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RECORD CROWD AT WINDSOR RACING BEGINS AUSPICIOUSLY AT CANADIAN COURSE OPPOSITE DETROIT. R. F. Carmans Kentucky Derby Winner, Meridian, Scores Over Best Horses On the Circuit in the Frontier Handicap. Detroit. Mich., July 15. — The inaugural day of the first of the summer meetings of the Wiudsor Fair Grounds and Driving Park Association attracted a record-breaking attendance to the track across the liver this afternooa. A splendid program was provided for the occasion and keen sport resulted. In a majority of the races the winners were under hard drives to score by small margins, and there was a -nap to the racing that made the sport positively exhilarating. R. F. Carman furnished the winner of the feature race, the Frontier Handicap, in his good three-year-old. Meridian, which won with great ease by half a dozen lengths. In the early running Plate Glass furnished stout opposition and raced head and head with Meridian until well within the final furlong, where the three-year-old drew away. The paco was fast until the last furlong, the fractional time being 24. 47s, 1:L2*. 1:385. 1:52*. The selling race controversy started by Sam Louis at Montreal has been taken up by R. F. Carman, and the latter was prominent In the bidding here this afternoon. After Cold Spring won the sixth race he was boosted 00 over his entered price of Jjl.lOO. but was protected and bought in. When Colonel Ashmeade won his race a crowd gathered about tho stand with the expectation of a runup. They were not disappointed, Messrs. Louis and Carman both taking part in the bidding. S. C. Hildreth had Colonel Ashmeade iu for *8U0 and protected him bv bids until ,300 was reached, when he bid ,500 remarking that he thought that would stop the boosters, and it did, as the horse went to Mr. Hildreth at that figure. Before the races this afternoon, Judge Charles F. Iiie called the Jockeys together and warned them as to rough riding. He told the lads that thev need have no fear BO long as thev rode cleanly but that suspension would follow any rough riding ami that the second offense would result in a recommen-oatlon to the Canadian Racing Associations for the revocation of the guilty ones license. After the stake race. Judge Price had occasion to act, and E. Dugan was the victim. Dugan had the mount on Flint Rock and shortly after the start he kept bumping Countless and finally struck the latters rider with his whip. The result is that Dugan will lie on the ground for the remainder of the meeting. On the technical grounds of having failed to register a contingency in the horses Top Note and Isabel Casse, Tom Shaw was not permitted to hook here this afternoon. This spring Mr. Shaw decided to sever all his connections with horses and he tried to dispose of the two mentioned. John Powers offered to take the horses and pay for them as they won and they were transferred to Jaim. The matter will be straightened out by the Canadian Racing Asso i.ations at their meeting on Tuesdav and it is reasonable to expect that Mr. Shaw will be permitted io book again. S. C. Hildreth was much perturbed when joekev C. II. Shilling failed to get Cohort off iu a forward position at the start of the third race and in the paddock ati.r tin- race he severely censured his ricbr for not being more alert at the hairier. Miss Jonah bled dining the running of the sixth race and after the finish she was quite lame. Thirty-two layers quoted the odds today. Thev included I. Ham, G. Zeller. J. Cobtiru," Charles Walters, P. J. McGrath, Bote Pearsall. E. J. Rvan. Roy Oftutt. William Beverley. J. Mellinger, Henrv Hauf. Pete Collett. Mike Harris. M. Marks. M C. Lewis. Sam Stephens. G. Caferetta. J. P. Mclnernev B. Falk. J. McGrasr, Lee Wagner. Al Hanf. Frank Beers, M. Boasberg, S. L. ivnn. Frank Shannon. II. McKcnna. A. R. Klein. J. Spillane. I. Howard. A. Newsbaum and Bod Mombon. George Walker, trainer for F. J. Pons, arrived with the hors.s that the latter turfman has been racing at Latonla. Henry McCoulskev also cairn-Horn the same place. Other arrivals from Keutuckv included: 0. Johnson, P. Kaebelkamp, J Markleia and jockeys J. Glass. T. Keener and Loftus. Col. Ben HoUoway arrived from Lexington and will remain for the rest of the meeting. Judge Riba-ilouw vice president f the Montreal Jockey Club and William Caruthers. also of Montreal, were visitors al tin" course.
