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SUSPENSION FOR SHILLING RULING AGAINST CRACK JOCKEY MARKS CLOSING DAY OF WINDSOR RACING. Pulling Ud of Rcotigouche, Second Choice of Opening Race, Leads to Judicial Action Pending Investigation Busy Wins Bello Islo Stakes. Detroit, Mich.. July 22. The closing day of the Windsor Fair . Grounds and Driving Park Associations Arst summer meeting attracted a large crowd to the over-the-river course. It marked a record in point of numbers, and with racing conditions hard to improve upon, a pleasant afternoon of sport was enjoyed by the immense throng present. An evenly balanced card of seven races was offered, with tho Belle Isle Selling Stakes, a dash of a mile, as the feature. William Garth furnished the winner oC this event in Busy, which lasted to beat Colonel Ashmeade a neck after a long hard stretch drive. Colonel Ashmeade ran a remarkable race. At tho Arst turn he was thrown against the fence and wad pulled up, his rider being forced to go to the outside thereafter. Cohort and Royal Meteor, coupled as the S. C. Hildreth entry, was made favorite. Cohort showed speed for about Ave-eighths, hut Royal Meteor was a distant trailer all the way. As a matter of fact, all of the nildreth horses that raced today were in poor form. Dinna Ken bolted the course in the steeplechase, while Restigoueho was seemingly unable to raise a respectable gallop in the six-furlongs dash, the opening race of tho program. The Hildreth racers have evidently trained off, as the western turfman sent only two winners to the post during tho meeting. Colonel Ashmeade, which won on the opening day and The Welkin, winner of a steeplechase on Monday last. Action of the judges in the case of jockey C. H. Shilling overshadowed in a measure interest in the racing. When the start for the opening race came, Shilling deliberately pulled up his mount, Resti-gouche, and was a distant trailer all the way. The judges took exception to this, as tho horse was a well backed second choice. Their ruling in the matter was that Shilling be suspended pending action of the stewards Tf the Canadian Racing Associations at their next meeting, which will probably take place during tho Fort Erie meeting. Shilling has been in trouble more or loss since his arrival in Canada and a few weeks ago tho Canadian Racing Associations made a ruling which confined His riding to the horses of his employer, S. C. Hildreth. Merman, winner of the seventh race, was tho only winner to be bid up during the afternoon. Capt. P. M. Walker was forced to protect him to . which was 05 over his entered price. The winners of the other three selling races were not advanced, neither was there any claiming during the afternoon. Besides winning the stake event William GartU also furnished the winner of the sixtii race in Rod and Gun. which scored easily by a couple of lengths. Ocean Round upset calculations by beating a band of fast sprinters - in the Arst race. Speculation was divided between Semprolus and Rcstigouche, report baring it that a large commission had been sent away on the Carman colt. Semprolus showed a fine turn of speed, passing Rose Queen rounding the first turn and baring a good lead at the furlong post. Ocean Bound responded with some" of her old-time speed when jockey Glass called on her and got up in the closing strides to beat Semprolus a head. Jockey .T. Wilson was unable to All his engagements this afternoon. He was taken sick this morning and canceled what mounts he had. News reached here this morning of the death of George W. Torrance, chairman of the executive committee of the Ontario Jockey Club, who died in. Montreal yesterday. Mr. Torrance was on his wny home from a trip to England. He was the last of the charter members and original directors of the old Ontario Jockey Club and was held in high esteem hy American horsemen who have raced at Toronto. John Hachmeister arrived from Latonia this morning and was a visitor to tho course this afternoon. He is here as the guest of George il. Hendrie and will spend a week at. the latters bungalow on the St. Clair Aats. Mars Cassidy was another visitor. He came down from Mt. Clemens to witness the racing and will also be Mr. Hendrie s guest tomorrow. Mr. Hachmeister will return to Kentucky in a week or ten days to close up the business of the recent meetings at Churchill Downs and Latonia. The fall season in Kentucky will he of about the same length as last year. Mr. Hachmeister reports that many of the big eastern owners have asked for stable room at Louisville and Latonia this fall. Jockey Dunns apprentice allowance expired this afternoon. The boy has been riding in good form since his return from Kentucky. Joseph McLennan, assistant racing sccrctarv of tho Niagara Racing Association, reports the following horsemen from Latonia as having engaged stable room at Fort Erie: James Fitzsiminons, W. P. Austin, Henderson and Hogan, Barney Scbreiber, J. N. Camden. James MeManus. Weber and Ward, W. H. Fizer, G. R. Bryson and H. C. Ilallcnbeck.
