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MORE RAIN SLOWS FORT ERIE TRACK Boadicea and Lady Baldur Win for Bissell St Volma Scores in the Steeplechase Buffalo X Y August 17 Additional heavy rains nut the track In a wretched condition and upset form calculations A good card had been arranged in anticipation of a fast track but after the rain owners made haste to withdraw their charges As a consequence the better class horses remained in their stables stablesThe The fifth race In which only four were named to start had to be declared off leaving only nix races to be decided decidedThe The steeplechase was farcical made so by the had condition of the course which In spots resem ¬ bled a miniature lake The horses bad difficulty in going through the deep pools and two of the start ¬ ers were so complfftejy exhausted that they came to grief at the tenth jump Impertinence stumbled earlier in the race and unseated lier rider St Volniii which had not been n starter since his de ¬ feats in New Orleans showed a Hash of his old time good fortri today and it was just a question after going one turn of the course how far he would win by Before the race stories were indus ¬ triously circulated to the effect that he was not fit and this caused his price to soar skyward at a riuid rate and send the bulk of the support to Crcolin The judges were dissatisfied with the betting and cautioned jockny Archibald on St Volma to do his best The horse however from the start was never seriously threatened Creolin after laboring perceptibly managed to retain his footing and when the mishaps to Impertinence Picktime and Inkap II occurred he easiy disposed of Little Wally the only other starter for second place placeG G W J Bissell managed to annex a couple of purses during the afternoon the lirst ihe lias w iii at the meeting His lirst victory came in tile opening race when Boadicea scored luckily from Woodlands Rose Kennedy on the latter made the mishike of steering wide on the stretch turn ex ¬ pecting to find a path The rain and harrows had defaced this so Boadicea benefited Jiy staying close to the inner rail railBissells Bissells other winner came In the sixth race when Ladv Baldnr after a sensational stretch drive got up in the final strides to win from Oriental Queen Holscher again furnished excitement by almost getting left at the post in the closing race and after trailing his company fully a furlong away for threequarters came with a sensational rush that almost landed second place for him Estella winning over Ladv Martha J 1C Frayling acting for V Gerst bid Estella C up from her entered price of 500 to 00 and bought her herThe The starter fined jockeys Nicol and Ott 50 each for disobedience at the post and suspended jockey Morehouse for six days for incouipetency incouipetencyW W 11 i Fixer has shipped his string to Empire City Jockey Butler accompanied the stable and will do the riding ridingL L A Cclla will divide his string here and ship ten to Montreal and the remainder to Louisville to be rested until the opening of Douglas Park ParkRod Rod McMahon was an addition to the bookmaking ranks today todaySteeplechase Steeplechase jockey McKinney came today from Saratoga SaratogaThe The judges were dissatisfied with fluctuations In the betting ring on Royal Onyx and warned jockey Liebert to do his best on the horse He was not good enough to beat Chief Hayes in the going After the race the judges suspended Liebert for three days for rough riding having interfered sharply with Chief Hayes in the first three furlongs furlongsII II Flippen purchased Impertinence at private sale from G C Bennett who was a visitor today todayThe The fast sprinter Apache is reported in bad con ¬ dition his temperature being over 105 105D D T Morris was fined for bringing The Missus late to the paddock
