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WINDSOR RACING ATTRACTS RECORD CROWD Charlie Gilbert Runs a Good Race and Takes the Frontier Handicap Easily Detroit Mich June 27 The midsummer meeting of the Highland Park Jockey Club began today at Windsor under most favorable conditions With fine weather and a good program a large crowd was at tracted across the river to the Canadian course The gathering was probably the greatest that was ever inside the gates and long before the horses were called to the post for the opening race even standing room was at a premium A good portion of the crowd was made up of regulars from Cincinnati Chicago and even New York Thirtytwo books cut in and speculation was brisk briskFour Four favorites and a wellbacked second choice won and this probably meant that a majority of the layers quit loser on the afternoon The successful choices were Jane Swift Dennis Stafford Charlie Gilbert and Creel Francis rode the first two while Shilling had the mounts on the others His riding of Goldway favorite in the third race came in for some strong criticism Francis victories on Jane Swift and Dennis Stafford came only after long stretch drives On the latter the lad became over ¬ anxious and went to the whip after entering the homestretch when he had a long lead The result wjis that his horse tired and it was only after a desperate struggle that the money was saved savedFrmik Frmik ONeil and his friends profiled hand ¬ somely over Dennis Staffords victory They backed the colt from to 1 to 3 to 2 Frisco Gardner who arrived from New York this morning was in on the killing killingThe The Valley Farm Stable horses finished onetwo in the Frontier Handicap the feature race of tin card and the richest fixture of the meeting Charlie Gil Iwrt won in a canter by three lengths while Glim ¬ mer just managed to last long enough to beat Mar ¬ tin Doyle out by a nose for second money moneyThe The tabled history of the Frontier Handicap is as follows Year Winner A Wt Jockey Val Time 1902 SI Hera 122Adams 1140 1S 1903 Claude 127J Daly 13S5 203J 1904 Zarkee 117IMonroe 1405 1 TH 1905 King of Troy 10Y 1 Shea 1705 1581 15811JHHS 1JHHS Peter Sterling 107 Ktinz 1705 1541 15411M7 1M7 Jacomo 114 Moreland 1705 1 57i 1908 Char Gilbert 4 103C II Shilling 1535 152 J JRace Race for threeyearolds prior to 190S 190SFred Fred Cook was among the arrivals from Latonia He reporls that the division of his stable which has been racing in the cast was shipped from Gravesend this morning and is due here some time tomorrow Lawrence P Daley Johnnie Blake Tom Dolan and Minnie consignmentJockey Adams are included in the consignment Jockey Dave Nicol left for his home In Chicago tonight and will return Monday accompanied by his mother Nicol has rented a cottage and will live hero meetingTwo with his folks during the Windsor meeting Two carloads of horses got in from Latonia this morning In them were the stables of A C Bellew It W Neff J Markleln and II It Baker M C Moore and John Walters arc expected to arrive from Cincinnati tomorrow tomorrowJockey Jockey Fairbrother got in from Toronto this morn ¬ ing ami reports that Joseph E Seagram has de ¬ cided to abandon his eastern trip The Seagram horses will be rested up for the fall meetings at Montreal Toronto and Hamilton HamiltonJockey Jockey Knglander and Henry Mason were among the arrivals from Montreal U Mendelsohn and John Parnell Mclnerny got in from New York while A I Parr O K Jordan and J F Bartlett arrived from Baltimore
