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STAKES FOR PLATE GLASS ROBERT DAVIES GOOD HORSE AGAIN SHOWS WINNING FORM AFTER BRIEF LAPSE With Considerable Weight Off and Favored by Heayy HeayyCoins Coins He Scores Easy Victory in Canadian CanadianSportsman Sportsman Handicap Buffalo N Y August 3 In the light of his ooor showing in his two preceding efforts Plate Glass victory iu the Canadian Sportsmans Handicap at ton Erie this afternoon was a great surprise HI improvement was accounted for by the condition of the going which was deep and heavy The sou ot Plaudit is a superlative mud runner and he found a track this afternoon that just suited him Besides there was nothing In the race to hurry him along In the early running and after assuming an easv lead the first quarter he simply romped along undJr slight restraint for the remainder of the w y Lahore was second beaten a length with the favor ¬ ite backThe Star Charter five lengths further back The tabled history of the Canadian Sportsman Handicap is as follows TimeIJur Year Winner AWt Jockey Val Time IJur Albula 5 10i Minder 1150147 1004 War Whoop l Romanelli 1150 147 1105 147lOOt Hans Wagner 0 112 D Boland 1150 147 lOOt John Carroll 4 124 Fischer 1150 l4i 1107 Peter Sterliug4 115 A Brown 1150 1 Mr MrIHOS IHOS Minnie Adams5 1Q Nicol 1150 140 110 Grctna Green 5 100 G Burns 1150 1W 1010 D Macdonald4 120 A Walsh 1150 147 1911 Star Charter 3 10 J Wilson 1150 15U 1112 Plate Glass C 111 E Martin IISO 15 The Canadian Sportsman Handicap was the fea ¬ ture event of the closing day of the racing season in this immediate vicinity A recordbreaking crowd turned out the attendance being greater than on any day during this meeting or the previous one Surprises came frequently during the afternoon tho days results showing only two winning favorite Highbridge and Rosscaux These two won only after terrific stretch drives with a nose separating them from the second horse Withdrawals were numerous but wellbalanced fields went to the post and keen contests resulted resultedThe The steeplechase was the best contest here this summer Tiie field was small and the first three horses ran in cjose order throughout At some part of the running any ouu of them appeared to have a chance Luckola fenced in brilliant fashion niil hung on well under punishment Simpson outrode McAfee at the end however and Just did manage to win with Highbridge It was a close thing between the two and the winner remained in doubt until the oflicial placing was displayed displayedBusys Busys victory in the fifth race was one of the surprises Font was an oddson favorite for the race and the fact that part of Busys equipment were bandages on his front legs kept many who fancied his chances from wagering Busy went to the front in rounding the far turn and won easily Font lacked the burst of speed he ordinarily dis ¬ plays in the early part of a race and tired badly In the last quarter quarterMax Max Ilirsch saddled his first winner In many months when he sent War Horn to the post In ths seventh race War Horn showed that he is a better horse in the mud than over a dry course by taking the lead at the start and running away from his company At the finish he led Stairs by eight lengths The favorite Floral Day was last and beaten off offFrancis Francis 7 Pons has arranged to send five horses to Hamilton iu charge of Ed Moore The remainder of the string which includes several that are slcU among them the twoyearolds Jack Kellogg and Judge Wright will be left at Fort Erie In charge of W R Sallee the regular trainer for the stable stableJockey Jockey Callahan left for New York tonight to spend a few weeks with relatives Callaban will not be seen in the saddle again until the Lexington meeting meetingPrevious Previous to the running of the sixth race J H Philips purchased from J H Mead the threeyear old Viley The latter will be raced over the half mile tracks tracksK K II Ames sold Supervisor this afternoon to M Daly and the latter will take the horse to Hamilton HamiltonW W P Austins horses will be shipped on Monday to Windsor where they will be rested Judge Monck pulled up sore in his last race raceAll All of the big stables will ship to Hamilton next week weekSecretary Secretary A R London reports the following own ¬ ers to have engaged stable accommodations at Ham ¬ ilton II Giddings William Garth Gallaher Broth ¬ ers J W Hedrick E F Heffucr Walter House Hon 7 S Hendrie J Powers Albert Simons John W Schorr Amos Turnev W Martin A G Westoii William AValker C A Crew Robert Davies Georgo M Hendrie Frederick Johnson Francis 7 Pons R T Wilson 7 E Seagram R E Watkins J W May A Gartfon Eugene Moyne L H Adair Jnuua Fitzsimmons E R Bradley Harvey Boyle Wsvna O Joplin and Edward Gleasou
