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BETTING COUPS SUCCEED SEVERAL CARRIED TO SUCCESSFUL ISSUE AT FORT ERIE YESTERDAY Dorlon Falcada Flex and Flying Feet a Quartet of Winners That Aro Well Backed at atTrack Track and Elsewhere Buffalo N Y Tnly 5 The successful consumma ¬ tion of several wellplanned coups by astute horse ¬ men and their connections added interest to the rac ¬ ing at Fort Erie this afternoon If reports are au ¬ thentic commission housed in various sections of the country suffered in no small degree by the vic ¬ tories of Dorlon Flex Falcada and Flying Feet The fortythree operators in the ring also booked considerable losses on the above quartet Supersti ¬ tion and Lysander scored as outstanding choices choicesThe The racing in the main was interesting and pro ¬ ductive in most instances of close finishes In the third and closing dashes the finishes were especially close The most spirited struggle came with the running of the third race In which twoyearolds were engaged The early running was dominated by Fatty Grub an extreme outsider against which W to 1 was quoted He threatened during the early stages to make a runaway of it but when straight ¬ ened for the stretch drive Dorlon made a bid for the lead In this he was temporarily frustrated by Musgrave on Flabbergast which bore over and forced Dorlon to carry him along for part of the way Not until the last seventy yards did Koerner manage to get Dorlon away from Flabbergast and he scored by a scant margin Flabbergast lieat the long placeThe shot in the last stride for second place The mile and threesixteenths handicap intended as the feature of the card went to Superstition which ran to his best form He was given some sharp contention during the early stages by Colonel llolloway but the latter weakened in the llmil drive and ultimately succumbed near the end for second place to Chester Kriiiu The fifth race brought together an ordinary band of maidens with Magneto owned by Wood ford Clay the snpi osed good thing When it came to the run ¬ ning Flex held sway all the way and won handily W G Vankes Flying Feet again scored in sensa ¬ tional fashion and enabled his owner to clean tip handsomely when he got up in the closing stride to beat Miss Wiggs in the last race raceThe The talent got away In their stride in the opener when Lysander the favorite led for the entire trip The second race was for Canadian foaled horses and resulted iu a victory for 1hilis one of the out aiders aidersThe The judges had a session with jockey Musgrave after the third race and warned that rider against a repetition of his offense on Flabbergast After looking into the alleged faulty ride by Byrne OH Isidora the judges have decided ti give the jockey the benefit of the doubt and he will be at liberty to accept mounts tomorrow tomorrowJockey Jockey Kowley sustained painful injuries this morning while schooling a twoyearold at the barrier barrierE E F Coouey who claimed Arcene yesterday from Gallaher Bros returned the horse today to hid former owner at an advance advanceA A subscription taken up In the betting ring for the Eagle Park dock disaster sufferers met with generous response from the bookmakers and their clerks and the sum of 525 was obtained with little effort effortT T C McDowell has decided to geld Yonghoe and rest him for some time The colt during the winter months gave high promise but up to date has been a sore disappointment disappointmentCaptain Captain Diihane who is In charge of the track police rounded up several touts during the after ¬ noon and ejected them themJockeys Jockeys Clement and B Steele were suspended by the starter for the remainder of the muutlng for instiltordination at the post postAmong Among the workouts at Fort Erie this mornlujj were the following followingBlackford Blackford Mile In 147 147Briar Briar Path Fiveeighths in 105 105Brig Brig Mile in 145 145Khiiii Khiiii Threeeighths In 3G 3GGeorge George Eno Fiveeighths in 103 103Helen Helen Barboe Threeeighths iu 35 35Horron Horron Threeeighths in 0 0Judge Judge Alouck Seveneighths In 132 132Ocean Ocean Bound Half mile in 50 50Star Star Jasmine Threequarters In 115 115Suffragist Suffragist Threeeighths in 30 30The The Manager Mile in 147 147Vreeland Vreeland Threeeighths iu 118
