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D. AUSTIN IN TROUBLE AT FORT ERIE. Warned Away for Pulling Ketchemike Peter Sterling Sets New Track Record. Ituffalo, N. Y., August S. Jockey R. Austin was indefinitely suspended and ordered away from the Fort Erie track just before the racing began this afternoon. The order followed an investigation into the running of Mode Nicols two-year-old Ketchemike, which won the second race yesterday under the pilotage of jockey Shilling. Austin had ridden Ketchemike in his previous race and was unplaced. Owner NIcol complained to tlie ollieials that Austin had not ridden to win. It developed that Austin had a big wager on Hit! colt yesterday and that lie had told several persons that Ketchemike could not lose. All but tine of the winners scored witli plenty in reserve. In the feature race, the mile and an eighth handicap, Peter Sterling established a new Canadian record for the distance by running in l:."li, which was a full second faster than the previous track record. Peter Sterling was ridden by Maliu, trailed tlie others for five furlongs, then went to the front with a rush and won easily by five lengths. George C. Bennett viewed tlie running of the fourth race with much satisfaction, his home-bred colt. Petulant, winning with great ease and defeating among others the highly tried C. W. P.urt, a colt that has been rated by his people as a 5,000 youngster. 1. M. Civill has sold Monterey to K. ITtterbacl: while F. Ilolmau purchased of K. Stringer the horse Vagabond. Tlie latter will be schooled for steeplechasing. T. Dycer shipped his stable to Washington this morning where he will rest up for a couple of weeks before continuing on his journey to Norfolk. M. Gorman, P. Delaney and A. 13. Gates will leave here some time next week for Quebec, where a two days meeting will be given previous to the opening of the meeting at Montreal. A party numbering about fifty left tonight for the Empire City track. Among them were jockeys J. Lee. L. Williams and 1. Kiley. Shilling, Ly-turgus and W. Ott will probably go tomorrow.
