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HEAVY GOING FOR CHANGE MUD RUNNERS GET LONG DEFERRED CHANCE ON CANADIAN CIRCUIT. Grand Canadian Steeplechase, Feature of Fort Eric Card, Develops Into Lopsided and Uninteresting Affair Winners from Unexpected Quarters, Buffalo. N. Y., August 3. For tlie fust time since the season opened on the Canadian circuit Inst spring, heavy track conditions prevailed today. Owners of mud runners had their first opportunity in a long time and as is usual on occasions of this kind, upsets marked the racing. Some of the winners came from the most unexpected quarter and the layers reaped a harvest. Eestigouche and Vol-thorpe were the only winning favorites. The Grand Canadian Steeplechase, -which was provided as an attraction, proved a lopsided affair. There were only three starters, one of them. The Welkin, favorite in the betting, with "Sled" Henderson in t he saddle, made a mistake at the first fence and at the second fence lost Henderson. The winner turned up in St. Abe, which had been looked upon as. a "good thing" by the wise set. Boyle bad the mount on St. Abe. Ho trailed Dr. Koch until the last turn of the field, then took an easy lead and at the end had a six-lengths advantage. The Welkin was remounted by Henderson, but after propping at the fifth jump, was pulled up. The tabled history of the Grand Canadian Steeple chase is as follows: Year. Winner. A.Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 1903 nie Away ...0 1-12 Iembcrtou.. 1911.sh50 5:33J 1001 Trenct the Mere C 145 Dosh 0G0 4:51i 1005 Piektime ...; 15S Dosh S00 4:52" 1000 Gold Run ...4 IM Mellenry .. S00 4:51 1!07 Manzano ....7 148 OConnor .. S00 4:50jj lJOS Byzantine ...C 140 13. Stone .. SCO 4:5:5. 1000 Bonnie Kate. 5 i:J7 Pollock ... 800 5:005 1010 Ontario 7 140 F. Williams Si 5:04? 1011 St. Abe 5 14C Boyle S00 5:08g The afternoon was a disagreeable one for outdoor sport. Intermittent showers fell and the track was deep and heavy. A haze hung over the course, which made it rather diflicult at times to distinguish the horses, The stewards decided to give jockey T. Rice an-itlifii- xlmucc and be has been restored to full privileges. Rice was suspended on the opening day of the meeting for rough riding. He is under contract to the Illldreth stable and will have the mount on whatever Mr. Illldreth sends to the post in the Canadian Sportsman Handicap on Saturday. M. Macfarlan. who purchased two of the San ford two-year-olds this morning, has a couple of Star Shoot youngsters at his farm near Montreal. It is his intention to gather together a small string for next season and ho litis already engaged Harry Shannon to act as trainer. The Sanford horses that were purchased by horsemen racing at Fort Eric were quaran lined by the Canadian customs ollicers. When they were taken across the river the veterinarian was not present to pats on them and they will not be released until tomorrow. Volthorpe. winner of the sixth race, was boosted .05 over his entered price of 00 by Sam Louis. The horse was protected and lKiught in by bis owner, J. B. Kespess. It was the lirst runup of the meeting. The Kcnilworth track, where the sale of the Sanford thoroughbreds was held this morning, is fast going into decay. Part of the brick walis in the rear of the grandstand have collapsed and the roof lias partially fallen in. The whole course is overgrown with weeds and it is a desolate looking spot. John Fay and Henry Wclmhoff are among the latest arrivals. Both came from Kentucky and are operating from the ground. P. M. Civill was also a visitor at the track for the first time today. He is handling some of the Schreiber horses at Woodbine and came down to participate in the "killing" made over the victory of the good-looking two-year-old, James Doekery, which galloped home tin easy winner in the opening dash. It was the first race that Mr. Schreiber has won on the Canadian circuit this season. James McManus was anxious to add the sprinter Herkimer to his stable at the Sanford sale this morning and went as high as ,000, hut when he saw that Frank Taylor was determined to have the horse, he stopped bidding. Mr. McManus secured u good-looking lilly in Bay CHIT, for which he paid ,!HJ0. Bay Cliff is a sister to Danoscara and a half-sister to Ta Nun Da and Mayfield. Entries to the stakes to be run during the fall meeting of the Ontario Jockey Club at Woodbine and the fall meeting of the Montreal Jockey Club at Blue Bonnets, will close tomorrow. Both clubs have been liberal with the horsemen in the amount of money added "to their stakes. The events are both for sprinters and stayers. All of the important owners have entered, which means that good meetings will be held at both points. Some of the horsemen who have already engaged stable room at Toronto arc: It. T. Wilson, S. C. Hlldreth. It. F. Carman. John W. Schorr, Amos Turney, Beverwyck Stable, C. II. Smith. J. W. Flynn. A. Simons, U. Holder, Thomas Hatfield. M. Hirsch, J. W. Burttschell, M. Daly and Thomas V. Clyde. The following stables have already applied for stalls at Montreal: R. F. Carman, J.W. Schorr, Hugh Penny, Capt. P. M. Walker. .7. E. Seagram, T. It. Conilran and Mrs. L. A. Livingston. Some of these will ship from Hamilton to Montreal. J. S. Ward is schooling Sinfran for jumpiDg races.
