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TEXAN ENGINEERS A COUP J. W. FULLERS NETTIE MARCHMONT WINS JUVENILE RACE AT WINDSOR. Bacliod Into Favoritism from Liberal Odds at Opening and Makes Good Decisively — Cliff Edge Bets New Track Record. ✓ Detroit Mich., August r;o.-T. w. ratter, tho furfman from the Texas Panhandle, who lias been ■pjoorntng at Saratoga d at lug tin- past month and ■who returned bere only a few days ago, palled off one of the best things «f the sea son at Windsor this afternoon when his two-year-old tilly. Nettie liarchmont, cantered away tram a bend of maidens in the sixth lace. Long adds wen- quoted aliout Nettie Marchmont at one stage of the betting, but the weight of the Texans mnnrj forced ber price dawn, and she went in the |K st a well-hacked favorite. Nettle Marchntont simply made a show of ber company. After cantering the lirst half in 47? she drew away iiiln a knag lead and won by half a dozen lengths. X, uie Marchmont was bred at Mr. Fullers Texas rancb and probably will he a useful sort of tilly. Only two favorites won. hut a majority of the winners were well hacked and it is doubtful if the books profited on the afternoons play. Little Fathers success in the opening dash was one of. the surprises of the afternoon. In his previous atari, which was on Monday, he lacked speed, while this afternoon he showed speed of a Ugh order. lie ran the first half mile in todays race in 46*. which is about the fastest clip shown over tile Windsor track tbfa season. At no time during the running were any of the others able to gel near Li;n and he won with a length and a half to spare. R. K. Watkins Cliff Edge established a. new track record for seven-eighths of a mile when lie won the fourth race in 1 :2." = . CUB Edge showed a smart performance in this race. There was some crowding when the break came and Cliff Edge was crowded out of it and was a distant trailer going down the law: a. at retch. Bonnding the far turn Lang brought him up on the outside-, which necessitated his going will.- at the nuns. Entering the boniest retch he was on even terras with the leaden and at the furlong jm»s1 he took command to draw awav into a two-lengths lead at the end. Pleasant weather brought out a banner crowd and speculation was keen. The bookmakers anticipated that the volume id play would be heavier, as twenty-nine drew in. an increase of two over the opening day. JOCkey Jimmy Keid left here hurriedly tonight for Saratoga to ride Love-Not in the Futurity. He will return to Windsor immediately after the running / the big race. The latest reports bt ought on from Saratoga by new arrivals is that .lames Bowe will so to France to train for Herman 1.. Duryea and that .lbcri Simons, who until a tew weeks ago trained the horses that John V. Schorr is racing in Canada, will take Mr. Knwes place in the Keene establishment. Jockey Phil Musgrave has contracted to ride for Train-is .1. Io.is during the coming winter at Jacksonville. lackey Cross fractured his nose as a result of his fall from Kockcastle in the eighth race yesterday :iinl w.i- unable to ride today. .loi key Taptln w as also forced to cancel his engagements. The hid fell from a Imix while helping to unload when the Mackenzie stable arrived here and fractured one of his ribs. Strange to say. he did not discover the seriousness of his injury until alter he hid ridden a couple of races yesterday. John Fay. a well-known western bookmaker, was :in arrival from Saratoga this awaalai. He will remain lure until Saturday before continuing on his journey to Cincinnati. Fred Gerhardy received word this afternoon that dates had been granted by the Jockey club lor the proposed meeting at the new track mar Washington. 1 . c. C. W. Richardson, a well-known merchant of Jacksonville and owner of Veneta Strome, waa a visitor at the course this afternoon. A. R. London, secretary of the Hamilton Jockey Club, was also a visitor. The two year obi. Capsize, owned by Forrest Rose, bruised his foot in yesterdays race and will be on the aheif lor a few weeks. Ban ".ilk ami George Hickey. of Toronto, were among the new layers thai cut in this afternoon.
