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BAVIES HORSES IN GREAT FORM Toronto Turfman Wins Stake and Two Other Races at Fort Erie Opening OpeningBuffalo Buffalo X y July 4 Hobert Davies of To ¬ ronto carried off the honors at the Niagara Joekey Clubs Fourth of July opening at Fort Erie this afternoon The liavles stable liirnishcd three of the winners one of which First Sight accounted for the feature race the Fourth of July Stakes one mile and seventv yards Only live of the thirteen carded went to the post in the stake race Amos Turney elected to withdraw the great threeyearold llorroi and depend nixin Kleburnc to win The public were 1 of the same opinion as Turney in thinking Klelmrne host of Ills Held and the latter went to the yost a wellbacked favorite In the early running Kle biirne was In close pursuit of the pacemaker and in rounding the far turn where he moved up it looked for a time as if he would be a certain winner In the stretch racing however he dropped out of tilt struggle and was n badly beaten third at the linish First Sight the winner showed a smart performance Kingly tired perceptibly and it is iiito possible that his trainer may have Indulged him since his victory in the National Handicap at Hamilton on July 1 1Knights Knights Differ and Sky Rocket were the other winners from the Davies establishment The former was never headed in his race while Sky Rocket came from behind and in a driving linish got up in the tlnal strides stridesThe The best contests of the afternoon came with the running of the last three races in which the smal ¬ lest of margins separated the leading horses Wood ¬ craft and Grlf came from last places in their races and got up only in the final strides stridesA A new top dressing which had been placed on the track this spring made the going slow It hKikeI good and firm on top but proved cuppy which ac ¬ counted for the slow time made Rain which set in afler the riming of the fourth race will probably improve the going goingThe The new arrivals included Charlie Ellison Henry AAeimbcff Larry Carey Frany Tyler Mortimer Ma honey and Dave Heisman HeismanMycenae Mycenae ran in the name and colors of 1 M Cooper the latter having purchased the goldiig from H G Bedwell before leaving Hamilton HamiltonThere There will be a meeting of the committee of the Canadian Racing Associations on Derby Day July 10 when the Aste and Nathan cases will be taken up and passed upon
