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SINFRANS SURPRISING FEAT CONSIDERED CHEAP PLATER, HE EQUALS CANADIAN RECORD FOR SIX FURLONGS. Shows Wonderful Improvement Coincident with Betting Coup by His Stable Connections-Day of Upsets at Fort Erie. Buffalo. N. Y.. September 3. Todays ordinary card at Fort Erie resulted in frequent upsets, and in some instances produced glaring form reversals. The public fared badly from the outset, their choices going down to defeat with a regularity tliat was exasperating. Some of the winners came from entirely unexpected quarters, lint the majority of them profited their connections handsomely ns if tlie result of well-laid plans. Sinfran and Dele Strome were notable examples. While the racing was attended with loss to many of the spectators, those who were there solely for an outing, with the expectation of witnessing good contests, were not disappointed, as the finishes were spirited in several of the races and aroused considerable enthusiasm. Tlie handicap, in which several prominent short-distance racers met. proved a thriller. Emperor William. Richard Reed and Lawrence P. Daley leading at the finish so closely aligned that it was a difficult matter to determine tlie winner. iKmperor William was given the purse and, as usual in nose finishes, there was some dissatisfaction over the official placing. One of the biggest coups pulled off in this section in a long time was put through in the fifth race, contested by an ordinary band, of which Carthage was considered best. Sinfran. however, made his opposition look cheap. He outpaced them from start to finish and won pulled almost to a walk in time that equaled the Canadian record of 1:11 for six furlongs. Carthage lacked speed and was never a serious factor. The five-eighths track record of 1:00s was reduced one-fifth of a second by Hallack in the third race. He ran the best race of his career and led eleven other youngsters from first to last. In tlie steeplechase, Bergoo, which had been beaten off in his last start, made a show of his opponents and won with almost ridiculous ease from Manzano and his erstwhile conqueror, Lizzie Flat. Cruche dOr landed another purse for J. E. Seagram when he led a cheap band of platers to tlie finish in the sixth, with Floreal. tills years Kentucky Oaks winner, second. Vesme and The Shaugh-raun, joint favorites in tlie closing dash, both proved disappointments. Dele- Strome. showing sudden improvement, romped away from them when called on. Clolsteress, also displaying more vim than on several previous occasions. led her opponents for the entire trip in the opening race and won easily from the long shot. Home Run. The exodus of horsemen from here began tonight. Nearly 100 race followers departed for Montreal, among them being J. W. Schorr, jockeys Howard and Burns, starter Dade and several of his assistants. Special trains will depart tomorrow and Sunday for Montreal and consignments of horses to be shipped tiiere will also leave on Sunday next by special train. II. G. Bedwells string of racers will lie sent to Montreal tomorrow night. The Kentuckians who invaded the Canadian circuit at the close of the Latonia summer meeting are preparing to return south, with the idea of remaining at Churchill Downs until the opening of that track, September 20. Among those who will ship there as soon as cars may be available are J. C. Milam. Dots Bros.. D. T. .Morris. A. L. Kirby. B. Sehreiber. I. B. Fitzgerald. J. R. Wainwright. W. J. Bissell. Lee Christy. J. Everman, J. S. Hawkins. Gallalier Bros,. J. Walters, C. E. Patterson. J. D. Riley. T. P. JIayes. L. Johnson. M. Burton, R. McMillan, Hopkins and Wilson and W. II. Fizer. James McLaughlin disposed of Font to F..J. Pons today for a reported price of 00. Jockey T. Rice was fined 5 by the starter for disobedience at the post. C. It. Daniels will send his string of racers to his home near Dallas, Texas, where they will be rested for tlie opening at Juarez. Mexico. The Dufferin Park managers were making herculean efforts today to induce horsemen to ship from here to Toronto. They offered to transfer any and all horses to Dufferin Park without expense to owners. The annual meeting of the Niagara Racing Association stockholders will take place tomorrow. Messrs. Condon and Cella are expected to be in attendance.
