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CARLTON G REGAINS FORM MALONE SPRINTER IS SUCCESSFUL IN OVER ¬ NIGHT HANDICAP AT FORT ERIE Takes Lead at the Start and Is Never Headed Two TwoFavorites Favorites Numbered Among tho thoDays Days Winners Buffalo N Y July 5 Interesting contests marked the racing at Fort Erie this afternoon Well matched fields went to the post lu a majority of the races and In most of them the winners were forced to stand hard drives to score It was a day of upsets for form students the results showing but two winning favorites David Craig at 1 to 2 In the opening dash and The Widow Moon uu even money favorite in the fifth fifthCarlton Carlton G furnished the surprise of the day when he beat some shifty sprintersiu the slxfurlongs handicap Carlton G was ridden by W Dunn led from the start and was never headed Leochares was the runner up all the way while Calgary was never able to get near the leaders at any stage The threeyearolds were asked to concede a lot of weight to the winner and they proved unequal to the task taskJockey Jockey Loftus who arrived from Latonia yester ¬ day made his first appearance at the meeting on Havrock iu the second race He gave that old horse a splendid ride and lauded him the winner in a driving finish finishThe The Widow Moon won her first race in Canada when she beat Criseo a couple of lengths The filly was never headed and at one time led her oppo stion lengthsThe by half a doen lengths The closest finish of the afternoon came with the running of the sixth race which went to McCrcary The latter fought it out all through the homestretch with headThe Clinton and just did score by a head The attendance was again large although not equal to that of the opcuing day Fortysix layers were In line lineJohn John Powers former trainer of Jack Atkin and later for F Ji Pons was an arrival from New York He is here In search of some horses and will prob ¬ ably mcetlugAl pick up a couple during the mcetlug Al Uolirback general manager of the Connaucht Park Jockey Club was also a visitor Mr rjohr Itflck rqiigrts lliiitvfelTrtjrnten are at work on tho infield atiOnnnught Park anrt that tho steeplechase course will be ready for schooling not later than August 10 A great many owners who remained away from the Ottawa track this spring have re ¬ served stalls for the fall meeting there
