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KEE.N INTEREST IN DERBY man iook for greatest three-year-old J ACE OF YEAR AT FORT ERIE. i Beck and Whist, August Belmonts Entry. Figure in Sensational Trial of Mile and Quarter in 2:0C as Final Preparation for Contest. Buffalo. N. Y.. June 2!. — The Niagara Racing Associations Meeting, which opens Saturday, will lipse in importance :ill others ever given at the Fort Brie track. Saturday will kc Derby Day. The race is causing much discussion not only among lurf-lii.n lint among tilt- public :is well. All INUh Hint ir will be tin- greatest three jw old race of the year. Tin- fltmtt of Lahore and the grout im-provc -men! shown l.y the Belmont Belt, Trap Bock, leads :iti air ef ■■eertaJaty Is the result. Track conditions litre favor Gertraer Brajr, and mm have :m idea that the son of Qarrj Herrmann may turn the tallies oa his erstwhile rival. Meridian. The tatfe. of the track this eft trail was baa wonderful trials shown bj Trap Boefc and Whist. John Whah a gave the Belmont pair their final workout for Sal indays big race. Fddie Dugau had the mount on Whist, while Jockey lhil Culaatela was aa Trap ■ l: k. Wliisl oatbroke Trap Back and Jed him by a couple of lengths unlil entering the lioniestretch, u In-re Trap Hock began wearing Whist down. lie caught him in the final furlong and Goldstein had him under a pull at the flalah The lirst mile was run in 1:391 and the mile and a quarter in 2:00. Albert Simons cave Lahore liis linal work. lie u.i- sent the full Derby distance of one mile and I quarter, w hieh be Iraversed in -IMS. Lahore is extra good now and trainer Simons is confident that h ■ will give a good account of himself. There was a repor, at the track that Messenger V would lie sent over from l.aionia to run in the a© . At all events the colt has B04 arrived here ■ ! Bad it is doubtful if he will be sent. Jockey YV. Dunn arrived trow Kea tacky and xvill ide as a free lauee. J. McDonald has turned out Crcstoa and Little liir until late in the fall. The former was tired Ml week and Uttle Friar will be blistered. Wash Norvell will he in charge of the Tort .1 i betting ring, lie reports that aboat twenty-he layers will be in line.
