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MOISANT AGAIN A WINNER ALBERT SIMONS DIMINUTIVE FILLY KEEPS IIP STAKE WINNING FEATS. Essex Handicap at Windsor Added to Lis of Event-to Her Credit Follie Levy Equals Windior Track Record for Three-Quarters. Windsor, Ont., August 30. The diminutive Moi-sant, which has been winning with consistent regularity since the Pimllco meeting last spring, scored another victory at Windsor this afternoon when sbo added the Esex Handicap to lier list of winning races. With Guy Burns up, she carried 125 pounds, made all of her own pace and beat El Toro a length and a half. Breaking from an Inside position, she-quickly assumed command and, hugging the rail all the way, never left the result in doubt. Mfli-sant has lieen beaten but twice on the Canadian circuit tills season, once at Toronto and again at Fort Erie. In todays race she scored her fourth straight victory and most of her successes have been In stake races. Todays program was of the well balanced sort and some keen sport resulted. The finishes In a majority of the races were close and aroused considerable enthusiasm. In some instances, the winners remained in doubt until the final strides. The biggest upset of the afternoon came with the running of the opening race, a six-furlongs dash for two-year-olds, in which the Kentucky colt, Buck-horn, was a short-priced favorite. Buckhorn showed good speed, but in the stretch he was outgamed bv Commoners Touch, which beat him a neck. Buck-horns defeat was costly to some of the big operators. In the six-furlongs handicap George Odoms Follie Levy showed keen speed. She carried 11G pounds, took an easy lead soon after the start and was rated along under slight restraint the remainder of the way. She ran the three-quarters of a mile in 1:13, which equals" the track record for the distance. Elfin Beau, one of the starters in this race, broke down during the running and was pulled up in the homestretch. Tanllu dismounted and the horse waled back to his stable limping badly. The first purse of the meeting for S. C. Ilildreth was won by The Welkin, which galloped home with a long lead in the steeplechase. The Welkin ran coupled with Diiiua Ken. The latter was a forward contender during the first turn of the field, but then quit and when he pulled up. It was found that he had suffered from his old complaint of bleeding. Martin Doyle and Startler won their races br small margins, the former just managing to last long enough to leat Sir Cleges a head. There weru no runups this afternoon, despite the fact that several of the races had selling conditions. Question Mark, which was taken out of the sev-enth race on Tuesday by Albert Simons, again changed hands today. Sam Louis purchased him from .Mr. Simons for 1,000, an advance of 00 over yesterdays figure. Hugh Penny, owner of King ATondale, reports that his racer was hit in the eye by a stone during the running of his last race, which accounted for the horse having quit. Mr. Penny hopes to have him in condition for the Montreal meeting. Merlll Bell, who lias een on the ailing list, is again riding. Jockey Gordon, who came north to ride for S. 6. HUdreth, returned to Baltimore last night. His contract employer, William Keating, telegraphed for the boy to ride at the Hunts meeting to be held at Pimlico. Max Hirseh, who contemplates getting together a. string to race at Juarez next winter, purchased the two-year-old Thirty Forty from Albert Simons this morning. Jockey R. Hoffman, who rode Starbottle and Question Mark yesterday, has been riding during the summer months on the half-mile tracks in Canada. Mr. Carman recently secured a contract on him, and if lie retains his present form Hoffman will do all of the Carman stable riding. He can do ninety-eight pounds. James P. Boss, who has been here in the interests of the stakes offered by the Kentucky Association at Lexington this fall, left for home tonight. His mission was successful and he reports that all of the big owners who contemplate racing in Kentucky this fall entered liberally in the Lexington stakes. During the afternoon he received a telegram from William Karrick to the effect that he would ship eighteen horses from Saratoga direct to Loxingtou. The string will be made up of II. K. Knapps and Thomas Hitchcocks horses. Botlt of these gentlemen will visit Lexington and Louisville during the races. Other horsemen now at Saratoga who will ship to Lexington are J. W. May. Frank M. Taylor and Raleigh Colston. Frank Taylor, who was endeavoring to secure a contract on jockey T. Rice, was unsuccessful. Joint C. Ferriss, who has the boy in charge, received a cablegram from James McConnick this morning, offering ilattcring terms to Rice to go to Germany to ride the horses he is training for prominent German owners and Rice has about decided to accept the engagement. George S. Davis, who raced a stable several seasons ago, and Fred Schroeder. formerly agent fop the late Alex Shields, were visitors at Windsor this afternoon. Mr. Davis is now tanning in Ohio, whiltt Mr. Schroeder is associated with Paul Powers in the ownership of a billiard parlor and bowling alley at Youngstown. Ohio. Next week R. F. Carman, George M. Odom, Ln Johnson, Henderson Sc. Hogan, and others will ship their strings to Lexington, where racing begins September 14. The stables of R. 1 Wilson. William Garth, A. Simons. J. W. Schorr. Thomas Hatfield, R. J. Mackenzie aud Sam Louis will go to Montreal.
