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JOCKEYS ARE DISCIPLINED BUTWELL AND AMBROSE GET INTO TROUBLE ON THE CANADIAN CIRCUIT Botli Boys Suspended and Their Cases Referred To Canadian Racing Associations Former Gives His HisWhip Whip to Another Jockey During Race Buffalo N Y August 2 The action of the stew ards at Fort Erie this afternoon in suspending twf prominent riders overshadowed in point of impor tiiiC the racing itself Jockeys Butwell and Am ¬ brose were those who are lo be denied the privilege of accepting mounts Butwells offense was for passing his whip to Borel in the sixth race on Tues ¬ day last iu which the latter rode Leopold and in which Butwell had the mount on Lord Elam Am ¬ brose is accused of having grasped Moncreifs bridle in the drive through the homestretch in the third fact this afternoon afternoonButwell Butwell admits that he gave Borel his whip but iIaims that lit was on a tiring and beaten horse at the time and that bis intentions werc of the best In doing as he did The boy has been the leading rider at the meetings on the Canadian cimiit Am ¬ brose denied having interfered with Moncreifs bridle and Mooniy who had the mount on the latter horse was unable to say whether he did or not Judge Nelson who was in a position to get a good view of the race was of the opinion that Ambrose Iried or did take hold of Moncreifs bridle ami Mooueys failure to remember the incident cost hiu 25 Both horses were running head and heaci during the last furlong with Thrifty on the inside It is only fair to Ambrose to say that the lad has always borne the best of reputations and had the ontidence of the betting public The local steward referred the cases of both jockeys to the stewards of the Canadian Racing Associations AssociationsTrack Track conditions varied considerably at Fort Eri tliis afternoon The footing was good during the run ning of the first three races became sloppy as tin afternoon progressed and finally was sticky Despite this handicap the public landed on the right horsrs iu a majority of instances the afternoons results showing three favorites aud two wellbacked second Itoiws among the winners The second and third races furnished stirring finishes but the other win ¬ ners had plenty to spare at the end endThe The Garth stable which appears to have again struck its stride furnished the winner of the sec ¬ ond race iu Ragusa which beat Latent half a length iu a stirring stretch drive Ragusa came from be ¬ hind and finished with splendid courage His vh lory was evidently anticipated bv his connections as he was hacked from 30 to 1 to 20 to 1 Paris Queen the I to 5 favorite for the race made a sorry showing Ixiftus was hard at work with her in the early running in an effort to dispose of Lawsuit and this effort took all the run out of her for in tin homestretch siie quit when it came to a drive aud was beaten a length and a half by Latent LatentThe The feature race a threequarters mile handi ¬ cap proved easy for Helen Barbec which shoul ¬ dered top weight and made a runaway affair if he race She was a wellbacked favorite This race was run in a blinding rainstorm and it was with some difficulty that the colors were dis ¬ tinguished tinguishedC C R Fleiselimaiin who claimed George Eno ycs terday purchased the gelding Norhitt from Walter House at private sale The pair will be shippeil to Baltimore tomorrow tomorrowW W II Northey secretarytreasurer of the Mou Ireil Jockey Club is pleased with the way the fall slakes of that organization have filled The meet ¬ ing at Blue Bonnets this fall should be a good one if half the horsemen who have engaged stalls go there thereThe The program books for the Windsor meeting were distributed among the horsemen this afternoon They show an increase in the money added to the over ¬ night events and no purse of less than COO will l e given by the Windsor Association this fall Many f the races will be 700 and SOO handicaps which an sure to attract a good class of racers racersHigh High Hat the juniper that the Beverwyck Stable lalmcd from William Garth last spring is reported to have broken down at Fort Erie ErieTankard Tankard winner of he first race was bid up 300 over his entered price of 500 by J C Gallaher The colt was protected and bought iu for his owner ownerFred Fred Aurback one of the big stockholders in the Jacksonville and Charleston race tracks was a visi tor at Fort Erie today He rejwrts the prospects for racing being resumed in Florida as exceedingly slim slimBefore Before the rain this morning many horses wore given trials over the Fort Erie track Some of the best moves shown were wereBounder Bounder Halt mile iu 51 51Bunch Bunch of Keys Fiveeighths ill 101 101Caliph Caliph Mile in 140 140Countless Countless Half mile in 51 51Duval Duval Mile in 143 143Furrier Furrier Fiveeighths in 102 102Granite Granite Threequarters in 22 34 40 100 114 114Hearts Hearts of Oak Fiveeighths in 101 101Joe Joe Stein Half mile in 4S 4SKonuak Konuak Threequarters in 1 15 15Lewin Lewin Threequarters in 117 117Leochares Leochares Threeeighths in I Iord ord Elam Threequarters in 1 17 17Marv Marv Scribe Threeeighths in 3J 3JMcCreary McCreary Half mile in 4 4Murrv Murrv Chase Fiveeighths in 101 101Ozana Ozana Threeeighths in 37 37Progressive Progressive Threeeighths in 35 35Siringmass Siringmass Seveneighths in 47 100 113 127
