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SOFT GOING BRINGS UPSETS AT WINDSOR Lizzie Flat Takes the Steeplechase El Dorado Cut Down Tom Dolan Wins Easily Detroit Mich July 17 A change in the going upset calculations of form players at Windsor this afternoon For the first time during the meeting the track was deep and heavy and it took a pretty solid horse to traverse the footing successfully successfullyOnly Only two favorites won Nancy and Tom Dolan being the successful choices The latter was held at a short price by the layers so his victory did not help the public to any great extent While the card lacked good class horses still a majority of the races were well contested four of the finishes being of the driving order with small margins separating the first two in three of them Powers again carried off the riding honors with two victor ¬ ies Tw of the biggest disappointments of the afternoon were Ayr Water and Nat B Both were heavily backed but neither of the pair showed a disposition to run to their best form in the going goingThe The steeplechase was a spectacular race for the major part of the distance Lizzie Flat finally Winning in easy fashion At different stages of tile trip both Lights Out and Sam Parmer appeared certain winners Going to the thirteenth jump Sam Parinor moved up with a rush but quit as suddenly after getting to the front and at the end Lizzie Flat again drew away and won easily easilyIn In the seventh race El Dorado a heavily hacked favorite was jumped on and cut down before lie had gone a quarter The going just suited him ard his connections made no secret of the fact that they expected him to win easily The result was that the public fell in line when the stable money went on and the horse was backed down to a short price at post time timeThe The result of the investigation of the Jersey Lady race will be handed out tomorrow Evidence was produced by W O Joplln that showed lie had wa ¬ gered heavily on the mare in her previous race and reports from the outoftown rooms also showed that a stiff commission had been placed on her away from liere in that nice niceBob Bob Kirkwood was one of the visitors at AVindso this afternoon Ills mission here is to solicit horsemen to ship to Toronto to race at Dufferln Park a halfmile track owned by A Orpen the poolroom king of Canada CanadaJockey Jockey Kennedy under contract to C Pangritz was assaulted by a stable hand named Ham Jones last night Kennedy was beaten into insensibility with a club and it will be some days before he is In condition again to ridc Jones wijl probably be ruled off by the local officials for the assault assaultEdward Edward Corrigan was a visitor at Windsor this afternoon He arrived In the morning and left last night for Cincinnati Mr Corrlgah said his visit 1 here was one of pleasure He reiterated his in ¬ tention of disposing of all the horses he owns ownsNews News reached here this afternoon of the death of the oldtime steeplechase rider George Mattocks who was killed while schooling one of the Queen City Stables jumpers at the Cedar Grove Farm near Toronto
