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SCHORR COLORS PROMINENT STAR CHARTER WINS CANADIAN SPORTSMAN HANDICAP FOR MEMPHIS OWNER. John Reardon Duplicates His Stablemates Success in Concluding Race of Fort Erie Meeting All the Favorites Beaten. Buffalo. X. Y., August 5. With the running of todays program the Niagara Racing Associations second and final meeting of the season of 1911 came to a close. The races were run before a large crowd and over a track that was lumpy and treacherous. It was a great day for, the layers, as not a single favorite scored. For the third day in succession some of t lie winners came from unexpected sources. The colors of John W. Schorr were decidedly in the limelight. The Memphis turfman furnished the winner of tlte Canadian Sportsman Handicap in Star Charter and also of the closing race, in John Reardon. Both horses were ridden by J. Wilson and liberal odds were quoted against both of them. Star Charter showed a good performance in his race. Wilson used good judgment in picking ills going with the colt and he was on the outside, where the footing was good almost the entire trip. There were seven starters with IMate Class and Meridian best fancied of the lot. Plate Class showed a Hash of early speed, hut retired after going half a mile. The field bunched in tlte stretch and Wilson took to the extreme outside. The Schorr colt finished courageously ami was going easily at the end. Lahore just managed to get up to nose out Meridian for second place, with Bob R. following, another head away. The latter ran by far the best race of the lot. Gordon was unable to keep him up in the early running, when he was a distant trailer and -when he did make his effort, he came through on the inside, where the going was deep and holding. Despite this handicap. Bob H. linished like a lion and at the end was overhauling the leaders with every stride. Plate 01 ass was last and beaten oft" at the end and it looks as if lie needs a respite from training. As a matter of fact it is understood that his trainer mil shtjr him from here to Montreal to be fresh-ened for the meeting at Blue Bonnets. The tallied history of the Canadian Sportsman Handicap Is as follows: Year. "Winner. A.Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 110-1 War Whoop 00 ltotnanelli .,150 1:47 1005 Hans Wagner. ! 111! 1. Roland. . 1,150 1:47 1105 John Carroll.. 1 121 Fischer 1, ISO 1:4! 1007 Peter Sterling. -1 lir. A. Brown.. 1,150 1:45 1008 Minnie Adams. 5 108 Nicol 1,150 1:40 1100 Oretuu Green.. 5 100 G. Burns. .. 1,150 1:43? 1510 D. Macdonald.4 120 A. Walsh... 1,150 1:473 1011 Star Charter... G 103 J. Wilson .. 1,150 1:53s The best iinish of the afternoon came with the running of the sixth race. Console and Volthorpe lacing like a team the entire trip. Console had a slight advantage at all stages and in the linal drive beat the Itcspess horse a neck. George Odoms Follie Lew showed a sudden return to form by beating a good lot of sprinters in the fifth race, which she won in a canter by live lengths. Secretary Louden of the Hamilton Jockey Club was a visitor this afternoon. lie was kept busy allotting stable room to owners and arranging accommodations for the overllow on the outside. There are only 500 stalls at the Hamilton course and .Mr. Louden was confronted with the problem of trying to crowd 000 horses into them. The temporary grandstand which takes the place of the burned structure is about completed and everything will be in readiness for the opening on Saturday next. The stakes to be run during the fall meetings at Woodbine and Blue Bonnets, which closed yesterday, tilled surprisingly well. There is an average of over fifty nominations to all and the list includes the names of every good horse racing on the Canadian circuit. Joseph K. Seagram has nominated his new purchase, Kockville, in the Earl Derby Cup to lie run at Montreal. This race is for Canadian-Owned horses. Wayne O. Joplin will send his horses to Hamilton. He left for Elizabethtown. Ky., tonight to visit relatives, but will return in a few days. Besom and Kaciiet. of the P. S. P. Randolph Hiring, will lie shipped from Narragansett Pier, R. 1., to Hamilton. C. J. Murray announced that lie would dispose or all his jumpers during the Hamilton meeting. He has fifteen In his stable, a majority or which were hied at Barney Sehreibers Woodlands Farm in Missouri. While being exercised this morning, Sou got the better of her rider and bolted into a ditch. She was scratched a bit by the mishap and was excused from starting by the judges. Jockey Byrne left for his home in Providence tonight and jockey Dunn went to Baltimore; the latter will remain in Maryland and ride. Dr. Cassidy of New York, who raced a small string a few seasons ago, was a visitor here today. He may purchase a couple of horses for James Fitzsim-inoiis to campaign at one of the winter tracks. W. P. Burcli changed his plans at the last moment and decided not to ship to Canada. He will remain :it Saratoga with his horses until September and then ship to Pimllco. He sent a couple of three-year-old jumpers to Canada to he bandied by William Garth. One of them, Kentucky Colonel, is said to he a promising fencer. Mr. Burcli sends word that his on. Preston, won another jumping stake with Merry Knight in Europe a few days ago. William Garth has re-purchased Busy from Sam Hildrctlt. Tin; latter claimed the colt out of a telling race a few days ago from Mr. Garth. W. W. Dardon, Ed Trotter, Homer H. Selby and George Walker, with Francis J. Pons horses, will leave for Windsor on Monday.
