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1M ii RECORDS CONTINUE TO FALL EXTRAORDINARILY FAST TIME RECORDED AT FORT ERIE TRACK. Trap Reck Equals American Record for Mile and a Sixteenth and Watervale Reduces Canadian Recoid for Mile and an Eighth. Buffalo, N. Y., .Inly 5. August Belmonts great three year-oM. Watervale. showed a splendid performance at tort Erie this afternoon when lie won the mile and an eighth handicap in l:50jj. whieh marked a new Canadian record for the distance. The time was within two fifths of a second of Vox Pmlii American record made at Santa Anita in 1908. Watervale carried 112 pounds, made all of his own pace and won pulled up. with E. DttU looking hack throughout the final furlong. The frae tional time for the ran «m 23i. 47. 1:111, 1:37, 1:808. The Belmont colors were conspicuously sue sesafal during the afternoon. Tipsaud carried the lamous maroon, scarlet sleeves and lilack cap to victory In the opening dash and Trap Rock provud an t-asy winner In the fifth race, which was at one mile and a sixteenth. Like Watervale, Trap Rock ran his mile in 1 :37 and incidentally he equaled the American record of 1:43? for the mile and a sixteenth held by Gretna Great Elma, the Winner of the second race, was also Nursery-bred, being by Hastings— St. Einiora. F.lnia was the tirst 100 to 1 shot to win on the Canadian circuit for a long while. She led the field most of the way and beat the Hildreth entry, Mad River, half a length in a driving finish. The race that called for Canadian owned horses went to the imported colt, Galatine, which beat Chief Kee a length. Lour of the afternoons winners were favorites and two of them. Watervale and Galatine. were held at odds on. Amos Turney was operated on for appendicitis yesterday and is doing well. His daughter ar rived from Kentucky yesterday /ind is with her I father at a local hospital. ■ Flunk M. Bray arrived from New ork this uiorn- I landK with a two year-old maiden filly. r Jockey Archibald had not sufficiently recovered from his yesterdays attack of seasickness o ride this afternoon and was forced to cancel his engagements.
