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LITTLE NEPHEW IS BEATEN SOUTHERN MAID TURNS TABLES ON UNCLE GELDING IN NIAGARA STAKES Fleet Filly in Davics Stable Takes Lead at Start Startof of Race and Is Never Headed Rudolfo Is IsReturned Returned Winner of Handicap Buffalo X V July 7 Little XepUcw met his lirst defeat on the Canadian circuit when he was beaten a couple of lengths by Robert Davies South em Maid In tin Xiagara Slakes the feature of the program at Fort Erie this afternoon The race was a dash of live furlongs for twoyearolds to which the association added 1500 There were wily three starters and two of them Southern Maid ami The Usher were coupled as the Davles entry The Schorr stable withdrew Vandergrift at the last moment Little Xephcw with his record of three straight victories ruled an oddson favorite and was heavily supported despite the fact that in his previous effort lie had to be hard ridden to beat The Vshcr a scant half length In todays race Southern Maid beat him away from the barrier and quickly raced into a commanding lead At no part of the running was the rnrl gelding able to get to the leader and at the finish Southern Maid had a twolengths advantage and was going easily Ol his ten starts Little Xephew has won six and fin ¬ ished second in the remaining four He showed in his last couple of races that he was going back and his trainer undoubtedly will give him a chance to freshen up upThe The history of the Xiagara Stakes is shown in the table below Veal Winner Wt Jockey Yal Time 3007 Grande Dame 11T D Boland SlirO 101 1108 Marse Abe 123V Powers 11 ID 100 10011HK 11HK Eye White 11 Musgrave 1130 100 100JillO JillO Solid Comfort 105 Miifgrave 1110 l02i 1911 Sold lllade 103 0 H Shilg 1130 101 1012 Judge Wright 103 Mnsgrave 1150 100 1913 Southern Maid 113 W Knapp 1133 l02g l02gA A handicap at one mile and a sixteenth divided interest with the running of the stake race Tilt ilvo carded ill this race wentto the post with the top weight Uudolfufavoritc It was Hiidolfos first appearauceqf tlfd fseabon on a Canadian trak and there were some who doubted his ability o shoulder 120 pounds and beat the opposition he wis asked to meet This condition enabled his backers to obtain liberal odds Loftus had the mount on Htldolfo and rode a conlident race He Knew he hal i good horse under him and at no time during the running did ho permit his mount to fully extend him ¬ self Rudolfo was on the outside for the entire trip and coming from behind In the stretch led Ymir by nearly a length at the nuish 1 B Respess put a good thing over when Autumn beat a band of maidens in the sixth race a dash of one mile He was heavily backed and went to the ixist a 3 to 0 favorite favoriteAfter After the Schorr lilly Miss Edith was beaten In the third race she was claimed by K G Martin for SOO SOOWilliam William llyau was a visitor at Port Erie this afternoon afternoonFrances Frances J 1ous came from Tennessee and will remain in Canada until tins opening of the fall season on the Kentucky tracks Mr Tons reports tlnit the threeyearolds Judge Wright and Armor are doing well at his place near Xashville and that the pair will be taken up during the latter part of August for training There are live foals at the Tons farm and Tallahassee is exi ected to foal to Tony Bouero this month In regard to the story sent out about his resigning as manager at Charles ¬ ton Air Ions said that some objection had been raised to his racing his horses while acting as manager and it was at bis suggestion that a board of governors was appointed bv the association to take charge of the racing end of the management Mr Ions will continue to have charge of the business end of the clubs affairs affairsA A G Blakeley has taken jockey Suyder in charge and will have the lad until his apprenticeship ex ¬ pires Blakeley will go from here to Windsor then to Saratoga Matt SaratogaMatt Feakcs departed for Hamilton this morning with the division of Mrs L A Livingstons stable that he brought here Some of the twoyearolds in the string were taken sick which accounts for the stables departure departureJockeys Jockeys W Dunn and Lounsbcrry departed for Chicago last night Their destination is the Por ler Intl track where they intend to ride Dunn was instructed by Judge X el son not to accept any more mounts at this meeting following the Carlton G race of the other day dayJudge Judge W W Lyles who was taken ill during the Charleston meeting has gone to Greenville Mich for the summer to recuperate recuperateJockey Jockey J Mclntyre arrived from Montreal this morning to join the stable of E J McGraw for wlMmi he will ride during the remainder of the
