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REDUCES CANADIAN RECORD CLIFF EDGE RUNS MILE IN 1:373. IN WINNING FGRT ERIE FEATURE RACE. S. C. Hildreth Finds It Expensive to Win a Soiling Race with Royal Meteor — Blackford Makes It a Double for R. E. Watkins. Buffalo, N. Y., .lulv :!. Richard P.. Watkins i i. ii bed tin- winner of i in restate race :ir 8"ort Brie ihis aftern i in his Clifford stallion. Cliff Edge, which ran a mile in 1:37%, representing a in u Caaadlan record for the distance. CUB r.dgo Met good opposition. strong support developed for Lawton Wiggins and In- weal to tin- post a will backed favorite. In the earl] running l.awtou Wig- gins ami Diana Kin showed in float ami led uutil entering the homestretch, where lift Edge weal irouad aa the outside with a rush ami. assuming an • i lead, had a three lengths advantage at the finish. Mr. Watklna saddled another winner in the fifth race, which went to Blackford. Like Cliff i dge, Blackford waa easily beat and woa with aoaae thlag ti. spare. Sam Loaia a. Hi Sam HBdreth again dashed in tho Helling races this afternoon. Mr. Hildreth furnished i !n winner of the sixth race in Royal Meteor, an odds-on favorite. The latter had ;■• W bustled riong to beat the speedy Bye Straw a length. It was a Helling race ami Royal Meteor was entered at WOO Mr. Hildreth waa forced to go to ,380 to retain iiim. The asaociatioaa in Canada ere profiting con siderahlj as a reshlt or this selling race activity. ii has I costlj for .Mr. Hildreth, who has been running some of bis horses cheaply. Th.- Bdaaont ami wilsou stables famished the winners ui the two-year-old races in Wild weed ami Mew River. •I. I. Williams iiit fur Lexington this morning with Governor Uraj and county Tax. t tin- eoa Ilusloa of the Latonia meeting Governor Gray will he shipped hark to Fort Brie. The division of tin- stable that John W. Schorr i- racing at Latonia will be shipped to l-Vrt Erh- after the meeting ai tin- Millaale track cornea to a ■•■lose. ■h ; age l. H.-mlrio. accompanied by l"i- ni W. ier-lianl.-.. was a visitor at Fort Brie this aftern on. !!• me over t .. attend a m etlng of th,- Canadian Bacinc Aasociations. The trolley company in Wind sni nas i.iiiii a doable track halt way to the course, which means that transportation facUitiea win be great 1] Improved this aanaver. An engineer inspected tin- grandstand a, Windsor last week anil plana will be drawn for an addition measuring 150 by M feet, which will be erected this fall. W. W. Darden has arrived at Windsor from Louisville With thru i- horses ami all of tin. principal owners i. ring at Latonia have reserved stable room. .i. Kesbitt -I Montreal is endeavoring id porchase the atallious Klresl o and Minions, tie asked for a price mi both horses this afternoon with iln idea of placing them at the head of a stud that he is establishing in the Province of Qaehcc. ft along todays arrivals was J. J. Ogles, known on the turf a few s. ,is..,:s ago as "Texas Smith." lie raced the fast sprinter K. Q. Baa over western tracks ton or twelve yeara age ami has Campus in the srud at his fain. . Chaajie Primrose, who in partnership with Jack Burgess established a del ctive agency in Jacksonville last winter, arrived lroin Florida this morning and will spend a couple of mouths in Canada. lie reports thai everyone in Jacksonville looks for a sixty-days meeting at Monetief Park next winter. .m. is Itaaey was takes sii-k a low das am and was removed ti. a private hospital in Buffalo. Mr. Tiiiuiy was threatened with appendicitis, but was feeling much hotter tonight. At a meeting of the Canadian Racing Associations held in the clubhouse here before the races todav the following licenses were granted: Trainers V. l:. Barke, I. P.. Bradheld, James Doyle, B. . Hefner. v. Hagfaes. joekeyi .1. .1. Brown, W. Innm. .1. W. Dayton. T. Qninlan. 11. I. Kinneys application for a trainers license v. as tabled and .1. lions application for a jockeys license was r* rased. I in- license granted steeplechase Jockey II. Poi-lock was revoked. It is understood that this action eaase as a result of Expansionist having run oat in the two races that in- rode the horse. The oSciala of the lort laic meeting include K. W. Mandginn, steward; Francis Nelson ami w. H. Lerch, judges; A. B. Dade, starter: E. II. McBrlde, Clerk of 1 lit- scales, ami I. II. Elaiore. paddock |u .-• jh. lire which destroyed tho Hamilton Jockey chili- grandatand is alleged to have been of incen-diary origin.
