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FRONTENAC WINS; PURSE PROTESTED. F. Burton Gives Charlie Eastman a Bad Ride Light Rain at Fort Erie. Buffalo, N. Y.. August .".With a better ride than P. Burton gave him, Charlie Iaslmaii might have won the handicap, which was the feature of the card at Fort F.rie today. The start was only fair and Charlie Kastuian was slow in getting away. lie trailed along in the middle of the bunch until the stretch was reached where Durtou leisurely brought him through on the inside, but did not make a move until it was too late to get better than third. Prontenac, carrying the wise money, won by a half length from the tiring Den Stille. It. was a mdl planired cOui"tif Which "nothing went wrong. H. Dusonbark, owner of Den Stille, protested payment of the purse to James Grilliu on the ground that It. T. Duiinclls, who was programmed as the trainer of Prontenac had not left Lalnnia. The matter will be taken up by the judges tomorrow. The third, fourth ami lifth races were won by favorites. When the horses went to the post in the third race a light shower began to fall, which, however, subsided before the fifth race was run. What rain did fall did not hurt the track any. A majority of the winners made runaway affairs of their races. Inauguration ran In the name and colors of It. D. S!ellie. who purchased the filly during the morning from Maurice Welsh for .00. Among the stables leaving tonight for the Umpire City track are those of Tom Klley, II. J. Gil-derslecve, J. W. Iilalock. A. J. Stafford and N. Straus. Prank Garrett leaves Wednesday witli the three jockeys-. D. Austin, 1. Hi ley and W. Cherry. Sam Parmer has opened negotiations with Scott Laird for the purchase of the contract which he holds on jockey Moreland. Fred Cook, was a visitor at Port Erie tills afternoon. He stopned off on his way from Cincinnati to Saratoga and had a handsome wager on his filly, Whisk Urooni, which won the second race.
