. Buffalo, N. Y., August 18. A large half-holiday crowd was at Fort Erie today. The Iroquois Hotel Stakes, carrying with it a value of ,200, was the feature. Restorationv-from the El S.rGarduer "stable, won it easily. Restoration, coupled with Char-He Gilbert, was the choice. Every horse in the race was well supported. Messrs. Waters and Malcolm, J .H. Valentine and Ed Glassco shipped their stables to Windsor tills afternoon, while C. C. Van Meter, Allan Steele and Vic Henderson sent their strings to Douglas Park. Louisville. Henderson will book at Douglas Park. Butinskle will be rested up, while the firing irons will be applied to Kurtzraann. Hamllcar, which was carded to start in the fifth race, broke down while being exercised this morning and will be retired for the season. W. O. Parmer left for Saratoga last night. He went to attend the sale of his yearlings, which will be held Monday. General W. T. Townes, of Virginia, who ias been racing a small stable at Kenilworth and Fort Erie, arrived yesterday and arranged to ship to New York. J. W. Pangle has had charge of the horses he has been racing here, which includes, among others, the promising two-year-old filly, AVorkmaid. Jockey Dealy, who had the mount on Wexford, was fined 5 and suspended for the remainder of the meeting for rough riding. He Interfered with Solon Shingle at the turn into the homestretch, where he carried the latter a bit wide. Tickles exhibition in the first race was much le-low the form she displayed in her two previous efforts and there was some talk after her race today of an investigation. Her trainer. Carter Hall, was as much put out over Tickles poor race as were the people who backed her.
