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RUDOLFO SUSTAINS DEFEAT CAPTAIN EMMONS RACER IS BEATEN BY FLABBERGAST AT FORT ERIE Finishes a Fast Going Second with Steadying Im ¬ post of 129 Pounds Sherwood Honey Bee and Spring Maid Figure in Close Finish in Stake rlllTnlo X Y July II The closing lay of the Iort Eric meeting saw one of the largest crowds nf tin meeting at the Niagara Jockey lulls track There was decided improvement in tin going the fooling being in fairly good shape and faster time was made than on any of the previous days of the meeting The Fort Erie Selling Stakes a sprint ng affair at six furlong and a handicap at a mile and a furlong served as special attractions Tlie latter event overshadowed in point of importance the stake Hndolfo was asked to shoulder 121 pounds iu the handicap and despite his heavy im ¬ post ruled nil uddson choice choiceHamilton Hamilton started out like a winner by dashing to the front on the tirst turn and leading until well into the homestretch where Flabbergast moved up with a rush and disposed of him At the end Flab ¬ bergast had to lie hard ridden to withstand Rudol fos challenge The latter came from last place in the homestretch and finished with a great rush lie was going faster than the winner at the end and was gradually wearing him down downThe The Fort Erie Stakes resulted in a stirring con ¬ test the finish resolving itself into a hard drive between three of the live starters The winner turned up In Sherwood which came from behind and beat Honey lee a head Spring Maid was thlrl beaten a nose for second place The latter badly outpaced in the llrst Uartcr closed witli a great burst of speed and was going much the fastest of all at the finish She would have won in a couple of more jumps Sherwood was entered to In sold for 900 and a crowd gathered about the judges stand expecting a runup They were disappointed Jmwever as no bid was forthcoming when th fudges culled for a raise raiseThe The tabled history of the Fort Erie Stakes is as followsYear follows Year Winner AWt Jockey Val Time Boy1H4 10 Little Boy U i 7 Gilmorc SI 130 114 1H4 Rusk 97 Romanclli lirO 111 1915 Crestfallen 5 1 Swain 115 l2 i IKMi Arthr Cummer4 10D J Lee 1130 l27 h 125V1K 1107 Sally Preston 9J A Martin 1130 125V 1K S Royal Onyx 4 103 Leibert 1130 117 100 Al Mullor 4 101 J Deavport 1130 112 1110 Fly Footsteps 102 Tapliu 1130 115 11111 Koyal Meteor 108 C II Sails 1130 112 1012 Perthshire 4 101 T Koorner 1130 li li1Ji 1Ji Slierwood it 11 Loftus 1133 113 113The The distance of the race from 1103 to 1007 inclu ¬ sive was seven furlongs furlongsJudge Judge Joseph A Murphy was a visitor at Fort Eric this afternoon lie came from St Louis stopped off for the day and departed for Montreal tonight to assume the duties of presiding judge at King Edward Park lie will also be connected with the new mile track now under course of construc ¬ tion at Dorval near Montreal MontrealJockey Jockey Teahan left for Windsor tonight He will ride for P J Miles and George M Hendrie at Unit meeting Two Sxcial horse trains will pull out from Fort Erie for Windsor tomorrow morning morningII II G Hedwell whose horses are being rested at Hamilton will remain there until the opening of the second meeting at that point The mare Right easy which was taken sick after her last race at Ottawa has rounded to and is in training again liedwell will donate the stallion Madman to the Canadian National Bureau of Breeding at the con ¬ clusion of the Canadian racing season seasonTraining Training operations were light at Fort Erie this morning The following were among the most nota ¬ ble workouts workoutsCumellia Cumellia Half mile in 30 Acts good goodConnaught Connaught Half mile in 30 Is good goodDavid David Craig Half mile in Acts good goodDouble Double Five Half mile in 30 Is rounding to toFhimniarion Fhimniarion Half mile in 3 Going along slowly slowlyFlex Flex Threeeighths in 40 breezing breezingJohn John Bowman Threequarters in 117 Works better than he races racesIord Iord Elum Threequarters in 117 Training well wellMoonlight Moonlight Half mile In 3i breezing breezingJncecl Jncecl Threequarters in 11715 Is good goodHustling Hustling Brass Fiveeighths in 101 Worked from barrier and will improve improveShepherds Shepherds Song Fiveeighths in 103 Ordinary OrdinarySir Sir Blaise Threeeighths in 0 Is good goodThree Three Links Half mile in 30 Is rounding to toVale Vale of Avoca Half mile In DO Acts good goodVandergrift Vandergrift Fiveeighths in 103 Is good goodWiinita Wiinita Fiveeighths in 103 breezing
