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RICH 11ACE ON FOB TODAY DOMINION HANDICAP VALUE 5000 TO BE DECIDED AT FORT ERIE TRACK Field of Host Horses in Training in America Named to Go Fine Card Provided for Opening Day Liiffalo N Y July 2 The Dominion Handicap n dash of oni mile anil a quarter for which the Niagara Racing Association guarantees a gross value rt lO is the feature of the sevenrace program I rivided for the opening of the second meeting of ofu u year at Fort Erie tomorrow Eleven of the li st handicap horses racing OH the circuit have been iaiiied to go to the post in this race and with condi ¬ tions favorable a stirring contest should result Jlate Class is top weight at J2G pounds with Font i lie light weight at pounds The Manager Plate Mass Cranite and Countless will all have a large f ilowing in this race and the Schorr pair Frog tiss and Star Charter likewise will not be lacking T support The Memphis turfman has been having vceptional success Ihis suininer and in the event f the track being heavy his chance of landing tne rich prize seems secni l to none The Held with withii ii riders will be made up as follows Font Hopkins John Furlong Musgrave Buekhorn 1 1leele leele uy Fisher Schultiiiger Granite T ICocr jifi Countless C Turner Superstition McCahey Mie Manager Byrne Froglegs Loftus Star Char lr lint well Mate Class 1C Martin MartinThe The Managers linal trial for the race was a mile ml a quarter in 2OS T C McDowell is confident ihtil his oll will be a keen factor in the struggle nd that the one that beats him will win The Manager is asked to concede weight to everything n tin race having been assigned 110 pounds poundsThe The card is a well balanced one and nothing ap ieirs lo stand out in any of the seven races racesBesides Besides the Dominion Handicap and a steeplechase race there are two races at distances exceeding ie mile and three dashes at sprinting distances including a handicap at threequarters of a mile mileFrom From present indications the racing will he over n iiack that will be in good condition Rain fell ist night but the track dried rapidly today todayThere There are more horses here than were available it Windsor and a horde of followers of the sport re here from Detroit New York and other places luicatioiis are that the crowds will exceed those of the first meeting and if they do it will cer iiinly a banner meeting for the Niagara Racing Association Associationr r O Held has sold the threeyearold filly Queen ii lo T Carroll of Baltimore and she has been irned over to Frank Itegan to train Lady McGoe i tin latters stable has rounded into condition ter a lengthy letup letupAbout About forty layers will be in line tomorrow Tom nv arrived from Toledo this morning and Sot clitcnstein is expected from New York in the fining finingHugh Hugh Penny acting for W 1 Austin sold the I m yearold Aranv to T Hecse of Winnipeg vlan Mr Ieiiny received word this morning f safe arrival in Liverpool of Eagle Bird and King Avondale AvondaleIJ IJ J Mackenzie is expected from Detroit to i nrrow to witness the running of the Dominion luuilicap Buckhorn will carry his colors in the it race Besides owning a powerful stable of offilters filters and pacers Mr Mackenzie maintains a King of thoroughbreds He evidently contemplates uiig in for the thoroughbred end of the game on iiig scale next season as he has purchased all of i yearlings bred by A B Sproekels They have leen shipped to the Mackenzie farm in California Alien thev will be broken and shaped up for racing lexl year In tile event of a revival of racing in Ntw York State the Mackenzie stable will be cam ¬ paigned on the metropolitan tracks next season
