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FITZ HERBERT AT HIS BEST HILDRETHS CRACK COLT LEAVES NEW YORK TO FILL FORT ERIE ENGAGEMENT. Will Carry Top Weight of 138 Founds in 0,000 Dominion Handicap, Canadas Richest Race, and Afterwards Go to Saratoga. f New York. July 28. — Fitz Herbert lias left Empire City for Fort Erie, where he will be a starter in the SB.OOO Dominion llaadlf Ml on Saturday. In preparation for the raee Fitz Herbert w»rkcd a mile and an eighth in 2:07% over the Empire City track. He ran the first mile in 1 :40Vf. and he was pulled up at the finish of the trial. Fitz Herbert has had a lot of good work at the Yonkers course and he is in tine condition for the Dominion Handicap. Dave Lcary takes Fitz Herliert to Fort Erie for the big race and jockey Carroll Shilling will go on to ride him. Because Fitz Herbert is regarded as the la st horse In the country, his appearance in the. Dominion will make the Fort Erie opening a notable event. After filling his Fort Erie engagement Fitz Herbert will be ihlpped to Saratoga to run In the Saratoga Handicap and other important races. ■ Guy Fisher has also been shipped to Fort Erie for the Dominion Handicap. Fitz Herbert has not raced since he won the Brooklyn Handicap May 31. After that race he had a coughing spell .-md was given a rest. He has been especially prepared for Saturdays valuable event ii nd is ready for a great performance. As a three-year-old. packing various weights up to 190 pouuds. he was beaten only once, by Affliction, and gave so good a colt as Olainhala fifteen pounds. This year he has started only twice. With UN pounds up In-won the Jockey Club Weight-for-Age Kace at Belmont Park. In that race he carried the colors of John E. Madden, who vurcliased him during the winter from Hildreth for 0,000. Soon afterward he was repurchased by Hildreth for 5,000. His second start was In the Brooklyn Handicap, in which he carried 190 pounds. Behind him in the order of naming were ohinihalu. 116; Prince Imperial. 97: Czar. 110; Fashion Plate. 100, and Dluiia Ken. no ixtunds. In the Dominion Handicap his weight will be 138 pounds. The Dominion Handicap closed on May 18. PJ09. The guaranteed cash value of the raee is 0.0oo, of which ,500 g.N-s to tirst, ,750 to second. 50 to third and 50 to fourth. The starting fee is 50. and the distance a mile and a quarter.
