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SOLON SHINGLE WINS WINDSOR FEATURE. Detroit, Mich., August 29. A mile handicap for all ages was the feature on the card at Windsor today. Restoration represented the younger division and Wexford was assigned the post of honor witli 120 pounds. Two pronounced favorites won for the talent and the other winners came from the second choices. All the winners were heavily backed and the books received a severe drubbing. The track was fast and the weather conditions cool and pleasant, bringing out one of the largest crowds since the opening day. The handicap was captured In a handy manner by Solon Shingle, the second choice in the betting. La Londe, as usual, went to the front and set a sizz ling pace, but the distance seemed a little loo far for the Top Gallant mare and when the stretch was reached she began to fall back. Solon Shingle, well rated behind the pacemakers, then moved up and caught La Londe at the sixteenth post. From there on to the finish the first money was never in doubt. Restoration for awhile appeared as if lie would be troublesome, but he gave it up a few yards from the finish. Wexford made a determined effort in the last sixteenth, but the weight told on him. He lasted long enough to get third place from Request. Green B. Morris scored his first win at the meeting in the fifth with Cholk Hedrick. The victory, however, cost him 00, as the horse was bid up that amount over his selling price of 00 by J. M. Stokes. He was retained by the customary advance of . Ed Trotter, whose Scalplock finished second to Granada, thought the winner had been entered too cheaply and ran him up 00 over his selling price of 00. He was bought in by the owner.
