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WELLBACKED HORSES WIN GUN COTTON IS ONLY FAVORITE TO SCORE AT FORT ERIE TRACK Garth Mare Has Virtual Walkover in Grand Cana ¬ dian Steeplechase Pens Platers Win Two Races Helen Barbee Recovers Her Form Buffalo X Y August 8 Lewis Garths old mare Gun Cotton a to 5 favorite over Luckola tin only other starter won the Grand Oanndlau Steeplechase at Fort Erie this afternoon enrich ¬ ing the Virginia tiirfninn to the extent of 1155 Incidentally she saved the public from utter rout the other six favorites being beaten The failure of the choices to score however did not par ¬ ticularly fatten the layers hank rolls as several wellbacked throughThe stood things went through The tabled history of the Grand Canadian Steeple ¬ chase id as follows Year Timel0i Winner AWt Jockey Val Time l0i Hlcuwtiy 5 145 Iembcrtou 050 533 1UIU T r net the theMere Mere 0 145 Dosli io45iy JJUv io45iyJJUv Iiektime i jS Dosh S50 452 452IIO IIO Gold Kim 4 120 Mcllenry S50 451 4513H07 3H07 Manzano 7 148 OConnor S50 450 11108 Byzantine 0 14l K Stone S0045 5001UO 1SI09 Bonnie Kate 5 j7 Pollock S 0 500 1UO Ontario 7 I4l F Williams 800 501 1111 5083SI1L St Abe 5 140 Bovle 8 0 508 3SI1L Ringmaster 4 145 AV Allen 860452 19it Gun Cotton S 152 Dupee 1155505 1155505Francis Francis J IOIIH colors were carried to victory by Grosveuor and Illunt Kach was at remuner ¬ ative odds and both were accorded substantial sup IKirt by the stable connections connectionsU U J Mackenzie the Winnipeg millionaire handed Hie ring a tlnancial jolt when his good mare Helen Barbee showed a clean pair of heels to some sprint ¬ ers of superlative calibre In the threequarter mile handicap that was fourth on the card This race decidedly overshadowed the stake event In interest mid each of the half dozen starters commanded Mipport John W Schorr furnished the favorite in Lewbares although the Broomstick gelding was giving away weight to all the others When it came to the racing Leochares at no time had H look in It was Helen Barbce all the way Small rushed the mare to the front when the start came and Threw Links wont right along with her to the threeeighths post Then the latter quit In the meantime Sir Blaiso which had been a close attendant of the pacemakers loomed ip prominently and a battle royal began Helen Barbce scored by a neck over Sir Blaise BlaiseGun Gun Cottons victory in the stake race was easily achieved to say the least All she had to do was to stand up to win for after taking the eleventh jump Lnckola sulked and absolutely refused to further participate in the contest It WHS long after Gun Cotton had won Hint jockey Iombertou was able to coax Lnckola over the course In order to garner the second money of 200 for owner C A Crew CrewOn On the strength of a fast workout of fiveeighths in 1 00 W L IVttys bay colt Just Y making the initial start of his career was installed an even money favorite over eleven other juveniles in the sec ¬ ond race His performance indicated that he was a little short in addition to being green He prob ¬ ably will win the next time he meets the same sort of opposition The winner turned up In Fathom a reccdfn second choice choiceOld Old Caper Sauce accounted for the race for horses foaled In Canada After Kockspriug and Hustling had cut out the once to the head of the stretch Caper Sauce ran past them to win going away Aunt awayAunt Alice neglected in the betting ran so poorly in the sixth race that the stewards suspended jockev Waldron investigationGrosveiior pending the usual investigation Grosveiior beat Cogs the choice for the fifth race Cogs might have won had jockey Watts sat still Instead of being in a hurry to make his bid on the backstreteh
