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OUTLOOK NOT PROMISING SLIM PROSPECTS FOR RACING AT FORT ERIE AT PRESENT. 1 , Most of the Regulars Preparing to Depart for Sara-toga — J. W. Schorr and Trainer Albert Simons Part Company, Buffalo. N. Y., August 1.— The outlook for racing at Fort Erie in the immediate future looks none too encouraging. The officials of the Niagara Racing Association are in as great a quamlary as on .Saturday last and can make no positive announcement as to when the meeting will open. The general impression is that there will be no racing here until after the Hamilton meeting or in October. The feeling is growing that a mistake was made in not opeuiug the meeting 011 Saturday last and that the postponement will not help racing in this section. The post poneuient was made with the best of intentions and Ml merely an unfortunate occurrence. Positive announcement has been made that the stakes will all be run during the present racing season. Many of the regulars are departing, a majority haying decided to go to Saratoga. Some few will go to Hamilton to await the opening of the meeting at that point. Judge Price, John Hachnijisler and Harry Breivogel left for Detroit tonight. Judge Price will spend a couple of days with George M. Hendrie at his fishing camp. Mr. Haehmeistes will continue on his way to Cincinnati, while Mr. Breivogel will join Col. Matt J. Winn at Louisville and go to Juarez to help superintend the erection of the palatial clubhouse that is being built at the Juarez track. According to these gentlemen, it is a sure tiling that Mars Cassidy will do the starting at Churchill Downs and I.atonia this fall, the inference being that racing in New York will close with the ending of the Saratoga meeting. There is some talk of trying to induce the Iimlico folk to open their meeting earlier than usual this fall, but that has not been settled as yet. Many of the big eastern stables will likely ship from Saratoga to Montreal and go from there to Toronto and then on to Pimlico. Enough, money is hung up at these points to induce the big eastern owners to participate in the meetings named. As an aftermath to the investigation recently held by Judges Price and Nelson. John W. 4Schorr, the Memphis turfman, whose rider, jockey Pease, was ruled off, has parted company with Albert Simons, his trainer. Simons name was involved in an unfavorable way iu the investigation and this resulted in a rupture with Mr. Schorr. It is understood that Mr. Schorrs horses will be handled in future by his sou. John F. Schorr, a capable young man who has shown his ability as a trainer by making some horses of poor caliber win. Yoimg Mr. Schorr is popular with horsemen and race-goers. Jack Sturgis received word from Baltimore this morning of the death of Pocomoke. a horse that won many races in his colors. Pocomoke was turned out at the Burns farm after the Pimlico meeting, and is reported to have succumbed to an attack of catarrhal fever. John Howard and a party of friends left this evening for Port Bowau, where they will put in the time fishing until the opening of the Hamilton meeting. Joe Yeager made an affidavit and presented it to Judge Price denying the charges that he had promised Musgrave 50 if he won with Mill on the Floss. James Koss. who came from Lexington to witness the running of the 0,000 Dominion Handicap, will return to Kentucky. George H. Whitney, a well-known breeder, arrived from Lexington this afternoon.
