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SPIRITED RACING AT FORT ERIE Sal Volatile Defeats Please Jockey Powers Secured by Barney Schreiber for Next Winter WinterBuffalo Buffalo N Y August 24 With the exception of tlie third and fourth the races were of a conso ¬ lation order at Fort Krie this afternoon but fur ¬ nished gtKxl racing and were witnessed by the best Monday attendance of the meeting The steeplechase intended as the feature was strictly a twohorse racci throughout Awawcgang and Arian lirst and second choices respectively having it between them Eight started in the race but only four finished tlie oourse without mishap Picktime Impertinence Lit ¬ tle Wally and Tacouy unseating their riders at various stages The followers of jockey Powers did not fare so well as usual The rider only managed tc land two of his six mounts winners To land them in front he had to show his best form as with equally good riding on Polar Star and Imboden ircy would have fiiished in front frontThe The third nice in which some of the best young ¬ sters at the grounds engaged resulted in de ¬ feat for T M Green by Alice offer n spirited last furlong drive Anne McGee Jolly and Richard Keed failed to get a place in the race Tlie Sprint race a handicap at threequarters also resulted iu an upset by the defeat of Please by Sal Vola ¬ tile Please showed much the most early speed but tired in the final drive from her exhaustive tactics in racing the early contenders into defeat The showing of Chief Hayes was a good one and he stuck gamely to his task and otitgamed Lens for third place Chief Hayes was purchased before tlie race by J II Adams from Sam Louis for a re ¬ ported price of S1OOO S1OOOThe The chief surprise of the afternoon came In the sixth race when Tagane made a show of her oppo ¬ nents and won at 11 long price Tagane had here ¬ tofore been considered iu the nature of a joke and her owner after todays race found considerable enjoyment In bantering his former tormentors tormentorsAfter After numerous attempts Anna L Daley managed 1o break from the maiden class by winning tlie opening race She was away with an advantage at the start while the favorite Splendida stumbled sun almost fell just as the barrier was released Senator releasedSenator Barrett which was claimed last Saturday hv J C Calm was returned to his former owner at an advancv in price priceAfter After Sal Volatiles victory trainer T Rodrock announced that it would be the fillys last race on the tlat as she would be put to jumping She has een well schooled and with her high nigbt of speed should prove a formidable opponent to the theTlie Tlie Montreal program book was distributed to liorsemen hero today W Shields is schooling Call Boy over the jumps and the son of Imp gives promise of becoming a good tinllHTtoppcr tinllHTtoppcrS S Louis purchased Lady Corinne this afternoon from J Mclaughlin Jr JrJ J McLaugbliu Jr will campaign a string of eight horses owned by his father The list will include Lallv Personal and Campaigner The horses will be shipped to Montreal on Wednesday next from New York YorkHartley Hartley Schreiber was among todays visitors After tlie running of the Kmpire City Handicap last Saturday Sclireiber immediately set alwut securing a contract on lockoy Powers and succeeded todiy in having the jockeys father allix his signature to a contract that will give Schreil er first call on the rider next winter Mr Schreiber also stated that Jack Atkin for whom the crack horse had been named was misquoted on his return from Kurope in discussing California racing Jack Atkin is one of the staunchest believer in California racing and anticipates no interference with tlie sport while Tom Williams is in control controlA A seven days running meeting is in contemplation at Long Branch X T beginning August 31 to September 7 The purses will be 110 and 200 Five races will be given daily The meeting will IH managed by T II Coleman manager of the Wilkesbarre Pa and Trenton X J lairs lairsL L A Cella got in this afternoon and will remain here YorkKdward several days before going to New York Kdward Corrigan returned today from ills farm in Lexington where he disposed of several of his broodmares
