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FORT ERIE STALLS WELL FILLED. Nearly Five Hundred Horses at Canadian Track Ready for Saturdays Opening. Buffalo. N. Y.. June 2S.— The arrival of flat * stables of Albert Simons and James Kowe from Hamilton and tin- strings owned by Lon Johnson, Homer II. Selby and K. W. Hellner from Latouia. brings the total number of horses stabled, at Fort Kite ready for the opening on Saturilav up to about 150. Interest in the opening lavs racing will of course center in the ranking of the Canadian Derbv. All of the prominent three year olds that have been racing at tiie VToodMne, Dine Bonnets and Hamilton meetings are eligible to start. Lahore is carded as .a starter in the Derby. Great things were expected of this colt last spring, but he trained off and only recently rounded to. August Iielmont may have ii sen. ml bow to his Derby string in Trap Rock, a son ■ t Keck Sand, although Whist will be iiis main dependence. A call has been obtained on jockey Goldstein and he will ride Trap Rock if he does not hae the mount on Naushon. Superintendent lark .Tudd has the track in splendid condition. Predictions arc frcclv made that seme new American re.ords will be established during the Niagara Racing Associations meeting. S. C. Ilildreth had Dinua Ken out this morning and permitted him to work at a fast pace, which leads to the belief that Mr. Hildreth will probable race this good horse on the flat instead of through the held. Dinna Ken was nrrhaard at a stiff price tins spring at Baltimore, but has proven a failure as a st. epleehaser. He went a mile in 1:414, the tn-st seven iurlongs being run in 1:27. One of "it F. Carmans sprinters set the dockers on edge when he went a half mile in 47, the first quarter in 22. Willie Martin, who is campaigning a division of the Beverwyck Stable for Frank Nolan on the Canadian circuit, has shipped Tasteful and Danlield back to Saratoga. The former is reported to have gone wrong, while Danfield has had much racing and needs a letup. John W. Schorr has purchasid the contract that . A. p.urttscheii held on loekey Sweeney. The latter has been showing excellent saddle form and is rated as the best apprentice riding in Canada. N.ws from Joseph E. Seagrams farm at Waterloo is that his good racer Seismic dropped dead a few-days ago. A veterinarian who was visiting the farm remarked how well the horse looked. As he called to him Seismic galloped acroaa the field and on reaching him put his head across his shoulder and immediately dropped dead, a post mortem exami-nation showed a clot of blood in the horses heart «.**JS Bra,Ineli. acting for J. W. He.lriek. claimed the filly Miss Jonah out of the ninth race at Hamil ton on Saturday last. E. W. Maginn. who will act as racing secretary and steward at Fort Krie. arrived from Latoalai yesterday. Assistant Secretary Joseph McLennan ana beea on the ground for several days.
