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DOMINION HANDICAP TO BE RUN TODAY Valuable 5000 Race to Mark Opening of Second Meeting of Season at Fort Erie Buffalo N Y August 5 What promises to be one of the most brilliant meetings in the history of the Niagara Racing Association will be ushered in tomorrow at Fort Erie Many highclass horses are sheduled to compete and ideal conditions prevail for recordbreaking performances performancesAs As shown by the presence of an exceptionally large number of racing enthusiasts great Interest is being taken in the 5OOO Dominion Handicap to le run tomorrow as the stellar attraction of a card jf seven races racesDespite Despite reports to the contrary the formidable racing establishment of Hobert Davies Is on hand and probably will win its quota of the purses At the present writing Mr Davies colt First Sight ooms up conspicuously in tomorrows rich handi ¬ cap First Sights work for the race a mile and an ighth iu 152 is ample evidence that the track is lightning fast also that the Davies colt will take a lot of beating Douerail another Dominion Han ¬ dicap candidate worked a mile and a quarter iu 207 Goose will pilot the Kentucky Derbv winner while First Sight will be intrusted to Jockey Moody Hamilton with Buxton up and Flabbergast with Turner in the saddle will likewise tigure as con enders Iochiel iDerondei Flora Iina Teahan and the lightly weighted Jenny Geddes Montour are other prospective starters startersSuperintendent Superintendent C I Jndd says that the Fort Erie track is at least live second faster than it vas during the previous meeting and confidently expects to see some new track marks recorded recordedF F J Pons who has arrived after a visit to his farm in Tennessee reports the loss of his Star Shoot stallion Great Heavens which recently suc ¬ cumbed to an attack of spinal meningitis meningitisW W K Phillips who formerly trained for Fred took when the St Louis turfman campaigned the strongest stable in tho middle west was another arrival
